Finklestein may act as your narrator for Jenny's story, but he also allows you to make choices that change that story. The story also weaves in a metanarrative outside of Jenny's tale that follows the story's author, Arthur K.
To clear her mother's name, you'll need to find clues, deduce information, and uncover the real killer. However, when her mother is accused of murder, Jenny is thrown head-first into a case that couldn't have higher stakes. Jenny has ambitions of being a detective but feels stifled by her sleepy small town. In this stylized mystery, you take on the role of Jenny LeClue, a young girl living in Arthurton, a sleepy little town where it seems like nothing happens.