Dead Calm at Harbor Walk
Undertow Coffee, Caldmere
On Halloween morning, a man was found dead at the base of the steep exterior staircase behind Undertow Coffee — the narrow iron steps that climb the converted boathouse's rear wall to the rooftop deck. The body of Dr. Piers Galloway, a marine biology researcher from UMass Dartmouth visiting Bellwick University to review Dr. Abena Osei's contested grant application, lay face-down on the…
Everyone has something to hide.
The university's rising star. Published, grant-funded, and absolutely relentless. Direct, impatient, principled. Her students worship her; her colleagues resent her.
31. Bellwick dropout (left Dr. Osei's marine biology program abruptly). Sharp, charismatic, restless. Hears every conversation in her shop and trades in social currency the way some people trade in cash.
A former PGA Tour hopeful who washed out and landed at Pinecrest. Likable, athletic, and far more observant than his easygoing demeanor suggests.
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.