San Francisco

The Dark Light at Seal Point

Special case · ~75 min

Lands End, before dawn. For the first time in thirty years the beacon of Seal Point is dark. The keeper is gone, her car is gone, and in the middle of the night she texted: don't look for me. On the gallery railing, a stain that was not there yesterday.

Fourteen Bars on Montgomery

Heist · ~70 min

Financial District, a bank built in 1910. For two hours the vault stands wide open for the insurer's annual inspection. When the afternoon ends, a jeweler opens her safe-deposit box and finds nothing: fourteen kilos of gold, gone without a scratch on the lock.

Nut-Free Dessert

Murder · ~75 min

Pacific Heights, a party to celebrate a hundred-million-dollar round. The founder eats the dessert made just for him, safe for his allergy, and collapses ten minutes later. His emergency pen is gone.