An important city official resigns from his post and it's your job to figure out why.
"Commissioner Valentino left his job and Lucy blames the latest article by Pola Chapelle. I need to intervene."
Solution[]
Detective: What's the matter, honey? Not enough sugar in your lemonade? Maybe I can do something to sweeten your day? Lucy Gordon: I don't think you can help with this. Commissioner Valentino announced out of the blue, that he's retiring. It was a shock to everyone at the station.
Detective: Hey there, girl! Why the sour face? You look like you could use a soda. Lucy Gordon: Commissioner Valentino announced out of the blue, that he's retiring. It was a shock to everyone at the station.
Detective: What? Why?
Lucy Gordon: If I had to guess, I'd say: Chapelle. She wrote that slanderous article about police inaction. I bet that was the last straw that broke Valentino's back.
Detective: Maybe I can do something after all. Just wait and see.
Witnesses[]
Detective: There's a lot of gossip about Valentino's retirement, but I need hard facts.
- 4 maps
- 4 fingerprints
- Photographer: 7 questions
- 4 fingerprints
- 2 photos
- 2 maps
- Policeman: 10 donuts
- 3 photos
- 3 maps
If you fail:
Detective: Everything I hear on the street is some variation of Pola's article in the Daily News. And that's not enough for me.
If you win:
Detective: So the retirement wasn't Valentino's own idea. Someone pushed him to make the decision, and that was right after Pola's article...
Pola Chapelle: What?! You don't think I used my connections to make Valentino resign?! I just wrote the article! I never thought...
Detective: Yeah, I figured. You never thought about the consequences. And now you ruined the reputation of this city's finest cop.
Pola Chapelle: I can fix this, I promise! I'll write a correction!
Detective: The damage has been done. Valentino was forced to resign. But not all is lost. Come on, you're going with me.
Suspect identification: Friends in High Places[]
Detective: We need to find someone with enough political influence to reinstate Valentino. With their help and your cooperation, it might actually work.
Pola Chapelle: Right. Someone who knows Valentino personally, and might be interested in his return...
- Akira Mikado
- Lionel Duffing
- Lana Quay
- Sam Lowry
- Maud Beans
- Leo Forester
- Alvar Rietveld
- Frank Jefferson
- Joss Harshfield
- Martin Sugarstein
- Margaret White
- Maya Idoru
- Mary Christiansen
- Samantha Duchamp
- Alphonse Covet
- Wayne Callahan
- Jane Honda
- Amy DeAndre
- Bob Martens
- Monique Espero
Solution: Joss Harshfield
If you fail:
Detective: Looks like everyone left Valentino for dead. No one will help him.
If you win:
Detective: Judge Harshfield. Maybe we never exactly saw eye to eye, but I'll bet you want Valentino's reinstatement as much as I.
Joss Harshfield: Reinstate Valentino? And how am I supposed to do that?
Detective: I've got Chapelle's support. She promised to write a correction.
Joss Harshfield: You really think it's just about that article? Nah. The police files from the original Bravucci investigation went missing. They'd never surface if not for the prison break.
Detective: So Valentino was forced to retire because one of his police officers lost Bravucci's file? Wow, that's bigger than I thought, and it's not exactly Pola's fault, either.
Crime scene search: Forensic Fortress[]
Detective: Bravucci's files were probably kept here, in the forensic science division. luckily I know the layout...
Detective: Hmmm, the security looks tighter than it was before. I think they might have changed some things after my last visit.
If you fail:
Detective: I found nothing. Could Valentino be really responsible for those missing documents?
If you win:
Detective: The file wasn't lost! Someone destroyed it on purpose. And it wasn't even long ago. I bet it happened after Bravucci escaped from prison!
Detective: I need to find Valentino and tell him about this.
City search: Sleeping with the Fishes[]
Lucy Gordon: Honey, you don't have much time! Valentino just called. He told me it was a honor to work with me, and that we'll never see each other again.
Lucy Gordon: You don't have much time, girl! Valentino just called. He told me it was a honor to work with me, and that we'll never see each other again.
Detective: He once said that the job was the only thing that kept him alive. Do you think he...?
Lucy Gordon: I don't know. I hope not. You must find him. He made the call somewhere from the Twin Lakes area.
Valentino has been seen:
- more than 3 from farms
- not more than 3 from a campsite
- more than 3 from hospitals
- more than 2 from pubs
- more than 3 from shops
- more than 2 from churches
- not more than 8 from a train station
- not 5 from factories
- On the map there are 2 farms
- On the map there are 4 campsites
- On the map there are 3 shops
- On the map there are 2 train stations
- On the map there are 2 factories
If you fail:
Detective: I can't find him anywhere! I hope he didn't... you know.
Lucy Gordon: I'll notify the police at Twins Lake. They'll have a better chance at finding him than you do.
If you win:
Detective: Commissioner... Errr, Mr. Valentino!
James Valentino: Not so loud, kid. You're scaring away the fish!
Detective: Oh, yeah. Right. Sooo... how are you, Mr. Valentino?
James Valentino: Never better! At first I was distraught, but now I think it was for the best. I can finally relax and put all that dirt behind me.
Detective: But there was no fault on your side! Bravucci's file was destroyed on purpose!
James Valentino: Yeah. I suspected as much. Listen, kid. Tell that Chapelle gal that I really wanted to catch Bravucci and get to the truth. And that was a mistake. Someone more powerful than me decided I was going too far.
James Valentino: I'll give you a choice. My notes are in my P.O. box in the Lincoln Building. You can check out what I managed to find.
James Valentino: Or, you could forget about Bravucci. Relax. Spend some quality time with Lucy. There's no shame in giving up.
James Valentino: Or, you could forget about Bravucci. Relax. Spend some quality time with that rascal boyfriend of yours. There's no shame in giving up.
Finale[]
If you fail:
Detective: Sorry, Lucy. I don't think he'll ever be back from retirement.
Lucy Gordon: The police force will never be the same without him. But we must go on, regardless.
If you win:
Lucy Gordon: So he's genuinely happy with his retirement?
Detective: Yeah. Valentino is OK. But someone really wanted to dissuade him from solving the Bravucci case. And that bugs me a lot.
Lucy Gordon: I know. And it all leads to a disturbing conclusion: someone important is behind this. Someone who had the power to bring down the commissioner.