Eagle Eye Mysteries in London Solutions

Book 1

Sherlock Holmes Hoax

Learn about Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland in World Atlas.

The bronze plate is inscribed 221b Baker St. It is supposed to be the number plate that marked the original 221b Baker Street…
The number plate has red brick fragments attached to the back as if it had been removed from a wall.
There is not now, nor has there ever been, an actual 221b Baker Street address in London.

Suspect: Number Plate

Shakespearean Scam

Go North to Stratford upon Avon.

Ned Basset, who plays the Porter, is the understudy for Mr. Frescura, who is playing the part of Macbeth. If Mr. Frescura cannot go on, Mr. Basset will play the lead male role of Macbeth.
Ned Basset is a genius with automobiles. He restores antique cars as a hobby.
The minibus carrying Mr. Frescura and Emma Finley was sabotaged. Someone removed the distributor cap, a vital part of the engine, so now the bus will not run.
According to Marcus Dare, an actor dressed as the Porter was near the minibuses just before they left London. The actor had black grease all over his hands.

Suspect: Ned Basset

Lyric Larceny

Go East to reach Covent Garden.

If Regina had hair colored like Astrid’s, they would look a lot alike.
Mr. Frescura said a woman came up behind Astrid in the British Museum around noontime, and then walked softly away. The woman looked a lot like Astrid, and had the same color hair.
Mr. Charles says Regina dyed her hair black this afternoon, for her audition. It used to be colored purple, like Astrid’s.

Suspect: Regina

Vaporous Victorian

Victoria ruled England in the 1850-1900 period.

Catherine Boyd and Kelly’s brother Jeremy are writing letters to each other.
Catherine Boyd says she doesn’t know anything about or anybody in the Apgood family except Kelly.
Only someone who had found out about the Apgood family legend of Lady Winifred would have known how to fake the ghost Kelly heard.

Suspect: Cathy

Tiger’s Trail

Sir Edwin Landseer sculpted the Lions at Trafalgar Square to lie at the feet of Admiral Nelson, a great leader of the British Navy. The lions are a symbol of the British Empire.
The note we found by the statue of Sekhmet at the British Museum says the correct cat is at the seaman’s feet.
The note on Kaspar, the wooden cat at the Ritz, says that the correct cat is the symbol of an empire.
The note we found by the Trafalgar lion statue says that the correct cat is the son of Landseer.

Suspect: Trafalgar Lion

Crumbling Castle

Go West to Tintagel.

Mr. Sneed only told Aunt Miranda about the scroll he received. No one else should know about the story.
The scroll that Mr. Sneed received is signed by the magician Merlin. It says that King Arthur was born at Tintagel Castle in 1302 A.D.
Mr. Stalls says he heard that someone found a scroll written by Merlin. He says that the scroll proves that King Arthur was born at Tintagel Castle.

Suspect: Mr. Stalls

Pilfered Phone

Go South to get to the Houses of Parliament.

Gaye Goodbowe has got a big crush on Ian Knight, and loves to do things to impress him. Dorothea says she thinks Ian likes Gaye, too.
Gaye Goodbowe is the only person who knew that the cellular phone could be used to call Amy Jolanna directly.
Ian Knight is a big, big fan of actress Amy Jolanna. He’d love to get the chance to speak with her someday.
Gaye Goodbowe told Ian Knight to meet her later at Covent Garden, because she had a big surprise for him.

Suspect: Gaye Goodbowe

Ancient Armor

Go West to Windsor.

The armor that Count Von Coburg purchased may have once belonged to a king of England, either Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII or Henry VIII.
The word Holbein is etched into the gold and silver engraving of a gauntlet of Von Coburg’s armor.
Court painters were often commissioned to do the etching that decorated fine suits of armor for their king.
Hans Holbein was Henry VIII’s court painter.

Suspect: Henry VIII

Chess Club Caper

Go East to the Tower of London.

While watching the chessboards, Mr. Sneed fell asleep with Giggles on his shoulder. While he napped, someone snuck in and removed a chesspiece.
Giggles the parrot greets every stranger she sees with a very loud squawk.
Mr. Sneed is a light sleeper, and would have woken up from his nap if Giggles the parrot had squawked.
Mr. Sneed’s parrot, Giggles, doesn’t squawk when Gemma comes in a room. Gemma looks so much like Mr. Sneed’s niece that Giggles thinks of her as family.

Suspect: Gemma

Perilous Pixies

Go West to Devon.

Bob Bristol says that yesterday someone raided his house. All the doors and windows were locked…
Bob Bristol told Kate Fane and Jim Mutter about his good luck charm at the Torbay market yesterday. Kate Fane left the market immediately after.
Kate Fane sometimes house-sits for Bob Bristol using her old key to get into his house.

Suspect: Kate Fane

Robin Hood Hacker

The computer expert at the University of London is sure that the tampering was done over the telephone system, by one of the five people who received money from the illegal transfer.
Mr. Henley says that only someone who is very good with computers could have figured out how to transfer the money…
Rick Hutton says that he paid his way through school by working on computers.
Rick Hutton’s mail includes two magazines on computer software and a newsletter called Programmer’s Helper.

Suspect: Rick Hutton

Bronwyn’s Bequest

William the Conqueror ruled England in 1066.

In England and several other countries, many families got last names, or surnames, from what the family did for a living in medieval times.
According to old records, the name Fortesquieu meant a person who made strong shields.
Al Fortesquieu makes real shields, although they are hardly ever used in mock battles.

Suspect: Al Fortesquieu

Conniving Cricketer

Go South to Kennington.

The Ansdells have lived in London all their lives.
Abe Ansdell told us he “ripped so many homers out of the park, the pitchers couldn’t believe it!” at his cricket game earlier today.
In cricket, a bowler tosses a ball to a batsman, and the biggest hit is called a six…

Suspect: Not Abe

Illegal Ivory

132 pounds is closest to 60 kg.

Mr. Morley says that the tusk found in his trunk came from his own pet elephant, Buttercup.
Female Indian elephants do not have tusks.
Buttercup was a female Indian elephant.

Suspect: Mr. Morley

Foiled Foxhunt

Take the train to Dartmoor from Platform 10.

The hunt was ruined when the hounds began to choke and sneeze near the bushes in front of Hound Tor.
Lady Cheswick rides a black stallion called Tulum. Tulum is covered in burrs.
Cayenne pepper was dumped on the fox’s trail in a burr-filled patch of bushes…
An Exmouth blacksmith named Brian Baer was kicked shoeing a horse called Tulum last week. He marks his horseshoes with BB.

Suspect: Lady Cheswick

Fabulists’ Fibs

Face West toward Wales.

Angus, Tommy and Lloyd are members of the Prevaricators’ Club. Everything they tell us will be a lie.
Angus McPeel says that the winner of the contest had black hair.
Lloyd Gregory has blonde hair, blue eyes and no beard. He wears a tie pin in the shape of a red dragon.
Lloyd Gregory says that the winner of the contest has green eyes.
Tommy O’Leary says that the winner of the contest has a beard.

Suspect: Lloyd Gregory

Marlford Murder

Go South to Brighton.

Count Von Coburg’s dying fall broke a clock. The clock has stopped at 4:05 exactly.
Count Von Coburg left a clue about his killer as he died. He scrawled a symbol in the shape of a cross or an X on his writing tablet.
Julia Beeswing said that the Count was fine when she called him in to tea today at 4 p.m., but that he refused her invitation and stayed in the dining room.
Count Von Coburg lied to get the Victoria Cross that Rutherford’s bravery earned. Rutherford has hated him ever since.

Suspect: Rutherford

Smuggler’s Stash

Go South to Torbay.

In addition to some broken eggshells, the cave also contained some pitons and piles of nylon rope. The thick red clay was covered with prints from heavy boots.
Pitons are metal spikes used as anchors by mountain climbers to climb down cliff faces with strong ropes.
The Guff brothers are expert mountain climbers. Their boots are covered in red clay.

Suspect: Guff Brothers

Frankenstein Fraud

Check Greek Mythology for Prometheus.

Rebecca Locke said she has to leave the book sale to help her dad out at his shop on Quaint Street.
Mr. Sneed said that a young lady requested all the books about Frankenstein just before we arrived at the British Library.
The thief would have had to stop by the British Library if they wanted to quickly find out for sure whether the copy of Frankenstein Dorothea found was really valuable.
Locke’s Sweet Shop on Quaint Street is closed today.
A costume shop on Quaint Street carries Frankenstein masks. The shop has other stores all over London.

Suspect: Rebecca

Pirate Prank

Password: Gold

Modern-day pirates are thieves who make illegal copies of music, movies, or computer programs and sell them without giving any money to the people who really made them.
Jimme Crebes is selling copies of Rabid Hedgehog’s newest album out of his suitcase on Quaint Street for two pounds. The cassette labels are handwritten with the words “Rabid Hedgehog � Fangs for the Memories.”
Aunt Miranda overheard detectives in Scotland Yard are having an all-out manhunt for a pirate.

Suspect: Jimmy Crebes

Roman Ruins

World History will tell you most about Romans.

The inventory lists coins worth 100 denarii found at the Tower yesterday afternoon. But when Mr. Grebes counted the coins yesterday evening, there were only four…
Each of the four coins remaining at the site are solid gold.
One gold aureus coin is worth 25 silver denarii coins. Four gold aureui would be worth 100 silver denarii.

Suspect: Roman Coins

Interloping Impostor

Take the train to Warwick from Platform 6.

Lord Pomeroy said that he would come to the party dressed as Dorothy’s favorite fearful feline.
Lt. Haversham said he would come to the Cheswicks’ party dressed as England’s lion-heart.
Lady Saltcoats says that she’ll come to the party as the ancient riddler.
Sir Toby Uppingham says that he’ll dress as Mowgli’s catty enemy.
One of the guests is dressed as the Cat in the Hat from the book by Dr. Seuss.

Suspect: Cat in the Hat

Renegade Raven

Darren says he saw Mademoiselle LeChaton throwing food to a raven near the White Tower yesterday.
Ravens are territorial. Each pair of ravens has its own area on the Tower grounds. Jackie’s territory is just outside the White Tower.
Tungsten Wiles says that Mme. LeChaton has been working on an article about poor security in England. He says that the theft of the raven will make her story a big hit.
Mademoiselle LeChaton has bandages on her hands underneath her gloves.
Mr. Potter says that a raven could be caught by tempting it with food, but it would probably try to bite its captor.

Suspect: Mme. LeChaton

Hieroglyphic Hint

Macavity’s Code: Kleopatra

Howler monkeys make a distinctive howling sound, that begins like a growl, turns into a howl, and ends with a roar.
The old pet shop The Cleopatra is all boarded up, so no one can see in. A new sign says The Kleopatra.
The name Leota Park is an anagram. When the letters are rearranged, they spell Kleopatra.

Suspect: The Kleopatra

Mummified Mouser

Go NE to get to Picadilly.

Cecil Grange says he saw an ugly, hairless cat leave the Egyptian Room by a side door.
Mrs. Grimalkin says her cat Ramses is a type of cat known as a Sphynx. Ramses usually follows her everywhere, but right now she says he’s shedding his fur, so she has shut him up in a box.
A Sphynx is a weird-looking cat, with wrinkled skin and no hair at all. It’s a very rare breed of cat.

Suspect: Mrs. Grimalkin