There has been a murder onboard! I have accepted Monsieur's Poirot's challenge and will lead my own investigation.   

Talk to Poirot and learn about the murder of Ratchett. Poirot ordered the doors closed so that no one leaves. Convince Poirot to take command of the investigation. A challenge is given to Antoinette by Poirot. Accept the challenge to do it on your own with minimal help from Poirot.

If you agree to help and not do your own investigation, the clues to some puzzles are given to you by Poirot.

 

Examine Ratchett's body.    Look at Ratchett's body. Check the pocket and take the pocket watch that stopped at 1:15. Check the pillow and get gun. Pick up the handkerchief with the letter H from the floor. Look at the side table and take the false teeth, thick tumbler with residue and smudge and metal statuette. Take the stub of a cigar, flat match, round match and scrap of burnt paper on the ashtray.

Look at the suitcase on the overhead rack. Take the sleeping draught. Look outside the window. Check all items taken in inventory using the magnifying lens.

Go down the room and check the coat. Get the matchbox with round type matches. Take the hat on wall with theRev:13:18 written on inside brim. Take the pipe cleaner on the floor. Check all items taken in inventory using the magnifying lens.

 

Talk to Constantine about the body.    Constantine states there are 12 wounds and at least 3 are capable of causing death. Some might be done by a right handed or a left handed person.

Go next door and talk to Poirot. They summarized what was learned.

 

Find items that could help read the burnt paper.    Poirot wants something to handle the burnt paper, 2 wire meshes to hold the paper in place and a source of heat.

Jump to Restaurant car. Go to the buffet table and take the spirit lamp.

Jump back to the Calais coach.

Cabin 1-2 (Masterman & Foscarelli) - Door locked.

Cabin 3-4 (MacQueen) - Door locked.

Cabin 5-6 (Schmidt - Debenham) - Check the hatbox on the overhead rack and see the hat frame is not the right kind.

Open and take the small latched box from Schmidt's suitcase. Check the box in inventory using the magnifying glass and see recipe cards.

Open and take the dainty handkerchief from Debenham's suitcase. Check the handkerchief in inventory and see CMH embroidery.

Cabin 7-8 (Ohlsson and Marceau) - Check the 2 locked suitcases. Check the hatbox below the overhead rack. Take the wire hat frame.

Cabin 11 (Hubbard) - Check the hat box and suitcases on overhead rack. Take the chatty letter from the suitcase and read it in the scrapbook under documents. It is a letter from Maureen to her Mummy dear. Take the button from floor by the connecting door.

Cabin 12 (Countess Andrenyi) - Door locked.

Cabin 13 (Count Andrenyi) - Door locked.

Cabin 14 (Princess Dragomiroff) - Check the hatbox on the bench. Take the wire frame. Check the suitcase at overhead rack. Take the puzzle box.

Puzzle box - The aim is to open the box by sliding the panels on 3 sides. Click on a panel to get arrows. Click on arrow to move that panel.

Short side panel - Slide top panel to the right. Slide bottom panel to the left.

Long side - Slide panel up.

Short panel - Slide top panel to left back to normal. Slide bottom panel to right back to normal.

Long side - Slide panel up.

Short panel - Slide top panel left. Slide bottom panel to right. Slide bottom panel down.

Top panel - Slide panel to left.

The box is opened. Take the locket. Look at locket in inventory and see a picture of a young girl.

Cabin 15 (Arbuthnot) - Door locked. Go back to cabin 14 and go through the bathroom. Click on door on the left.

Check the suitcase and take the packet of pipe cleaners.

Cabin 16 (Hardman) - Check the suitcase and take the leather sap. Open the small case on the bench and take typewriter ribbon.

Cabin 9 - (Poirot) - Take the curling tongs from side table. Talk to Poirot.

Burnt paper - The aim here is to heat the burnt paper to see what was written while holding the fragile paper in place.

1. In inventory, take burnt paper and click on the gear icon. Place burnt paper on the left frame. Do the same for the curling tongs. Click on gear icon at center and get curling tongs holding burnt paper. Click on the X at top right of the square to place the combined item in inventory.

2. Place a hat frame on the side table.

3. Place curling tongs holding burnt paper over hat frame.

4. Place another hat frame over the curling tongs holding burnt paper.

5. Place spirit lamp at left of table and use match to light it.

Read: member - little Daisy Armstrong.

Daisy Armstrong kidnapping - Colonel Toby Armstrong married Sonia, the daughter of Linda Arden, the famous tragic actress. They lived in New York and had one child, Daisy. 2 men kidnapped Daisy. The nursemaid was questioned. The ransom was paid. A tip led them to 2 men in a farmhouse. The 2 kidnappers were arrested at the farmhouse where they lived with an unidentified woman.

Cassetti was the mastermind of the kidnapping. Jeffrey and Robert were sentenced to death but Cassetti vanished. The brothers tried to escape. Jeffrey was caught and the electric chair sentence was carried out. Robert escaped.

The body of a child was found and identified as Daisy Armstrong.

Sonia Armstrong delivered a premature child. Both mother and child did not survive. Toby in fit of despair shot himself.

A body found floating in the harbor was identified by a relative as Robert Perkinson.

The nursemaid leaped to her death and was later found to be innocent of any connection to the crime.

Cassetti was known to have done other kidnappings and have killed the victims when police are involved.

All of Poirot's instructions found in scrapbook are now completed to this point. Check the Challenge to see how you are doing in the game.