🧩 How to Play
🔍 1. Read the Case
Each mystery begins with a suspicious death and a few early clues.
Gina’s notes, evidence photos, and case summaries will pull you into the investigation.
📬 2. New Clues Every Few Weeks
Every few weeks, a new clue is revealed: an interview, forensic detail, surveillance footage, or something unexpected. Follow Gina’s progress, study the evidence, work the angles, and build your theory. You can revisit earlier clues anytime to help connect the dots.
🧠 3. Submit Your Theory
When you think you’ve got it figured out, submit your theory describing motive, means, and opportunity.
Only one submission per player — so choose your moment wisely!
🏆 4. Be the First to Get It Right
The first person to submit a correct theory wins a cameo in the next Hard Rokk Mysteries book, appearing as a named character when the case is officially solved in print!
THE CASE CLOSES WHEN THE NEW BOOK IS RELEASED.
Between the Noise: Scene 4 — Private Projects
The lights were dim in Lena’s home office, but the screen of her laptop glowed like a lure in the dark. Gina stood over the desk, arms crossed, as the CSU tech clicked through the activity log.
“Last active at 11:15 PM,” the tech said. “Opened a file titled ‘Memoir_Project_4b.docx.’”
Valdez peered over his shoulder. “What kind of memoir?”
“No idea. But there’s a folder on the desktop labeled ‘Memoir – Private Drafts.’ CSU found it was synced through a cloud backup app. Dropbox or something like it.”
Gina leaned in. The file icon was still there, faintly highlighted from its last selection. “You said it was synced?”
“Yeah. But check this — the folder was shared. We can’t see who the recipient was. Looks like the sharing link was scrubbed.”
Valdez raised an eyebrow. “Scrubbed?”
“Deleted, or maybe un-shared. But recently. Browser was still on a login screen for the sync platform when we arrived.”
Gina’s eyes drifted to the sticky note taped to the monitor: Memoir help: tech + backup – ask C or D?
Valdez read it aloud. “C or D… Claire or Delaney?”
“Maybe,” Gina said. “Or someone else. But those are the only names that fit right now.”
She scanned the rest of the office. Neat, orderly, too much so. No notebooks out, no coffee mug, no clutter. Just a minimalist workspace that felt recently touched but not lived in.
Her phone buzzed. A new message from CSU, forwarded from the telecoms log pull.
Delaney Shore — 3 days before Lena’s death:
“Hey — let me know if you want me to clean out the drafts folder. I think you left a few open last time.”
Valdez read the message over Gina’s shoulder. “So Delaney did have access.”
Gina nodded slowly. “She knew about the drafts. Maybe even read them.”
She glanced back to the laptop, then the sticky note. Something cold pressed behind her eyes.
“Sedona wasn’t public knowledge,” she said. “Not unless you’d read the file.”
Valdez blew out a breath. “You think Delaney saw it? Used it?”
Gina didn’t answer right away. Her gaze lingered on the empty recipient field, the faint glow of a deleted trail.
“I think someone did. And Delaney might’ve known more than she let on.”
Outside, the morning sun crept up over the hedges. Inside, the room felt smaller by the second.
New Clues Added: Laptop Activity Report • Sticky Note: “Memoir help: tech + backup – ask C or D?” • Text from Delaney about cleaning out the drafts folder
(Remember, you only get one shot! Don’t submit too soon unless you’re sure!)
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