The Third Alarm
Caldmere Fire Station, Caldmere
A state fire safety inspector is found dead at the bottom of the equipment stairs at Station No. 1 — a tragic fall, on the surface. But the surface has been wrong before in Caldmere.
Everyone has something to hide.
46. Fire Captain for 6 years, with the department for 22. Commanding, direct, competitive. Reads burn patterns the way a coroner reads bodies. Department's arson investigator.
34. Department's best medic and worst cook (the chili is his). Former Navy corpsman. Calm to the point of being unnerving. Has nightmares he doesn't mention.
Evelyn's son. Has his mother's intelligence but none of her patience. Competent but not exceptional, and increasingly frustrated by the gap.
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.