The Mise en Place
Wren & Finch, Caldmere
A private dinner at Wren & Finch ends with the guest of honor unconscious on the kitchen floor and everyone still inside the building. Caldmere PD arrives to find the restaurant locked, the staff composed, and nobody remembering a thing.
Everyone has something to hide.
A French-Canadian transplant who came to Caldmere for the seafood. An extraordinary chef, a terrible businessman. His food is transcendent. His management style is volcanic.
Adrien's ex-partner — romantic and culinary. Precise, inventive, and starting to resent living in Adrien's shadow. Cool, methodical, observant.
Runs the dining room with grace under pressure and a wine knowledge that borders on supernatural. Polished, strategic, warmer than she first appears.
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.