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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Volume I Hints
Getting a Perfect Score
1 of 21: You only need six different locations to solve this mystery.
2 of 21: In fact, you don't even have to visit one of those locations yourself.
3 of 21: The Irregulars can give you the sixth piece of the puzzle. Here's the summary of the case:
4 of 21: 1) Guy Clarendon was 7000 pounds in debt.
5 of 21: 2) Sir Francis Clarendon cut off his son.
6 of 21: 3) Guy Clarendon had a series of unusual bank deposits.
7 of 21: 4) A beautiful woman bought a gun in Frances Clarendon's name.
8 of 21: 5) Frances didn't know why she was holding the murder weapon, and she had blacked out in the past.
9 of 21: 6) Guy had black clothes, well-suited for burglary.
10 of 21: 7) Guy was seen with Calvin Leach and Claude Kilgore.
11 of 21: 8) Loretta Nolan thought she was royalty.
12 of 21: 9) Guy Clarendon's room had another exit.
13 of 21: 10) Calvin Leach paid half of what an item was worth.
14 of 21: Halliday's Private Hotel will give you information #3, 6, and 9.
15 of 21: You can go to Cox & Company, the bank, for #9, but Clarendon's room already has that information, so you don't need to go to the bank.
16 of 21: Porky Shinwell gives you #1, 7, and 10.
17 of 21: Dr. Percy Trevalyan tells you
18 of 21: S. Goff will have the information in
19 of 21: Edward Hall (at Old Bailey) can let you talk to Frances Nolan. She will tell you
20 of 21: Sir Francis Clarendon can tell you
21 of 21: And the Irregulars can go to S. Goff for you. In fact, you have to send them in your place if you want a perfect score.
