The Silent Cuckoo

Eldridge, northwest England, winter 1928. A port city of theatres and smoke, where the upper crust dances at the Silver Finch and the East End swallows people whole.

Late one night, the manager of the Silver Finch Hotel knocks at your door on Claremont Street: his five-year-old grandson has vanished, and an anonymous letter arrived — with a small hand-knitted cuckoo tied to it. The handwriting, the verse, the bird… they match a boy's case from Gaslight Row that the police closed in a hurry months ago.

Two cases. One thread. And nobody in this city tells the whole truth.

• 🗺️ A clickable city map: twenty locations across four districts — knock on any door, but every visit costs time
• 🔍 Investigate scenes Holmes-style: clues hide inside the prose; pin physical evidence and spoken leads to your corkboards
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 A live suspect board: motives, alibis and suspicion that move as you dig — and witnesses who lie
• ⏱️ Three periods a day, two actions each — the trail cools if you dawdle
• ⚖️ When you're ready, walk into Thames Precinct and make your accusation. Right or wrong, the truth comes out — and gets graded.

A fair-play whodunit: everything you need is findable. Whether you find it is another matter.