Arkham Detective Tales

Cyclopean skyscrapers, bizarre cults, strange foreigners and eerie alleyways – the city of New York stands on the threshold between the modern age and the Mythos.

No one in the NYPD speaks of it, but everyone knows to leave certain neighborhoods alone. After all, they know worse things than criminals lurk in the shadows.Only the foolhardy or the desperate follow the trail down these haunted streets.

The Investigators are law enforcement agents and civilian consultants. They are answerable for their actions. But will the full force of the law be enough to stem the tide of the Mythos?

Five labyrinthine and spine-chilling mysteries for your Trail of Cthulhu investigators!

Arkham Detective Tales Features:

• The Kidnapping: Suddenly, an infant has been snatched from the cradle. Can the Investigators track down the kidnappers before the parents are forced to pay the ransom?
• The Book: Two men die under similar circumstances within a day of each other, victims of a serial killer that stalks New York. As the Investigators delve into the mystery, they discover the perils of learning too much…
• The Wreck: The tramp steamer Star of Mauritius is discovered drifting in the harbour. Her crew are all dead or missing. What secrets lie within her rusting hull?
• Return to Red Hook: Thomas Malone led the police into the slums of Red Hook ten years ago, and dozens of officers died there. Now the horror at Red Hook has returned. Once again, New York’s finest must risk their lives among the crumbling tenements.
• The King’s Men: Detective Thomas Talby commits suicide under suspicious circumstances. Papers found among his belongings put the investigators on a trail that leads to historic Arkham and the dangerous Miskatonic Island cult.