Neon Over Sunset Pier

An FBI agent dead beneath neon. Her badge, still warm.

Era

Los Angeles, August 1986

Difficulty

Hard

Playtime

Rating

New

February 1985. FBI agent Jessica Hoffman is found shot beneath Sunset Pier's ferris wheel. Six suspects. No answers. The pier's neon still glows pink and electric blue.

Content advisory

Recommended 16+

Contains: depiction of homicide and crime-scene description · graphic violence and forensic detail.

Fictional case file · AI-generated and editorially reviewed

What is in the envelope

20–30 evidence documents

Police reports, witness statements, autopsy notes.

Period correspondence

Letters, telegrams, handwritten notes.

Pen-and-ink illustrations

Mugshots, crime scenes, evidence shots — period-appropriate.

5+ suspects

Each with motives, alibis, and red herrings.

A definitive solution

Sealed at the back — read only when you are ready.

What you will be solving

Los Angeles, February 1985. The neon over Sunset Pier hums through the night—pink and electric blue, cutting through the salt air and arcade noise. Beneath the ferris wheel, in the shadow of that light, FBI agent Jessica Hoffman lies dead. Fifty-six years old. A badge. One gunshot. Six people had means, motive, or opportunity. The case file sits thick with contradictions: testimony that doesn't align, timelines that slip, and a crime scene that raises more questions than it answers. Somewhere in the maze of boardwalk storefronts, bail-bond offices, and arcade back rooms, the truth waits. The pier's neon still buzzes. The city moves on. But the file remains open, and the evidence still speaks—if you know how to listen.