In this short on-rails murder mystery, you play as Inspector Percival Pike of the London Metropolitan Police investigating the murder of Sir Stanley Stagwood in his manor. There are four suspects: his girlfriend, his business partner, his nephew, and his childhood nanny. It's up to you to find out who did it and arrest them.
This game hardly needs a walkthrough since it's so linear, but that didn't stop me from writing one anyway.
Foyer
> Examine the body
Dining room
The order you search the rooms is unimportant, so we'll do them in the order listed.
> Search the parlour
Parlour
> Search the potting shed
Shed
> Search the billiard room
Billiard Room
> Search the drawing room
Drawing Room
> Interview the guests
Begin Interviewing the Guests
Feel free to question the guests in any order. If you re-question a suspect, your dialogue with them is unchanged.
> Question Mildred Hobbs
Playroom
> Question Evelyn West
Guest Bedroom
> Question Henry Bray
Downstairs Kitchen
> Question Victor Cole
Study
> Investigate the weapons
Dining Room (to begin examining the weapons)
Again, feel free to examine the weapons in any order.
> Examine gun cabinet
Examining the gun safe
> Examine fire poker
Examining the fire poker
> Examine letter opener
Examining the letter opener
> Examine garden line
Examining the garden line
> Make an arrest
Dining Room (to decide who to arrest)
> Accuse Mildred Hobbs
Shed (arresting Mildred Hobbs)
THE END
If you accuse one of the other three suspects, you realize your mistake and regret that you've already let Mrs. Hobbs go free.
Characters
Sir Stanley Stagwood, Lord of Stagwood Manor is the murder victim. He was found in the dining room sitting at the head of the table, stabbed in the chest.
Constable Lewis has been guarding the front door of the manor since the murder. He accompanies you during your investigations and takes notes.
The four suspects:
Miss Evelyn West is romantically involved with Lord Stagwood. She's a looker and a flirt.
Mr. Victor Cole is Lord Stagwood's business partner. They imported antiquities.
Mr. Henry Bray is Lord Stagwood's nephew. He likes the easy life.
Mrs. Mildred Hobbs was Lord Stagwood's childhood nanny. She is displeased with almost everything.
Bunty, a tricolour English Foxhound, destroys your gloves almost immediately.
Cook regards Henry with strong disapproval.
A housemaid tells you that Cook found a poker stuffed behind her range.
Mentioned:
Mrs. Hapgood is Lord Stagwood's housekeeper.
There are other unnamed staff (for example: gardeners, housemaids) currently employed at the manor.
The late Lady Stagwood, Sir Stanley's mother, was very fond of roses.
Lord Stagwood's former wife divorced him because of his "numerous indiscretions". They had no children.
The late Lord Bray was Lord Stagwood's younger brother. Mrs. Hobbs also helped raise him. He had one child, Henry, before passing away.
The late Mr. Hobbs was the head groundskeeper at the manor for forty years.
Mr. Hobbs' great-grandfather planted a memory tree, an oak. It lasted 123 years.
Miss West has a maid who works in her home in Belgrave Square.
Lewis's mother is known to garden and shine her son's helmet.
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