Blunt Force at the Reference Desk
Caldmere Public Library, Caldmere
Sylvan Quore arrived at the Caldmere Public Library on Tuesday morning to examine records that could overturn a contested inheritance. He left on a stretcher.
Everyone has something to hide.
49. Master's in library science, second life as an amateur genealogist. Has traced half of Caldmere's family trees back to the 1700s. Polite but not warm — she cares about information more than people.
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.
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.
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.