Wrong Man at the End of the Pier
The Brine, Caldmere
A retired harbor pilot is beaten badly behind The Brine — but investigators suspect he wasn't the intended target.
Everyone has something to hide.
29. Five-foot-four, 130 pounds, the most effective bouncer The Brine has ever had. Former amateur boxer. Loud, funny, physical. Reads a room's energy before it turns.
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.
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.