Case #1 · 2026-07-30
The Midnight Melody
1920s Chicago, a smoky jazz club called The Velvet Note on a rain-swept winter night.
The Velvet Note, Chicago’s hottest jazz club, is reeling from the murder of its owner, Silas Kavanaugh. His body was discovered just after the 2 AM closing, a revolver on the floor beside him. The four people closest to him—his business partner, his protégé, his ex-lover, and the club’s gambler fixer—all had the means and motive. You must question them and uncover the liar to find the killer.
Victim: Silas 'King' Kavanaugh — The club's charismatic, tyrannical owner and a former trumpet player, found dead in his office with a single gunshot to the chest.
The suspects
- 👩💼 Margot Crane — the victim's business partner and ex-lover
- 🎺 Johnny 'The Lip' Viola — the club's star trumpet player and victim's protégé
- 💃 Violet Wells — the victim's ex-ward and recent club vocalist
- 🕴️ Bruno Felix — the club's gambler and all-around fixer
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