A Kindness to the Cactus
Bellwick University, Caldmere
Someone has walked off with a prize specimen from Bellwick University's greenhouse — a rare Ariocarpus fissuratus that took thirty years to grow. The plant was fine on Thursday morning. By Friday, it was gone.
Everyone has something to hide.
A campus institution. Brilliant, theatrical, and deeply political. Hosts legendary dinner parties and considers himself Caldmere's unofficial intellectual conscience. Has a gambling problem he's managed to hide for twenty years.
The university's rising star. Published, grant-funded, and absolutely relentless. Direct, impatient, principled. Her students worship her; her colleagues resent her.
Liang's star pupil and the department's unofficial fixer. Smart, ambitious, and increasingly aware that her mentor isn't who she thought he was.
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.