Cut and Run
Undertow Coffee, Caldmere
A food journalist walked into Undertow Coffee on a Tuesday morning and left on a stretcher — three lacerations across his right hand, a piece of broken ceramic in the wound, and no memory of how it got there.
Everyone has something to hide.
31. Bellwick dropout (left Dr. Osei's marine biology program abruptly). Sharp, charismatic, restless. Hears every conversation in her shop and trades in social currency the way some people trade in cash.
22. Creative writing senior. Quiet, observant, gently anxious. Writes everything down in Moleskine notebooks — thinks he is gathering material for fiction. Is actually building a forensic record of Caldmere without realizing it.
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.
Can you name the culprit?
100% of detectives cracked this case
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.