Every Knife Has a Memory

Adrien's ex-partner — romantic and culinary. Precise, inventive, and starting to resent living in Adrien's shadow. Was in a relationship with the victim, Sebastien Loy, at the time of the murder. Claims she left Wren & Finch at 10:45 PM through the front entrance. Held one of only three keys to the service corridor's exterior deadbolt. Stands 163 cm.

A French-Canadian transplant who came to Caldmere for the seafood. Volcanic management style. Claims he was doing inventory in the dry store until 11:30 PM on the night of the murder, saw nobody after Elena Park left. Held one of only three keys to the service corridor's exterior deadbolt. His professional reputation rested on a culinary philosophy that Sebastien Loy was about to expose as stolen. Stands 188 cm.

Runs the dining room with grace under pressure. Claims she last saw Loy at 10:15 PM near the kitchen pass, then locked the wine cellar and left through the front. No key to the service corridor. Has been at Wren & Finch since its opening — her professional future is tied directly to the restaurant's reputation. Stands 171 cm.

A campus institution who met with Sebastien Loy on the afternoon of March 14th, 2021. Brilliant, theatrical, and deeply political. Has a gambling problem managed carefully for twenty years. His connection to the 2017 Bellwick thesis at the center of Loy's investigation — he was the thesis committee chair — gives him a motive to prevent publication. Stands 178 cm.

Evelyn's son. Has been Wren & Finch's legal counsel since 2019. Was retained by Adrien Moreau in January 2021 to explore intellectual property protections for the restaurant's tasting-menu concept — two months before Loy's death. Competent but not exceptional, and increasingly frustrated by the gap between his ambitions and his results. Stands 182 cm.