Scorched on Widow's Point
Bayview Veterinary Clinic, Caldmere
A fire gutted the storage annex at Bayview Veterinary Clinic just after midnight, burning through shelving that held — among other things — a very specific pharmaceutical stockpile. The man who arrived the previous afternoon to audit that stockpile is now in St. Clair Medical Center with smoke inhalation.
Everyone has something to hide.
41. Only vet in Caldmere. Big, bearded, gentle. Universally liked. Came from a Vermont large-animal practice. There is a sadness he manages carefully — it surfaces late at night when the kennels are full.
24. Finishing biology at Bellwick. Competent, direct, world-weary. First-generation college student working three jobs. Manages the clinic's drug inventory more carefully than Sam does — and has noticed discrepancies.
52. Retired commercial fisherman, blew out his back at 40. Massive, quiet, runs his bar like a deck — with authority and minimal words. His moral code is simple and absolute. Banned-for-life list is long.
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.