On Thin Ice

On Thin Ice is a Kate Gray game released by Haiku Games.

## Summary

Kate Gray is back from her ordeal in Echo Bay. Just a quick stop at the police station to pick up Murphy for their sushi date. What could possibly go wrong?

## Characters

* Detective Kate Gray
* Murphy
* Jacob
* Penny
* Dan
* Keiko
* Hacksaw
* Sticks
* Colt
* Hex

## Plot

Kate comes to the police station to pick up Murphy for their sushi date, when she finds her desk wrapped in crime scene tape. Jacob informs her that they were hit by ransomware that locked down all the computers in the office, and even though he paid the ransom, the blackmailers never sent the unlock code. Kate uses a chip reader on the device that spread the virus and successfully figures out the unlock code.

Jacob then orders her to investigate, as the device must have been placed by someone from the inside. Murphy reveals that he is in contact with an informant inside the ransomware gang, and he and Kate go to pay "Hacksaw" a visit.

However, when they arrive at Hacksaw's safehouse, they find him dead. Behind the house, Kate and Murphy find two more bodies, and deduce that they were killers send to eliminate Hacksaw, but Hacksaw killed them first and then died of his injuries. Inside a hidden safe, Kate finds a hard drive which presumably contains the evidence that the ex-criminal wanted to present to the police. She also finds a picture of the gang leader, Sticks, an elegant, dark haired woman.

The two officers return to the police station and show the picture to the others. Penny seems to recognize the woman which raises Kate's suspicions. She confronts Penny, who identifies Sticks as Sara Stikowski, who runs a local crisis negotiator office. Together, they visit Sticks in her office downtown. They pretend to be corrupt cops in order to get information from Sticks and arrest her, but Sticks' partner Colt arrives and the criminals can escape.

Penny and Kate return to the Police Station. Jacob is worried because they still haven't found the traitor. With an oncoming blizzard, he fears that the traitor might kill them now that they're locked in together. Kate decides to keep investigating with the help of Murphy. They take the hard drive to Dan's tech room to view the evidence that it contains. However, they find Dan asleep on the floor, and his computer disassembled. Murphy then shows his expertise, and they manage to fix the computer and search the hard drive. The data reveals that Dan was the traitor all along and Jacob arrests him.

While the other team members are devastated and furious at Dan, Kate questions him and finds out that Sticks' gang kidnapped Dan's daughter and is holding her hostage to blackmail him. Again with Murphy's help, Kate successfully tracks down Sticks. They then take off to Sticks' hideout to save the little girl.

The hideout is an abandoned mansion, which is prtected by armed drones. Kate and Murphy manage to break in and find Sticks, two of her gang members, Colt and Hex, as well as the hostage. They distract the three criminals and free the little girl. However, when they try to escape, Kate has to face Sticks for a last fight.

Kate defeats Sticks, and her and Murphy return to the police station with Dan's daughter. He is relieved that she is safe. Keiko informs him that he will most definitely go to jail, even though the team now understands why he acted the way he did.

In the end, Murphy and Kate leave for their first official date at the sushi restaurant.

## Trivia

* There are only four chapters, which makes this the shortest game in AE Mysteries.
* There are 4 hidden stars in the first chapter

## Gallery

Chapter 1 - MurphyChapter 2 - SticksChapter 3 - KateChapter 4 - FinaleKate & Murphy moment