DETECTIVE
You suspect everyone. It's not a family, but a tangle of snakes! You've heard a lot about Henry himself. There are not many good things to say about him. What kind of children could he have raised? What kind of people did he surround himself with? You're inclined to think that everyone here is probably hiding something. So, let's get on with it! The first thing we need to do is find out where everyone was at the time of the incident. It's also important to know who spoke to Henry just before he fell. If it was staged, those details matter.
What do you know for sure about these people?
SALMA the deceased's wife - tolerated all his antics, obviously for money. ANTHONY, the eldest son, received insultingly small sums from his father, but he was used to idleness and wanted to live “on a large scale”.
DEAK, the younger son, was forced to obey his father in every way.
LETICIA, DEAK's wife, had no opportunity to live her own life.
JEAN-JACQUES, the friend of the family and the father of LETITIA, had been deceived by Henry and could desire revenge.
BARBARA, the mistress, apparently persuaded the old man to rewrite the will to her. BETSY, Henry's sister, was denied access to the common inheritance for many years. CATHERINE, the nephew, finds herself closer than ever to a life of luxury, her mother the heiress to her family nest.
LUDWIG, the butler, may know too many of this family's secrets.
PRUDENCE, the cook, once had affairs with young Henry, and may have secrets of her own.
ERIC, the driver, is a man with a dark past.
SALMA the deceased's wife - tolerated all his antics, obviously for money. ANTHONY, the eldest son, received insultingly small sums from his father, but he was used to idleness and wanted to live “on a large scale”.
DEAK, the younger son, was forced to obey his father in every way.
LETICIA, DEAK's wife, had no opportunity to live her own life.
JEAN-JACQUES, the friend of the family and the father of LETITIA, had been deceived by Henry and could desire revenge.
BARBARA, the mistress, apparently persuaded the old man to rewrite the will to her. BETSY, Henry's sister, was denied access to the common inheritance for many years. CATHERINE, the nephew, finds herself closer than ever to a life of luxury, her mother the heiress to her family nest.
LUDWIG, the butler, may know too many of this family's secrets.
PRUDENCE, the cook, once had affairs with young Henry, and may have secrets of her own.
ERIC, the driver, is a man with a dark past.
What confuses you is this. Henry grew up in this house. He's known this staircase since he was a kid, like every corner of his house. He could have walked blindly through the whole house in the dark, no doubt about it. So something must have happened that day. Something unusual, out of the ordinary. Ask the people present a question about it. What was different about that day than it always was?
LIST OF PERSONS WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT:
Salma (the widow of the deceased)
Anthony (eldest son)
Deak (youngest son)
Letitia (Deak's wife)
Jean-Jacques PATTERSON (friend, father of the daughter-in-law)
Barbara FREEMAN (mistress)
Betsy KLOZOWSKI (sister)
Katherine KLOZOWSKI (niece)
Prudence MARSHALL (cook)
Ludwig BRAUS (butler)
Eric (family driver)
