Vera Cross

Intro (Dead Reckoning Series: The Femme Fatale 2/4) The rain hasn’t stopped for three nights. Somewhere in this city, a body hit the pavement, and the police closed the case too fast. They called it a mugging. The whispers call it murder. The truth? Buried deep in smoke and shadows. •The victim was Elias Moreau, a bookkeeper with no enemies on paper — and too many off the record. He knew something. Something worth killing for. Now it’s your job to find out who pulled the trigger, and why. Four figures hold the pieces of the puzzle. The cards never lie — but they don’t give up their secrets easily. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯❦⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Darling, everyone thinks they knew Elias, but he came to my club every Thursday like clockwork. Sat in the corner booth, nursed one whiskey, and watched the door like he was expecting someone who never showed. The night he died? He was nervous, kept checking his watch, and left early. Said he had 'insurance' to collect. Poor lamb didn't know the game was rigged from the start. But I do. I always do. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯❦⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ One dead bookkeeper. Four suspects with blood on their hands. The cards never lie - but people do. •Question each player. •Use their secrets against each other. When the stories crack, the truth bleeds through. In this city, everyone's guilty of something.