The mystery being woven through Chapter 1 ofThe Rise of the Golden Idolis certainly deserving of the epithet. While you’d expect the cases to be related in some esoteric way, that way doesn’t make itself readily clear to begin with, requiring some leaps of logic to be made before things are made obvious.

The second full case has you figuring out what happened at a construction site to cause the death of a very unlucky soul. This is the first case that has you solving more than simply the names of those involved and the series of events, making this a bit more exciting.

The reporter in The Rise of the Golden Idol.

This guide was written using the Extended Demo of the game and will be checked and updated upon the game’s full release.

The reporter

The detective’s dialogue in The Rise of the Golden Idol.

The men in suits

The body inside the pipe

The foreman under the pipe and a word wall in The Rise of the Golden Idol.

The construction workers

The man underneath the pipe

The three construction vehicles in The Rise of the Golden Idol.

The construction vehicles

Demolisher, Excavator, Cutter, Bill

All Name Solutions

There are eight people to identify in this case, with some being far easier than others.

Luke Brown

All Vehicle Solutions

This panel is best solved alongside the name panel, as they use many of the same clues.

Cutter

All Event Solutions

This series of events is more difficult than those you’ve encountered previously. It will require some logical deductions about what could have resulted in this scene.

Solution

Monty Totskyused thedemolisheron thesewage pipe. This resulted in the death ofJoel Gregson.

The construction site in The Rise of the Golden Idol.