Dreadful Crimes

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Dreadful Crimes (2016)

Dreadful Crimes is a DLC of the video game Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015) released on 11 april 2016. Available on Steam.

The game is a series of 10 investigations given by Mr. Henry Raymond and "Artie" (young Arthur Conan Doyle).


Synopsis

At some point following their arrival in London, the Frye twins are approached by Henry Raymond, a penny dreadful writer, and his follower, a young Arthur Conan Doyle, and the four team up to solve a series of mysterious murders across London. The twins are eventually summoned to Buckingham Palace by Queen Victoria, to solve the apparent murder of one of her guards. Doyle, who has been conducting his own investigation, discovers the culprit to be none other than Raymond, who plots to steal the Queen's Sceptre of the Dove. Raymond posed as the murdered guard to learn the combination to the safe where the Sceptre is kept by watching Queen Victoria open it, and has also faked a bomb threat to cover his escape. While Jacob and Evie evacuate the palace after learning of the bomb threat, Doyle tries to stop Raymond, only to end up captured. With Raymond holding Doyle hostage, one of the Frye twins distracts Raymond while the other kills him, saving Doyle and recovering the Sceptre. In the aftermath, Jacob and Evie encourage Doyle to try writing detective fiction himself.


Missions

  • A Simple Matter of Murder! : Solve the seemingly simple murder of a factory worker.
  • The Case of the Conflicted Courtship : Solve the perplexing murder of a woman in a public park.
  • Death Stalks the Colonel : Determine which bullet struck and killed the former colonel.
  • The Fiend of Fleet Street : Solve the case of the missing Detective Murphy.
  • The Mystery of the Twice-Dead Professor : Solve the mystery of the Professor who, once buried, returned to die in his parlor!
  • Locked in to Die! : Solve the perplexing locked-room murder.
  • The Most Hated Man in London : Deduce which of all the potential murderers actually killed Ashton.
  • Next Stop Murder! : Solve the mystery of the body found on the banks of the Thames.
  • Conjuring up a Killing! : Solve the murder of spiritualist Thaddeus the Amazing.
  • Murder at the Palace : Solve the perplexing murder of a palace guard.


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