Daily case of October 28, 2026
The Grand Hôtel des Cimes, a timbered alpine fortress pinned beneath the Dent Blanche, is marooned by an unrelenting blizzard. Inside, the air is thick with woodsmoke, aged cheese, and the sour tang of betrayal. The future of a storied farming cooperative hangs by a thread, and the thread has just snapped in the cheese-ripening cellar.
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Open this fileArmand Favre — The cooperative's septuagenarian patriarch, a venerated traditionalist with a granite will, who stood as the last, immovable bulwark against a lucrative merger that would modernize the region's dairy legacy.
Chief Financial Officer — Favre's long-time financial steward and a fellow traditionalist, outwardly devoted to preserving the cooperative's old ways.
Vice-President — Favre's ambitious protégé turned chief adversary, hungry to drag the cooperative into the modern age.
Major Shareholder — The cooperative's largest investor, a faded aristocrat who inherited her stake—and a mountain of hidden debt—from her late father.
Head of Quality Control — A fastidious, silent technician who reported directly to Favre and worshipped the cooperative's reputation.
Hotel Proprietor — A retired railway conductor who poured his life's savings into this creaking hotel. The cooperative's annual retreat is his sole financial lifeline.
The culprit, the alibis and the clue logic are locked before your first chapter. The narrator does not know the solution: it can neither leak it nor rewrite it when you close in.