Coral Vista at High Tide

Roaring Twenties · case 42 of 50 · Nightmare · 5×5
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At a gala dinner in the Lakeshore Grand ballroom, a thousand Chicagoans bought building lots in Coral Vista, Florida — palm-lined boulevards, a golf course, a canal to the sea — at four hundred dollars a lot. The lots exist. At high tide they are eleven feet under water.

Amircard sharp
Brunohouse detective
Celiamillionaire
Devstockbroker
Emilsenator
Freyaporter
Guschef
Hanachef
Idrisstockbroker
Jasperporter
Kurtcard sharp
Lionelmillionaire
Mabelchef
Norahouse detective
Ottoporter
Piacard sharp
Queeniechef
Rufusporter
Sukisenator
Tariqstockbroker
Ursulasenator
Victormillionaire
Willahouse detective
Xandercard sharp
Yvettemillionaire

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Roaring Twenties: case 42

This Nightmare case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 20 of them carry a clue; the other 5 only have something to say about themselves. 9 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 42 of the Roaring Twenties case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 41: Struck by Lightning, Insured for Fifty · Case 43: Twenty-Three Across →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1Amircard sharpRogue
B1Brunohouse detectiveEnforcer
C1CeliamillionaireNoble
D1DevstockbrokerMerchant
E1EmilsenatorOfficial
A2FreyaporterLaborer
B2GuschefCook
C2HanachefCook
D2IdrisstockbrokerMerchant
E2JasperporterLaborer
A3Kurtcard sharpRogue
B3LionelmillionaireNoble
C3MabelchefCook
D3Norahouse detectiveEnforcer
E3OttoporterLaborer
A4Piacard sharpRogue
B4QueeniechefCook
C4RufusporterLaborer
D4SukisenatorOfficial
E4TariqstockbrokerMerchant
A5UrsulasenatorOfficial
B5VictormillionaireNoble
C5Willahouse detectiveEnforcer
D5Xandercard sharpRogue
E5YvettemillionaireNoble

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