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The Art of Murder

by Gavin Inglis profile and Failbetter Games

Episode 9 of Fallen London Exceptional Stories
2015
Fantasy
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About the Story

A new sensation in Bohemian circles. Sharp knives. Deadly poison. Elaborate and rather impractical deathtraps.

Murder has always featured in Fallen London, but never has it been so fashionable.

The Art of Murder is the second story in the Heart’s Blood season. Play ​An Exceptional Story: Death from Above to begin. The Art of Murder is written by Gavin Inglis, writer of ​Hana Feels and Neighbourhood Necromancer.

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Review by rngwrldngnr
It's pretty short, but decently written. That's kind of damning by faint praise, but like a lot of early Exceptional Stories it's dealing with teething problems.

The investigation segment works well enough, but you need more "points" of clues than there are sites to investigate, and it feels like you're expected to be min-maxing the give and take of resources over the investigation, rather than just going for completion reading all the options. Kind of awkward, and I wish it was made explicit at the start.
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