When a respected tech contractor is found dead with apparent animal wounds in tranquil Elmspire, the Serious Crimes Unit must navigate jealousy, staged violence, and spiritual undercurrents to uncover the truth behind the deception.
The Stoneford Facade
When a retired officer is mauled to death in Stoneford, the Verrowind SCU confronts a town’s suffocating secrets and a case that threatens to break one of their own.
The Silvertop Enigma
In Silverbarrow, a migrant worker’s disappearance stirs fears and superstitions. As the SCU digs deeper, they uncover a web of deceit that threatens to unravel the town’s facade.
The Illusion of Influence
When a renowned social media influencer appears to be the victim of a bizarre animal attack, the SCU must navigate a tangled web of deception, desperation, and old secrets buried deep within Verrowind’s decaying urban heart.
*Ember and Ashes: An SCU Case in Ironvale*
A nurse’s mutilated body in a near-deserted Ironvale motel unleashes a claustrophobic hunt through empty streets, stubborn secrets, and smoldering family lies, as the Serious Crimes Unit must untangle hidden abuse and deeper corruption before the town’s old pride smothers the truth for good.
*The Bell That Rang Twice*
When a celebrated whistleblower is killed outside Silverbarrow’s beloved hilltop church, the Serious Crimes Unit must peel away layers of communal trust — and deceit — to expose a killer wearing a borrowed face.
_Beneath the Blackharbor Stones_
In the wind-churned shadows of Blackharbor, a false identity, a bloodied blade, and a vanished activist draw the Serious Crimes Unit into a maze of betrayal and secrets, where even the victim’s truth is another mask.
_Beneath the Ashes: A Verrowind SCU Case_
When a retired officer is found burned beyond recognition in the toxic woods outside Rustheath, Verrowind’s Serious Crimes Unit must untangle a web of deception, old loyalties, and desperate misdirection—while the truth waits, smoldering, beneath the surface.
_The Briar Crown Compartment_
When a beloved nurse falls from an upper window at the Briar’s Edge retirement home, the Verrowind Serious Crimes Unit faces not just a hidden crime but a wall of secrets, suspicion, and political interference. In a village where justice is local and the past is never forgotten, the truth comes at a price.
__Salt in the Wound: A Verrowind SCU Case__
When a beloved Saltmere shop owner is found stabbed under the twisted pines, the Serious Crimes Unit’s hunt for the truth is tangled in local superstition, digital ghosts, and a community too frightened to speak—until a single recovered file shatters every comforting illusion.