LA Noire - The Setup
How to solve the Vice desk case.
LA Noire's The Setup is one of many cases on the Vice desk, following on from Reefer Madness.
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The Setup
You'll be starting this case in the Fighter's Dressing Room.
Location: Fighter's Dressing Room
Clues:
- Grab the Newspaper from the table.
- Examine Hammond's locker to find a note with a phone number and some bookie's odds.
Use the telephone.
Location: Hotel El Mar
Speak to the guy behind the desk, then point out Winston Churchill in the Ledger and head to room 207.
Clues:
- Telegram in a tipped over bin.
- A Movie Ticket Stub and a box of chocolates on the dresser.
- Check the table for a still-warm can of beans and a magazine with a coupon filled out by Candy Edwards.
- On the bedside stand to the right is a cigarette with lipstick.
- On the bedside stand to the left is a note of Bookmakers' payouts.
Location: Aleve Motel (Candy Edwards' Address)
Speak to the receptionist then head to Candy's room to search for Clues:
- Inspect the pockets of the unconscious body to find a Notebook and Switchblade.
- Examine the suitcase.
- On the dresser is a Cunard Ascania postcard and One Way Bus Ticket.
Interview Candy Edwards:
- Whereabouts of Hammond: Accuse (or Lie in the original version). Evidence: Magazine Coupon.
- List of Odds Recovered: Accuse (or Lie in the original version). Evidence: Bookmaker's Odds.
- Plans to Leave Town: Bad Cop (or Bad Cop (or Doubt in the original version) in the original version).
Tail Candy Edwards as she walk across town; you'll need to do a lot of ducking behind cover and looking nonchalant on the way.
Location: Bookmaker's Office (Thrifty Liquor)
Use the pencil on the notepad by the phone.
Location: Bookmaker's Office (Examiner Drugstore)
Examine the Cab Card next to the phone, then use the phone before talking to the bookie.
Location: Ray's Bookmakers
Tail the cab.
Location: Bus Depot
Stay incognito by sitting down and reading the paper, and then follow Candy into the bathroom.
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Next case: LA Noire - The Naked City
Clues:
- Examine the Revolver.
- Inside the stall you'll find a purse containing a Movie Ticket from the Egyptian Theater.
Location: Egyptian Theater
The case ends with a shootout, and a disappointment for Ray.