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Case №057Tuesday, May 26, 2026Routine

The Keeper's Correspondence

Widow's Point Lighthouse, Caldmere

The Briefing

A young volunteer restoring the Widow's Point Lighthouse has received a month of anonymous letters urging her to leave Caldmere — and they're getting uglier. Detective Delgado wants to know who's behind them before they turn into something worse.

Persons of Interest

Everyone has something to hide.

Earl Barrow, Lighthouse Keeper / Site Caretaker in Caldmere
Earl Barrow
Lighthouse Keeper / Site Caretaker

Thirty years tending Widow's Point. Chose isolation the way some people choose religion. Methodical, private, tightly wound beneath a calm surface.

Colette Barrow, Keeper's Wife / Herbalist in Caldmere
Colette Barrow
Keeper's Wife / Herbalist

Tends a remarkable garden on the island. Supplies herbs to Wren & Finch and makes tinctures half of Caldmere swears by. Has a knowledge of plant toxicology she frames as 'folk medicine.'

Grace Delisle, Church Secretary / Organist, St. Brendan's Church in Caldmere
Grace Delisle
Church Secretary / Organist, St. Brendan's Church

54. Operational backbone of St. Brendan's. Organized, opinionated, warm in a controlling way. Plays the organ beautifully. Biggest gossip in Caldmere — frames it as 'pastoral concern.'

The Accusation

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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.

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