The Cabin Boy Who Came Home Rich

Victorian London · case 42 of 50 · Nightmare · 5×5
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Twenty years after the Sea Witch went down off Cape Horn, her cabin boy — heir to the Danvers shipping fortune — has walked into Wapping, tattooed and weathered, to claim it. He knows every name in the family. The old cook wept when she saw him.

Arloriver pilot
Beasteward
Corashanty singer
Dextershipowner
Esmenavigator
Freyadocker
Gustavern cook
Hanatavern cook
Irisshanty singer
Joannavigator
Kofisteward
Leoriver pilot
Milashanty singer
Nicoshanty singer
Ottodocker
Petrariver pilot
Queenietavern cook
Rufusdocker
Sadiesteward
Theonavigator
Ugoriver pilot
Victorshipowner
Wrendocker
Xaviernavigator
Yvetteshipowner

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Victorian London: case 42

This Nightmare case seats 25 suspects on a 5×5 grid. 18 of them carry a clue; the other 7 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 free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 41: Torpedo Plans in the Music Column · Case 43: A Sitting with the Departed →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1Arloriver pilotCourier
B1BeastewardServant
C1Corashanty singerArtist
D1DextershipownerNoble
E1EsmenavigatorScholar
A2FreyadockerLaborer
B2Gustavern cookCook
C2Hanatavern cookCook
D2Irisshanty singerArtist
E2JoannavigatorScholar
A3KofistewardServant
B3Leoriver pilotCourier
C3Milashanty singerArtist
D3Nicoshanty singerArtist
E3OttodockerLaborer
A4Petrariver pilotCourier
B4Queenietavern cookCook
C4RufusdockerLaborer
D4SadiestewardServant
E4TheonavigatorScholar
A5Ugoriver pilotCourier
B5VictorshipownerNoble
C5WrendockerLaborer
D5XaviernavigatorScholar
E5YvetteshipownerNoble

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