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The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes Hints

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  • THE LOST FILES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is an unusual game, since there aren't the same precise boundaries as in other games (either a single event that starts a chain of events or geographical areas that separate the puzzles).  There are a few relative bottlenecks in the plot to help me to arrange the hints, and each topic covers the events before such a bottleneck.  If you are not sure which hints to read, start in the first topic and continue to the next if that one's no help.  A list of the locations and their corresponding topics are listed in a question on the main menu.