You are the detective.
Noir mysteries told as graphic novels — and investigated by you. The comic tells the story. The casebook holds the truth.
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A Glimpse Into the Investigation
Are you ready to step into the role of the detective?
The truth is waiting.
Every case is free. Every case is complete.
Four full investigations — from a single-sitting cold case to a four-dynasty conspiracy.
Join during the open beta and these four stay in your file, free, for good.
Inheritance of Silence
A celebrated translator is found dead in her locked study. The police ruled it natural causes. Her last letter says she was frightened.
The Pact of 1046
A drifter beaten and bound in a Kansas City hotel room. Ninety years unsolved — and four dynasties with reason to want him silenced.
The Moika Protocol
History's most famous murder is a story the killers wrote themselves. The autopsy found no poison — so what really happened?
The Crane File
A star columnist dies weeks after locking away a JFK contradiction. Ruled an accident within days — the missing carbon copy disagrees.
The comic tells the story. The casebook holds the truth.
The story unfolds chapter by chapter as a noir graphic novel. Alongside it sits the casebook — the evidence, the documents, the voices behind it. One toggle moves you between them at any moment.
- Chapters open as you earn them — the story never spoils what you haven't proved.
- Voice-acted interviews and calls — every document is material you can use.
- The final chapters stay sealed until you name the culprit.
Four Thousand and One
London, December 1952. Four thousand died of the weather. This is the file of the one who did not — and the reason the Society exists.
- Pages
- Sixty-four
- Acts
- Five, and a closing brief
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- About half an hour
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If you've ever wished you could step inside a mystery novel, podcast, or documentary — this is for you.
Society Archives
Can You Play a Murder Mystery Alone? What Works Solo
Which murder-mystery formats work for one investigator? A practical guide to case-file boxes, party kits, browser mysteries and detective games.
Access FileThe Citizen Detective's Handbook: Helping Without Doing Harm
Where public help with real cases is accepted, what useful research looks like, and why serious communities prohibit contact and accusation.
Access FileHow Cold Cases Actually Get Solved: Eight Ways an Old File Reopens
Eight ways cold cases reopen, from preserved evidence and genetic genealogy to digitised records and witnesses who are finally ready to talk.
Access FileReal Locked-Room Mysteries: Eight Documented Cases From the Historical Record
Eight historical deaths and thefts described as locked-room mysteries, with a closer look at what was actually sealed and what the surviving evidence supports.
Access FileGames Like Return of the Obra Dinn: Mastering Deduction by Elimination
The ranked follow-ups that actually replicate Obra Dinn's deduction — direct matches, adjacent picks and oversold ones — plus a field workflow for solving them.
Access FileThe Honest Red Herring: How Great Mysteries Mislead You Fairly
A noir study of misdirection done right: why the best red herrings never lie, how to spot them in the wild, and how to stop chasing them.
Access FileGames Like Her Story: How to Handle Information Overload Without Losing the Plot
A practical noir workflow for narrative investigation games: triage signal, run a three-pass review, and avoid suspect lock-in.
Access FileHow to Think Like a Detective: Building a Case From Evidence, Not Instinct
A noir field guide to evidence-based reasoning: separate observation from interpretation, test rival theories, and stress-test your conclusion.
Access FileWhat Makes a Mystery Great?
The hidden architecture behind every great mystery.
Access FileThe truth is waiting.
Four complete investigations, free in your browser — just the case file and your own judgement. Join during the open beta and they stay in your file, for good.
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