Sherlock Holmes The Awakened: Chapter 1, Barnes' Bookshop Sherlock Holmes The Awakened walkthrough

While searching the bookshop in Chapter 1 in Sherlock Holmes The Awakened, you will have to make an observation of Mr. Barnes and Mrs. Flemming. In this guide you will learn how to solve another mystery from the Mind Palace.

Last update: Thursday, April 13, 2023

This Sherlock Holmes The Awakened Remake walkthrough for Chapter 1 explains how to investigate the bookshop and flower stand. We suggest what evidence to provide in the conversation with Mrs. Flemming to answer the question in the Mind Palace. Our tips will help you find all the evidence on the counter and at the window of the bookshop.

• How to find the Barnes's Bookshop?
• Character Portrait: Mr. Barnes
• How to find clues in the bookshop?
• How to search the flower stand?
• Character Portrait: Mrs. Flemming
• Providing evidence to Mrs. Flemming
• Mind Palace

How to find the Barnes's Bookshop?

When you solve the first puzzle in the Mind Palace, the next place of investigation will be the bookshop. Go straight and turn left. When you approach the bookshop, a notification will pop up on the screen. Enter the bookshop and talk to Mr. Barnes.

Character Portrait: Mr. Barnes

Start observing Mr. Barnes and examine:

1. eyes,
2. right hand,
3. right knee,
4. left shoe.

Choose one of the two options and make a profile for Mr. Barnes. Regardless of what you choose, the conversation will proceed in the same way.

How to find clues in the bookshop?

The bookshop owner will hide behind the door. First, examine the dog at the door and the ladder in the alcove to the right of the door, then approach the counter. Examine the large painting on the wall, and finally the stack of books on the counter.

On the bookshop's counter examine:

1. flyer on the right,
2. thick book with an orange cover.

Go to the window and investigate:

1. pot of dried flowers,
2. pile of books,
3. view behind the window.

When you find all the evidence in the bookshop, go outside and approach the flower stand.

How to search the flower stand?

At the flower stand examine:

1. red roses,
2. white roses,
3. cactus.

When you pick up the cactus pot, examine the spot with the missing needle. Rotate the pot and examine the crack.

Character Portrait: Mrs. Flemming

While observing Mrs. Flemming examine:

1. mouth,
2. buttons on the neck,
3. brooch on the left shoulder,
4. shoes.

Choose any character profile and continue the conversation.

Providing evidence to Mrs. Flemming

Select the Provide Evidence option and check:

1. Character Portrait: Mr. Barnes,
2. cactus in a cracked pot,
3. dead flowers on display.

Mind Palace

After talking to Mrs. Flemming, you will gather all the evidence you need to solve the next puzzle in the Mind Palace: Why is Barnes acting so strangely?.

Choose the evidence:

1. Mrs. Flemming's opinion of Barnes,
2. cactus in a cracked pot,
3. dead flowers on display.

Finally, return to the bookshop and talk to Barnes through the door. You will receive The Strand newspaper. You can now leave the bookshop.