Under the Pines
Pinecrest Country Club, Caldmere
A freelance photographer was found bleeding on the maintenance path behind the eighth green — a deep laceration across his forearm and a smashed camera at his feet. He says someone came at him with something long and metal.
Everyone has something to hide.
The closest thing Caldmere has to royalty. Served on the state bench for 22 years. Adjudicates club disputes with courtroom authority. Fair, formal, and impossible to intimidate.
A former PGA Tour hopeful who washed out and landed at Pinecrest. Likable, athletic, and far more observant than his easygoing demeanor suggests.
Thirty-one years keeping Pinecrest's eighteen holes immaculate. Reserved, methodical, observant. Could tell you exactly where someone was standing by shoe impressions in the grass.
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.