The Thames Brandy Run

Victorian London · case 9 of 50 · Easy · 4×4
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French brandy is coming ashore three casks at a time without paying a penny of duty, and the excisemen cannot find where. The smugglers, it is whispered in every tavern, have friends on both banks of the river.

Arloriver pilot
Brunoriver police officer
Corashanty singer
Dextershipowner
Ezrashanty singer
Frankriver police officer
Gustavern cook
Hanatavern cook
Irisshanty singer
Junoriver pilot
Kirashanty singer
Lionelshipowner
Mabeltavern cook
Norariver police officer
Oliveshipowner
Petrariver pilot

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Victorian London: case 9

This Easy case seats 16 suspects on a 4×4 grid. 14 of them carry a clue; the other 2 only have something to say about themselves. Every step can be proven from a single clue plus what you already know. Case 9 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 8: The Covent Garden Understudy Plot · Case 10: The Belgravia Silver Plate →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1Arloriver pilotCourier
B1Brunoriver police officerEnforcer
C1Corashanty singerArtist
D1DextershipownerNoble
A2Ezrashanty singerArtist
B2Frankriver police officerEnforcer
C2Gustavern cookCook
D2Hanatavern cookCook
A3Irisshanty singerArtist
B3Junoriver pilotCourier
C3Kirashanty singerArtist
D3LionelshipownerNoble
A4Mabeltavern cookCook
B4Norariver police officerEnforcer
C4OliveshipownerNoble
D4Petrariver pilotCourier

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