Don't worry, the corpse is inside that house.
Chief King informs you that a man reported a body part in a junkyard garden, which you shortly discover belongs to mortgage broker Ned Dillard. Time for your real first investigation!
Tropes:
- An Arm and a Leg: You encounter the victim's hand before coming across his body.
- Asshole Victim: Anyone who knew Ned Dillard personally had nothing good to say about him.
- Clueless Mystery: Downplayed just like the case before, you obviously catch the killer, but the reason why Dennis killed Ned is never explained.
- Deadly Bath: The victim had his hand cut off in a bathtub, which made him bleed to death.
- Death by Irony: Ned was killed by his bodyguard.
- The Don: Marconi, as the leader of the Italian mafia in the Industrial Area.
- Early-Bird Cameo:
- You're given a very brief explanation of who The Vipers are before they're properly introduced in later cases.
- Rachel Priest appears on a TV screen inside Joe's shop before she properly debuts in Case 13.
- Fiery Cover-Up: What the killer tried to do with the house where the victim was killed. Fortunately, he didn't manage to burn it before the police arrived.
- Foreshadowing: When you and Jones fail to pinpoint the crime onto Marconi and thus he's unable to be arrested, Jones says that one day Marconi will make a bad move that will end his business.
- Loan Shark: The victim's occupation. Surprisingly, it had nothing to do with his murder.
- Rhyming Names: Tony Marconi.
- Toilet Humour: When Grace tells you that the cocaine found inside a box of cookies contained laxatives.Jones: AH! Too bad our guy didn't take some before leaving the mini-market... He would have left an easy trail to follow!
