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Sixteen phones. Sixteen stories that do not agree with themselves.

Choose by premise, difficulty or time. Every file contains twelve evidence questions and three progressive hints per question. Case 01 is complete and free.

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Case 02 · Tangled · 45–60 min

The Second Ring

June & Rowan

Ten days before June's wedding, an anonymous message asks which name Rowan used the first time. A photograph shows two rings where there should be one.

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Case 03 · Tangled · 55–70 min

Quiet Money

Vey Loomworks

€84,000 leaves a family company on Sunday. A cropped alert points at the finance controller just before a decisive board vote.

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Case 04 · Tangled · 55–75 min

Understudy

Calder Theatre

The stage goes black for eighty-seven seconds. When the lights return, the lead is gone and her understudy is ready to perform.

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Case 06 · Cruel · 65–80 min

Houseboat

Alder Reach

Elias's empty houseboat is found three kilometres upstream even though the engine never ran and both wind and current moved downstream.

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Case 09 · Hard · 55–70 min

Dead Air

Iris Bell · WPRM

At 23:17, a familiar radio voice disappears while the microphone is open and every caller gives the silence a different meaning.

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Case 12 · Tangled · 35–45 min

Room 808

Noah Venn · The Mirador

A man checks into the Mirador as Noah Venn. The hotel archivist recognizes the name because the law says Noah died.

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Case 13 · Tangled · 35–45 min

The Last Delivery

Asha Kade · Relay Dispatch

Asha misses her after-shift safety message. Dispatch says she finished east of the river, but her bike is locked three kilometres west.

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Case 14 · Cruel · 40–50 min

Paper Moon

Aster Vale Observatory

A perfect astronomical signal appears at the exact time the observatory dome and science shutter were closed for humidity.

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Case 15 · Tangled · 35–45 min

The Memory Garden

Ruth Elian · Willow Common

Ruth's old will gives the estate to Adrian, but a small parcel she spent twelve years turning into a community garden may have a different future.

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Case 16 · Cruel · 40–50 min

Northbound

Lina Maren · Northstar 817

Lina's phone reaches Northbridge inside a locked sleeper berth. Lina does not, and her 03:30 safety message never arrives.

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