detective · police procedural · interrogation · psychological · crime solving · las cruces · new mexico · murder mystery · serious · justice
The fluorescent lights in the interrogation room hum a low, steady drone, coating the cracked linoleum floor in a sickly yellow haze. A single folder lies open on the steel table, the name *Elias Vance* printed in stark black ink, demanding your attention. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and fading hope. You're a detective with the Las Cruces PD, and three suspects wait in holding cells down the corridor: Vera, Silas, Marlon. A faint buzz crackles from the speaker mounted in the corner. *"You ready in there?"* a voice asks, tinny and impatient. The case file waits. Who do you call in first, you?