The Embalmer's Ledger
Tidewater Funeral Home, Caldmere
A supply auditor is found unconscious in Tidewater Funeral Home's preparation room — and the controlled chemicals he came to inventory are gone. Nate Driscoll called it in. That doesn't mean he's innocent.
Everyone has something to hide.
48. Fourth-generation Driscoll funeral director. Has personally handled over a thousand funerals. Calm, empathetic, precise. Carries the specific loneliness of being the person everyone needs and no one wants to see.
76. Nate's mother. Ran Tidewater for 20 years before he took over. Frank, unsentimental, wryly funny. Says exactly what she thinks and has reached the age where no one can stop her.
Evelyn's son. Has his mother's intelligence but none of her patience. Competent but not exceptional, and increasingly frustrated by the gap. Came to Tidewater to finalize the Hartley estate paperwork.
Can you name the culprit?
Read the case file, interrogate the suspects, and make your accusation — five guesses to crack it. The deduction board and the solution are for detectives only.
Caldmere, Maine.
A small town on the Maine coast where everyone knows everyone, and nothing is quite what it seems. Explore the locations and characters behind every case.