Case 014 — The Ember Trade

Endless Noir · Jun 29, 2026 · 10m · transcript

The secretary slides a calling card across the desk — a name the detective thought the city had finished burying — and says the woman is already in the hall. From the cold open: "The rain had been coming down since noon, and so had I. No case on the books, nothing on the desk but a bottle two fingers lighter than it ought to be and a window that gave me the whole gray harbor for free." A complete case from Calloway Bay — 10:32 of period noir. Starring The Detective, Dale, The Dame, Flynn, and Pauly Marchetti. It stands alone, like every case on this station: start anywhere, no catch-up…