Brass and Consequence
Caldmere Grand Hotel, Caldmere
A traveling antiques courier was found unconscious in the Caldmere Grand Hotel's service corridor, a valuable brass navigation clock missing from his case. The blow came from behind — and the clock has not been found.
Everyone has something to hide.
Brilliant, overqualified, and using the concierge desk as a cover for her true ambition: writing a true-crime podcast about Caldmere's unsolved cases. Has a photographic memory for faces.
67. Caldmere's institutional memory. Former Yale research librarian. Precise, genteel, unexpectedly steely. Asks questions that sound innocent and aren't.
The university's rising star. Published, grant-funded, and absolutely relentless. Direct, impatient, principled. Her students worship her; her colleagues resent her.
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.