Art of Murder: Deadly Secrets

Chapter 1

Antique Shop

Talk to the police officer, then enter the antique shop. Talk to the assistant, then play the hidden object minigame, which ends with finding a bullet. Match this bullet casing with its other part:

Talk to the assistant again, then head upstairs to find a locked safe. Go back and ask the assistant for the combination. Search the desk and play the hidden object minigame. You will find a locked cabinet within the desk. Talk to the assistant, then look behind the screen for another hidden object minigame, which ends with finding a key to the desk.

Return to the desk and use the copper key to unlock the cabinet. Look in the cabinet for the next hidden object minigame, which involves finding 8 fragments of paper. Combine these to see the safe combination "23.08.1960". Go back upstairs to the safe and enter this combination, then turn the handle to open the safe. Back out and talk to the assistant again.

Chapter 2

Antique Collector's Home

Head inside and talk to the wife, then enter the study on the right. Play a minigame where you need to find 12 missing items. Talk to the wife, then examine the writing table for a hidden object minigame.

You will automatically talk to the wife again about the chest. Examine the desk for another hidden object minigame, which involves finding 12 pages from a day planner. After another brief conversation, play another hidden object minigame. Leave the room and talk to the police officer.

Chapter 3

Deckard Street Crime Scene

Talk to the police officer. Spray luminol on the floor to the right, then replace the light bulb in the ceiling with your UV light. Examine the floor for a hidden object minigame, which involves finding 12 shoeprints. Talk to the police officer again, then search for more evidence in a hidden object minigame, which ends with finding a bullet shell. Match this correctly:

Talk to the police officer for some more information.

Chapter 4

Interrogation Room

You will automatically talk to Paul Smith's daughter and then leave again.

Chapter 5

Prison Archive

Head inside and talk to the police officer then go through the door on the right. Talk to the filing clerk. Search the desk for a hidden object minigame, and you will end up discovering a broken key. Talk to the filing clerk, and he will tell you to look for a copy on the board to the right. Look at the board and find the matching key:

Head out to the hall and use the key on the door to the archive. You will automatically start a hidden object minigame, which ends with finding a soft paintbrush. Go right to the back of the archive for another hidden object minigame, which involves finding 20 drawers. Look at the file cabinet and use the paintbrush on the drawers to remove the dust.

Go back to the filing clerk and ask about the drawers. Return to the drawers and select drawer 3B. Go back to the filing clerk for some more information. Head out to the corridor again and open the supply room door on the left. Play a hidden object minigame, which ends with finding a crowbar. Use this to open the blue wooden chest, and you will find documents inside.

Talk to the filing clerk once more.

Chapter 6

Auto Repair Shop

Talk to the auto mechanic, then play a hidden object minigame. Go forward into the shop to start a hidden object minigame, which involves finding 8 shoeprints. Compare the shoeprints with the ones you found earlier and select the matching ones:

You will automatically start another hidden object minigame, which involves finding 12 shoes. Back out and talk to the auto mechanic. Enter the shop again and examine the table for a hidden object minigame, which ends with finding a socket wrench. Back out and give this to the auto mechanic. Now examine the table on the left for another hidden object minigame, which results in you getting a key. Use this to open the office door behind the auto mechanic, then go inside for the next hidden object minigame. Open the desk drawer to start a hidden object minigame, which involves finding 8 map fragments. Put the map fragments together. Back out and talk to the auto mechanic once more.

Chapter 7

Underground Metro Station

Open the electricity supply box. Now rotate the wire segments to connect the red and green lights in the opposite corners. You will automatically start a hidden object minigame, which ends with finding a crowbar. Use this to open the padlock on the large iron gate, and you will go through to a metro platform. Continue forward 3 times to reach the edge of the platform. You will start a hidden object minigame, which ends with finding a tire iron. Use this to open the ventilation shaft on the far wall. Head through.

Play a series of 4 hidden object minigames as you progress through the passages. Enter the underground tunnel.