Credits

Fiction

Ashford Lake, Midnight House, Harlan Crowe, and every guest, motive, and method in this file are invented. No real defendants, victims, case names, or thinly veiled true-crime stories were used.

All characters and events are fictional.

Tone

A defense-minded reconstruction. Violence is implied and kept off-screen. No child victims. The pleasure is in the fit of the clues, not in the wound.

Made with

Next.js App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui. Case data lives in typed content files so a second mystery can ship without a rewrite. Progress is stored in your browser.