The Brown Mare Who Ran Chestnut

Roaring Twenties · case 38 of 50 · Nightmare · 5×5
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Brown Betty, a plain brown mare who had never finished better than ninth, won the Hawthorne Handicap by twelve lengths at sixty to one. A shower broke during the presentation, and by the time the garland was round her neck she was a distinctly different colour.

Amirtipster
Basilsteward
Celiaowner
Dexterowner
Esmehandicapper
Felixtipster
Guscaterer
Hanacaterer
Ivanstable hand
Jasperstable hand
Kurttipster
Leojockey
Mabelcaterer
Nedjockey
Omarsteward
Piatipster
Quinnhandicapper
Rufusstable hand
Sukisteward
Theohandicapper
Ugojockey
Victorowner
Wrenstable hand
Xavierhandicapper
Yusufjockey

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Roaring Twenties: case 38

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. 10 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 38 of the Roaring Twenties case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 37: Great-Aunt Hortense, Buried Four Times · Case 39: The Sugar Swan Was Listening →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AmirtipsterRogue
B1BasilstewardOfficial
C1CeliaownerNoble
D1DexterownerNoble
E1EsmehandicapperScholar
A2FelixtipsterRogue
B2GuscatererCook
C2HanacatererCook
D2Ivanstable handLaborer
E2Jasperstable handLaborer
A3KurttipsterRogue
B3LeojockeyCourier
C3MabelcatererCook
D3NedjockeyCourier
E3OmarstewardOfficial
A4PiatipsterRogue
B4QuinnhandicapperScholar
C4Rufusstable handLaborer
D4SukistewardOfficial
E4TheohandicapperScholar
A5UgojockeyCourier
B5VictorownerNoble
C5Wrenstable handLaborer
D5XavierhandicapperScholar
E5YusufjockeyCourier

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