Blood on the Dock
Tidewater Marina, Caldmere
Harlan Voss — Caldmere's loudest environmental voice and the man single-handedly blocking the marina's redevelopment permit — was found bleeding on the main pier just after midnight. A fillet knife, not his own, was abandoned three slips down.
Everyone has something to hide.
Twenty years running Tidewater Marina, and Ray has seen every scheme the waterfront has to offer — most of them profitable if you know where to look. Sits on the Tidewater Redevelopment Advisory Board. Protective of the marina's future, and his own.
The night shift belongs to Aggie. Twenty-eight years at St. Clair. She runs the floor with absolute authority and a dry humor that softens nothing. Owns a rental property on the waterfront — which has put her squarely in Voss's crosshairs.
27. Nonbinary. Reserved, precise, dry. Came to Caldmere to disappear. Manages the library's digital catalog, security cameras, and alarm system — quietly overqualified for a small-town library. Lost a grant they cared about after Voss testified against it.
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.
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