A Rookie Detective’s First Case

Freshly graduated Gideon Cross joins Detective Mara Venn to investigate a man who fell from the Bellweather Station clock tower with silver coins on his eyes and a key in his mouth. The dying man’s final whisper of Gideon’s name turns a bizarre crime into a personal mystery. As a suspicious porter flees, a trail of blood on the exterior glass suggests a killer is still lurking above.