![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly after, he is accosted by a robed man who is stealing something from the attic. Pierce determines that the fire may not have been an accident, and furthermore, someone may have survived. The wife, Sarah, was a famous painter known for her macabre style, but also rumoured to have been mentally unstable. While exploring the Hawkins' mansion with Bradley, Pierce learns more about the Hawkins family. He also sees a beached killer whale, killed by ghastly wounds, being dragged back into the sea by the police, much to the locals' chagrin. The detective meets Captain Fitzroy, who provides him with a few details of the Hawkins family Officer Bradley, who handled the case and Cat Baker, a successful bootlegger and feared gang leader. The islanders are superstitious and suspicious of outsiders like Pierce. That year, the island's last ship, the Scylla, returned with a legendary "Miraculous Catch," that saved the island. Darkwater was home to a booming whaling industry until a sudden scarcity in 1847. Upon arriving in Darkwater, Pierce is steeped in the strange local culture. As the only clue is a strange picture painted by the supposedly crazy mother shortly before her death, Edward has to set out to Darkwater Island off the coast to find out more about the matter. He is soon contacted to look into the case of the Hawkins family, who mysteriously died in a fire. In 1924 Boston, Private investigator and war veteran Edward Pierce suffers from increasingly bizarre nightmares, and self-medicates with sleeping pills and alcohol. ![]()
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