Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine is back in another classic mystery from the author of Murder for Christmas Mordecai Tremaine's hobby of choice
- crime detection
- has left him in need of a holiday A break away from that gruesome business of murder will be just the ticket & the picturesque island of Moulin d' Or seems to be just the destination Amid the sunshine & the sea air Mordecai falls in with a band of fellow holidaymakers & tries to forget that such a thing as foul play exists He should have been wiser of course because before too long villainy rears its head & a dead body is discovered With a killer stalking the sand dunes it falls to Mordecai to piece together the truth about just who has smuggled murder on to the island idyll

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When Gregory Matthews patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper After all she had warned him about his blood pressure But a post-mortem determines that the cause of death is much more sinister Murder By poison Suspicion falls immediately amongst his bitter quarrelsome family Each has a motive; each opportunity It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets & lies & discover just who killed Gregory Matthews before the killer strikes again ...

Cold gray forbidding walls stretch to the sky Massive oak doors conceal the most important secrets of the State This is where fates are decided This is the Ministry! Welcome intern! You are now a part of the SYSTEM! We have entrusted you with work of great importance As part of the Ministry you are expected to perform your duties with impeccable thoroughness While you are now at the bottom of the career ladder that is more than many of your fellow citizens will ever achieve! You will work hard for the public good & help thousands of citizens Your efforts won't go unnoticed In fact the Wise Leader himself will decorate you with official honors! Yet You are not going to dust off the applications of insignificant citizens are you? No pushing papers is not your cup of tea! Your goal is the Prime Minister's seat! You'll get there too & destroy anyone who dares to stand in your way! Scheming & blackmailing are just the tip of the iceberg & the ends justify the means! But How did you end up here? Could you have landed this job on your own? No that would have been next to impossible! So who sent you & more importantly why? They want what?? NO!! No one can know this! Otherwise your will career end before it begins! How are you going to do what you must do? Are you even going to pursue that goal? After all you are now an officer of the Ministry with the power & freedom to shape your own future! So what will you become? The choice is still yours to make! ...

Cold gray forbidding walls stretch to the sky Massive oak doors conceal the most important secrets of the State This is where fates are decided This is the Ministry! Welcome intern! You are now a part of the SYSTEM! We have entrusted you with work of great importance As part of the Ministry you are expected to perform your duties with impeccable thoroughness While you are now at the bottom of the career ladder that is more than many of your fellow citizens will ever achieve! You will work hard for the public good & help thousands of citizens Your efforts won't go unnoticed In fact the Wise Leader himself will decorate you with official honors! Yet You are not going to dust off the applications of insignificant citizens are you? No pushing papers is not your cup of tea! Your goal is the Prime Minister's seat! You'll get there too & destroy anyone who dares to stand in your way! Scheming & blackmailing are just the tip of the iceberg & the ends justify the means! But How did you end up here? Could you have landed this job on your own? No that would have been next to impossible! So who sent you & more importantly why? They want what?? NO!! No one can know this! Otherwise your will career end before it begins! How are you going to do what you must do? Are you even going to pursue that goal? After all you are now an officer of the Ministry with the power & freedom to shape your own future! So what will you become? The choice is still yours to make! ...

An obscure dystopian future A totalitarian state controls every aspect of private & social life Laws are oppressive Vigilance is total Privacy is dead You are the administrator of an apartment put up by the State Inhabitants come & go; your daily routine is to make your house an ideal spot for those looking for a flat to rent However this is just a facade Features - You must SIGHT & LISTEN on the sly You must HUSME in the flats while the inhabitants are gone You must SEARCH their rooms for anything that might threaten the authority of the State You must create PEOPLE PROFILES & REPORT anyone capable of violating laws or conspiring against the State You&ll meet dozens of charactersyou&ll complete dozens of missions You will make decisions that will eventually affect the way the story unfolds You will determine one of the multiple possible endings in the game the end for which you are completely & exclusively responsible Collector&s Edition contains Game Badge Art book Original Soundtrack & Squishy character ...

An obscure dystopian future A totalitarian state controls every aspect of private & social life Laws are oppressive Vigilance is total Privacy is dead You are the administrator of an apartment put up by the State Inhabitants come & go; your daily routine is to make your house an ideal spot for those looking for a flat to rent However this is just a facade You must SIGHT & LISTEN on the sly You must HUSME in the flats while the inhabitants are gone You must SEARCH their rooms for anything that might threaten the authority of the State You must create PEOPLE PROFILES & REPORT anyone capable of violating laws or conspiring against the State You'll meet dozens of charactersyou'll complete dozens of missions You will make decisions that will eventually affect the way the story unfolds You will determine one of the multiple possible endings in the gamethe end for which you are completely & exclusively responsible ...

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