Free — No Account Required Volume 0 — Prequel — 1946

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man's Daughter

Your mother was poisoned when you were nine years old. The man responsible became your mentor, your shield, your guide through sixteen years on the force. Now Marcus Webb is in a cell and the truth is finally within reach — if you're willing to burn everything you were given.

Tarot: XII — The Hanged Man

~8,300 words · ~2 hrs · 2 endings

The Hanged Man — XII
Volume 0 Free

The Hanged Man's Daughter

~8,300 words · ~2 hrs · 2 endings

Volume 1 — 1947

The Crescent City Murders

~19,400 words · 5 cases · 10 endings

The Gilded Circle — a secret society that has run Crescent City since 1923 — is being systematically destroyed from within. Five founding members will die. Someone is burning the Ledger. And every card you draw points back to a name you thought you knew.

The Blue Moon Lounge stage
III — The Empress
Case 1 III — The Empress

The Gilded Corpse

Jazz singer Vivian Delacroix dies on stage at the Blue Moon Lounge. The death looks like an accident. The cards say otherwise.

Vivian Delacroix ■ Included in Volume 1
The Ashworth study
IX — The Hermit
Case 2 IX — The Hermit

The Hollow Man

Thomas Ashworth Jr. is found hanging in his study. The official report says suicide. Someone took something from his desk before the body was cold.

Thomas Ashworth Jr. ■ Included in Volume 1
Madame Zara's parlor
II — The High Priestess
Case 3 II — The High Priestess

The Séance Killer

Spiritualist Madame Zara dies mid-reading, lips blue, hands still on the cards. Half the city's elite were in the room.

Madame Zara ■ Included in Volume 1
The Gold Room poker hall
X — Wheel of Fortune
Case 4 X — Wheel of Fortune

The Ace of Spades

Gambler and fixer "Lucky" Lou Benedetti takes a bullet at his own poker table. The players are still in their seats. No one heard a shot.

"Lucky" Lou Benedetti ■ Included in Volume 1
Whitmore Manor study
XI — Justice (Reversed)
Case 5 XI — Justice (Reversed)

The Final Card

Constance Whitmore, matriarch of the Heights, invites you to her manor. She is dying. She knows you've been watching. And she wants to show you something about your grandmother.

Constance Whitmore ■ Included in Volume 1
Volume 1 $6 Early Access

The Crescent City Murders

~19,400 words · 5 cases · 10 endings · $6 Early Access