CASE №02 · NEW YORK · THE INVESTIGATION

The investigation.

Stella left seventeen clues in her reservations book. The eighteenth is on her menu. Together, they point to a single name.

1. CLUE №01

   The Killer's name does not begin with the letter K.

2. CLUE №02

   The second letter of the Killer's name is a vowel. Vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and Y.

3. CLUE №03

   The page facing the Killer's page contains the first name of an Italian American crooner.

   Italian American crooner names →

4. CLUE №04

   The Killer's name contains no two identical consecutive letters. For example, Jenna or Anna would be excluded.

5. CLUE №05

   The Killer's name does not contain the letters V, X or Y.

6. CLUE №06

   The Killer's name contains at least 2 distinct vowels. The two vowels must be different letters.

7. CLUE №07

   The Killer's name contains exactly 6 letters.

8. CLUE №08

   The Killer's name contains the letter S.

9. CLUE №09

   The Killer's page contains at least one name of 4 letters.

10. CLUE №10

    The three names preceding the Killer's name begin with the three letters that precede the Killer's initial in the alphabet. For example, if the Killer's name begins with D, the three preceding names begin with A, B and C, in any order.

11. CLUE №11

    The Killer's page contains an anagram pair: two distinct names made of exactly the same letters. For example: Elsa and Sale.

12. CLUE №12

    The Killer's name contains the letter I.

13. CLUE №13

    The 4th letter of the Killer's name is a vowel.

14. CLUE №14

    The name TONY appears within the three pages immediately before or within the three pages immediately after the Killer's page.

15. CLUE №15

    All five Sopranos lead characters appear within the four pages before or after the Killer's page.

    The Sopranos lead character names →

16. CLUE №16

    The Killer's name appears exactly four times in the book.

17. CLUE №17

    The last letter of the Killer's name falls between A and M in the alphabet.