The Mermaid Who Sang at Six

Victorian London · case 33 of 50 · Hard · 4×5
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The Mermaid of Wapping drew crowds at a shilling a head all summer and sang every evening at six. Yesterday she was sold to a gentleman collector for five hundred pounds. This morning he lifted her out of her tank: half a monkey and half a salmon, very neatly stitched.

Adanavigator
Beasteward
Corashanty singer
Devtea merchant
Esmenavigator
Freyadocker
Gustavern cook
Hanatavern cook
Irisshanty singer
Jasperdocker
Kirashanty singer
Lenanavigator
Mabeltavern cook
Nicoshanty singer
Ottodocker
Percytea merchant
Quentinsteward
Rajnavigator
Sadiesteward
Tariqtea merchant

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Victorian London: case 33

This Hard case seats 20 suspects on a 4×5 grid. 17 of them carry a clue; the other 3 only have something to say about themselves. 4 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 33 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 32: A Hole Beneath Bow Street · Case 34: The Swan That Melted in Whitechapel →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1AdanavigatorScholar
B1BeastewardServant
C1Corashanty singerArtist
D1Devtea merchantMerchant
A2EsmenavigatorScholar
B2FreyadockerLaborer
C2Gustavern cookCook
D2Hanatavern cookCook
A3Irisshanty singerArtist
B3JasperdockerLaborer
C3Kirashanty singerArtist
D3LenanavigatorScholar
A4Mabeltavern cookCook
B4Nicoshanty singerArtist
C4OttodockerLaborer
D4Percytea merchantMerchant
A5QuentinstewardServant
B5RajnavigatorScholar
C5SadiestewardServant
D5Tariqtea merchantMerchant

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