Holmes examines the body for clues and sets a trap for the murderer. The game gives them clues to the family's secret burial crypt underneath the house, and there they find Brunton murdered, clutching a case containing an old document. As pieces in the game they use the household staff. They find the words used in the ritual hidden in Sally's room and try to copy the ritual, which involves replaying a giant chess game on the checkered floor of the house main hall. Meanwhile, Holmes and Watson look into the special "Musgrave Ritual" that the family uses to appoint the new head of the family. Trying to arrest the butler, Lestrade gets lost in the manor's secret passageways. Lestrade suspects the family butler, Alfred Brunton, to be the murderer because Phillip had just fired the butler. But after only one day of ruling the estate, Phillip too is found murdered, lying in the trunk of the car. Phillip is formally made the new head of the estate the next day with the aid of his sister. Holmes is of another opinion about the flyer's guilt and continues to investigate on his own. Inspector Lestrade of the Scotland Yard is put on the case to solve the murder, and immediately arrests the captain as a suspect.
Upon his arrival to the estate, Sherlock Holmes discovers the dead body of one of the brothers, Geoffrey. John Watson, who is in charge of the medical facility, goes to fetch his dear friend Sherlock Holmes to bring some clarity to the case of the attack. Sexton, is assaulted by an unknown assailant when out on a walk. Then one of the physicians working at the estate, Dr. When Sally Musgrave displays her feelings for one of the wounded American fighter pilots, Captain Pat Vickery, who is currently recovering at the family estate, her brothers Geoffrey and Phillip are quick to show their dismay. Watson is serving as resident physician at Musgrave Manor in Northumberland, a stately home which is also used as a hospital for a number of servicemen suffering from shell shock.
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