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Each mystery hands you one clue and one person who knows more than they say.

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The Blizzard Sealed the Mountain and Cut the Power. Three Women Knocked on Your Door.Start
The Blizzard Sealed the Mountain and Cut the Power. Three Women Knocked on Your Door. On the first day the mountain roads closed under the blizzard, the whole town of Aspen Ridge lost power. Rae · Mystery
Lot No. 7Start
Lot No. 7 Tonight, at the rainy night auction, you won Lot No. Shen Ye · Drama
The Interrogation Room Lights Went Out, and She Said This One's Off the RecordStart
The Interrogation Room Lights Went Out, and She Said This One's Off the Record You've been hauled into an interrogation room over a bank data heist. Park Jin-hee · Mystery
The Vegas Magician's Assistant Who Pulled You OnstageStart
The Vegas Magician's Assistant Who Pulled You Onstage Las Vegas, 1962. The spotlight sweeps across the audience and stops on your face. Stella · Mystery
Only You Spotted the Fake Necklace Before the ExhibitionStart
Only You Spotted the Fake Necklace Before the Exhibition The De la Cruz family's jewelry exhibition opens at ten tomorrow morning. Bianca · Mystery
The Red-Haired Cowgirl Who Hauled You Out of a Bar FightStart
The Red-Haired Cowgirl Who Hauled You Out of a Bar Fight You're asking around a small-town bar in West Texas about your missing brother when you get caught up in a brawl. Ruby · Mystery
Only an empty picture frame was left on the wall, along with a Minuit card.Start
Only an empty picture frame was left on the wall, along with a Minuit card. On the eve of the auction, a painting valued at thirty million euros vanishes from the gallery at midnight. Lucien · Mystery
The Engkantada of Siquijor Wants Your NameStart
The Engkantada of Siquijor Wants Your Name The old healer on the island says the wish you want can only be granted by the engkantada who lives in the banyan tree. Lirio · Fantasy
Every full moon, the witch shopkeeper keeps watch at that doorStart
Every full moon, the witch shopkeeper keeps watch at that door You're a building inspector assessing a seventeenth-century wooden house. Willow · Fantasy
The Last Train Stops at a Station That Doesn't ExistStart
The Last Train Stops at a Station That Doesn't Exist You fell asleep on the last train after overtime. Akari Yunagi · Mystery
The Second-in-Command Only Buys Flowers HereStart
The Second-in-Command Only Buys Flowers Here Every Wednesday evening, the man in the three-piece suit comes in for one bundle of white chrysanthemums, pays, thanks you, and leaves. Arashi Fuwa · Mystery
The Third Room at the Snowbound InnStart
The Third Room at the Snowbound Inn A heavy snowfall has sealed the only road through the mountains of Nagano. Shizuka Makimura · Mystery
A Ronin Moves Into the TenementStart
A Ronin Moves Into the Tenement In Edo, three fires have broken out within a single month. Shinnojo Sakaki · Historical
Seven Days Until the HearingStart
Seven Days Until the Hearing She’s been petitioning for an annulment for three years, and the hearing is seven days away. Marisol · Urban
The Last BoatStart
The Last Boat The last boat before the typhoon had already pulled away, and only then did you realize you’d been left on the island. Grace · Mystery
Locked Room, All NightStart
Locked Room, All Night You're sent to a rival's murder-mystery role-play store to play an all-night script, with one goal: photograph the script she wrote herself. Yu Qing · Mystery
Seven Days to the FinalStart
Seven Days to the Final Seven days before the final, two teams that had made it to the grand final were both exposed for fixing a match on the same day. Liang Yan · Mystery
The Seventh HorseStart
The Seventh Horse You came to the grassland ranch for the weekend. Chimeg · Mystery
Borrowing a LightStart
Borrowing a Light A late-night hotel in a port town, 1948. Rosa · Mystery
The Midnight Restoration RoomStart
The Midnight Restoration Room You are the night-shift restorer at the Ash City Municipal Archives. Bai Yan · Drama
I Know You're a CopStart
I Know You're a Cop You're an undercover bodyguard the police planted at his side, with one job: find evidence that he killed his older brother. Byun Sang-wook · Mystery
The Seventh WitnessStart
The Seventh Witness In the small hours, you stumble on a robbery outside your rented room in the urban village, chase the guy two streets, and get clubbed from behind. Luo Bing · Mystery
The Woman in the Restoration Room Brings Hidden Words to Light With YouPlayableTry it
The Woman in the Restoration Room Brings Hidden Words to Light With You At a secondhand book market you pay 30 yuan for a thread-bound book from the Republican era. Lin Zhi · Mystery
The opposing lawyer slipped you a note. Why would he help you?Start
The opposing lawyer slipped you a note. Why would he help you? Your first time arguing a case on your own—and across the aisle sits Ji Wenzheng, the man who, three years ago, pushed your mentor to concede right there in court and walk away from the profession for good. Ji Wenzheng · Workplace
A Pink Diamond Worth a Hundred Million Pulls You Into a Switch SchemeStart
A Pink Diamond Worth a Hundred Million Pulls You Into a Switch Scheme You're an appraiser sent by an insurance company to verify the pink diamond that closes the autumn auction. Jung Chia-heng · Workplace
The Fake-Spotter Pulled Onto the Magic StageStart
The Fake-Spotter Pulled Onto the Magic Stage You’re sitting in Row 7, Seat 14 with a ticket of unknown origin. Ye Qichi · Mystery
Ten years ago you testified and sent him to prison; today he has come back under a new name.Start
Ten years ago you testified and sent him to prison; today he has come back under a new name. Ten years ago you testified in court for him, and afterward the two of you lost contact and you left the city. Ziyad · Mystery
Someone was waylaying people outside the warehouse, yet she only repeated the numbers you had misread.Start
Someone was waylaying people outside the warehouse, yet she only repeated the numbers you had misread. You once delivered a shipment for a boss who has since vanished, and the cargo ended up in Jin Ah-yeon’s warehouse. Jin Ah-yeon · Mystery
The Girl Who Lent Me Her Umbrella Wants Me DeadStart
The Girl Who Lent Me Her Umbrella Wants Me Dead Working late, you get caught in a downtown storm without an umbrella. Lena · Mystery
Her Ex Ran Up Debts in Her Name. You Clear Her Case.Start
Her Ex Ran Up Debts in Her Name. You Clear Her Case. The day Nadia walks out of prison, all she has at the gate is a plastic bag and an old bank card. Nadia · Mystery
The Second Son of a Wealthy House: At the Family Banquet, Her Gaze Brushes Past You Three TimesStart
The Second Son of a Wealthy House: At the Family Banquet, Her Gaze Brushes Past You Three Times The family elders have invited a young singer to perform at the family banquet, officially to liven up the evening, but really so that she can meet you. Shamia · Mystery
She Wakes Again and Says: This Is the Seventh TimeStart
She Wakes Again and Says: This Is the Seventh Time You wake up in a Las Vegas hotel suite. Juno · Mystery
Inside the piano lid, a slip of paper bears nothing but a string of digitsStart
Inside the piano lid, a slip of paper bears nothing but a string of digits Chicago, 1947. You're a pianist who just came in on the night train from Kansas City, hired by the Blue Parrot to replace a pianist who vanished. Lillian · Mystery
The Investigator, the Tea Has Gone ColdStart
The Investigator, the Tea Has Gone Cold A French insurance company has sent you to the Tran house by Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi to investigate a claim tied to the boat wreck in Ha Long Bay three years ago. Tran Ngoc Diep · Mystery
The Astronomer Sends a Star Chart: Something's Wrong, and It Might Be Your TranslationStart
The Astronomer Sends a Star Chart: Something's Wrong, and It Might Be Your Translation You are a translator at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, turning Greek astronomy texts into Arabic. Suhail · Historical
The Haunted Old House You're Fixing Next Week, and Candlelight Flickers On at Your FeetStart
The Haunted Old House You're Fixing Next Week, and Candlelight Flickers On at Your Feet You are a historic-building conservator sent by the Department of Cultural Heritage. Wanni · Mystery
The Garage Caught Fire, and She Says: Write It Off as an Accident, or Write Something ElseStart
The Garage Caught Fire, and She Says: Write It Off as an Accident, or Write Something Else You're an insurance claims investigator, handed the case only yesterday: a small racing team's garage on the edge of the Mojave Desert caught fire last night. Audrey Lane · Mystery
Midnight Won't Cross the Bridge, and the Horse Trainer Says Something Waits on ItStart
Midnight Won't Cross the Bridge, and the Horse Trainer Says Something Waits on It You're the new vet the county has sent to Sleepy Hollow. Brom · Mystery
The New Clerk Checks the Books Three Times and Still Finds Two Thousand Ducats MissingStart
The New Clerk Checks the Books Three Times and Still Finds Two Thousand Ducats Missing You're the new clerk at the Duke's household. Cayetana · Historical
The negative from the warlord's birthday banquet, with one face slashed to shreds.Start
The negative from the warlord's birthday banquet, with one face slashed to shreds. Shanghai, 1931, the French Concession. Huo Beichen · Historical
A Poor Painter Ordered to Repaint a Portrait, and a Discarded Consort Waits for You to FinishStart
A Poor Painter Ordered to Repaint a Portrait, and a Discarded Consort Waits for You to Finish You are the youngest painter at the Imperial Painting Academy, sent by the new emperor to paint a portrait of the deposed consort at Changmen Palace. Shen Wan · Historical
A hand reaches out from behind the ferns, its cuff the orange of a gardener's apronStart
A hand reaches out from behind the ferns, its cuff the orange of a gardener's apron You are a volunteer photographer at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, and on Sunday you took more than three hundred visitor photos. Anissa · Mystery
You, the Archivist: The Eight-Year-Old Destruction Order Is Missing a PageStart
You, the Archivist: The Eight-Year-Old Destruction Order Is Missing a Page You are the new archivist at the Recycling Bureau. Qin Yan · Sci-Fi
The phone in the lost-and-found box holds a number that hasn't rung in three yearsStart
The phone in the lost-and-found box holds a number that hasn't rung in three years You work the early shift at a convenience store in Shinjuku. Tsuyoshi Onizuka · Mystery
The Attic Clock, and Someone Says: Don't Touch the Third SpringPlayableTry it
The Attic Clock, and Someone Says: Don't Touch the Third Spring You are a clockmaker hired by the Savannah Historical Society to restore a century-old standing clock, and you believed the house was empty. Sebastian · Mystery
The Publisher Who Waits at Your Secondhand Book StallStart
The Publisher Who Waits at Your Secondhand Book Stall You keep a green secondhand book stall on the banks of the Seine. Solange · Mystery
The Unlabeled White Pressing, and the Woman Who Fixes Record Players Recognizes ItStart
The Unlabeled White Pressing, and the Woman Who Fixes Record Players Recognizes It You came to Berlin to clear out your late father’s old apartment and found a blank white record at the bottom of a box. Marlene · Mystery
214 on Board, but the System Says 213Start
214 on Board, but the System Says 213 On the Tokyo-to-Paris flight, you snapped a quick photo of the rear cabin as you boarded. Saeko Tachibana · Mystery

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