The following story was an idea spawned either from the first trailers of Burial at Sea, or just before it. The idea being, Booker is a detective and now he's finally in an interesting, dark, character driven city, in the right time frame, and with the right characters. It was time for a real honest Noir story. There are a number of references in here that probably will not make sense, as they are largely part of a sort of 'multiverse canon' thought up by a larger collection of writers from which this story idea spawned. If these other stories are ever to be uploaded I do not know, but if they are, I would happily make some kind of annotation or index pointing any readers that care to the respective stories.
While most of this story is written by me, two other incredibly talented writers have thankfully thrown their hats into the ring. Largely it was written without any interaction of ideas between the three of us, and while at times it shows, in others I think you might find it hard to believe that we had no idea what the others were doing. Each chapter, if it is not by me, will have the authors name credited at the top of the page, along with a link to the original story on pastebin, I highly encourage you to at the very least visit the page, if it's not to much trouble. The story may be edited after the fact, with events of Burial at Sea episode 2 now out, to steer the story in a less meandering direction.
Regardless, I think I speak for all the authors when I say that we hope you enjoy the story, and will soldier on with us as it is completed.
Thank You.