Read what remains.
Study four evidence packets in the journal. Match visitors, rooms, objects, and arrival times in Nora Vale’s deduction grids.
THE BELLWETHER BUREAU
THE FIFTH
CLUE
ONE HUNDRED MYSTERIES
FROM THE LOST LEDGER
Read the evidence. Follow the threads.
Uncover the testimony that changes everything.
A HUNDRED REASONS TO LOOK CLOSER
100Individual mysteries
5Dossiers from the archive
3Ways to reveal the final clue
0Accounts needed to investigate
THE ART OF PAYING ATTENTION
A quiet room.
An overlooked detail.
A different answer.
Hear the last witness.
Scan the case’s QR code to reveal its fifth clue online, use the optional red lens, or turn to the printed transcripts.
Put a name to the mystery.
Return to your ledger, finish the deduction, and check your work against the complete solutions at the back of the book.
FROM THE LOST LEDGER
The case files.
A few doors into the archive. Every digital witness statement is free to open.
Browse all 100 cases
DOSSIER II · THE NIGHT VISITORS
MEET THE BELLWETHER BUREAU
Every file begins
with something
out of place.
A missing jewel. A late arrival. A lantern in the wrong room. In this fictional corner of Northwest Florida, Nora Vale has gathered a century’s worth of questions into one remarkable journal.
“The first rule of an investigation is that a quiet room is rarely an honest one.”
— NORA VALE, FICTIONAL ARCHIVIST
Begin the first caseTHE COLLECTOR’S
DETECTIVE JOURNAL
ONE JOURNAL. ONE HUNDRED UNFINISHED STORIES.
DETECTIVE JOURNAL
MADE TO BE READ WITH A PENCIL
A book to
get lost in.
Illustrated case files, handwritten marginalia, working deduction grids, and one sealed testimony for every mystery. An invitation to slow down, follow a hunch, and look once more.
- Inside100 mysteries & complete solutions
- OnlineA matching reveal for every case
- OfflineAll fifth-clue transcripts in print
- ByThomas L Pooser
ANOTHER WAY TO SEE THE EVIDENCE
The truth was
there all along.
The optional red evidence lens is designed to reveal the concealed cyan testimony in the printed journal. One complimentary lens per US household, requested separately from the book.
Free US decoder requests are open now, while supplies last. The lens and US mailing are complimentary; limit one per household.
Request your free decoder
BEFORE YOU BREAK THE SEAL
A few
good questions.
Do I need an account to read a clue?
No. All 100 digital fifth-clue pages are free to open, with no login or purchase verification. For the full mystery, use the evidence and deduction grids in your journal.
Do I need the physical decoder?
The lens is optional. You can reveal each final witness statement online, or read its printed transcript in the back of the journal.
Is the decoder included with the book?
It is a separate complimentary request, limited to one per US household. Requests are open now, and the publisher mails approved US requests directly. No payment card or book-purchase verification is required.