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Welcome to Pacific Bay — where paradise has a dark side.\n\nCriminal Case: Pacific Bay is the second season of the award-winning hidden object detective series that has turned more than 100 million players into detectives. Search crime scenes for clues, examine the evidence, interrogate the suspects — and when the proof is solid, arrest the killer yourself. Standalone story: no prior season needed.\n\nINVESTIGATE CRIME SCENES\nEvery case starts at the scene of the crime. Search gorgeous hand-drawn locations for hidden objects and vital clues, race the clock for the best score, and earn the stars that move your investigation forward.\n\nRUN THE LAB\nBring your findings to the Pacific Bay crime lab. Analyze samples, decode messages, reconstruct torn documents and match fingerprints. In this city, every detail talks — if you know how to listen.\n\nINTERROGATE THE SUSPECTS\nBring witnesses and suspects in for questioning. Compare their statements with the facts, catch them lying, and profile your killer trait by trait until only one name is left.\n\nARREST THE KILLER\nMost mystery games end when you find the last object. Criminal Case is where it gets serious: match the evidence to your suspects and put the right one behind bars. Get it wrong, and a killer walks free.\n\nA WHOLE CITY TO CLEAN UP\nFrom the boardwalk of Ocean Shore to the swamps of Bayou Bleu, from the movie studios of Ivywood Hills to the casinos of Paradise City — every neighborhood of Pacific Bay is a different slice of America, and every one of them hides a killer. Case after case, the deeper you dig, the clearer it becomes: something is rotten in paradise.\n\nMEET YOUR PARTNERS\nOfficer Amy Young — rookie, brilliant, and far too honest for this city. Detective Frank Knight — veteran, cynical, and hiding more than he lets on. With Chief Marquez's team behind you and a coroner who swears the corpses talk to her, you never investigate alone.\n\nFROM THE MAKERS OF THE ORIGINAL\nFacebook Game of the Year 2013. More than 100 million detectives worldwide. Pacific Bay is season two of the saga that defined crime investigation games on mobile — still updated, still free, still one of a kind.\nCleaned up Pacific Bay back in the day? Welcome back, partner. Amy saved you a seat, and Frank saved you the paperwork.\n\nBETTER WITH FRIENDS\nConnect with your friends to team up on investigations, compare your detective skills on the leaderboards, and send each other energy and gifts.\n\nSEASON 2 OF 8\nPacific Bay is one chapter of the Criminal Case saga. Start here, or go back to Grimsborough where it all began — then follow your badge around the world, through time, and all the way to Paris.\n\nCriminal Case: Pacific Bay is free to play, with optional in-app purchases (you can disable these in your device settings).\n\nTerms of Service: https://prettysimplegames.com/legal/terms-of-service\nPrivacy Policy: https://www.prettysimplegames.com/legal/privacy-policy\n\nThe tide can wash away footprints, Detective. It can't wash away evidence.","facts":{"developer_id":767473892,"developer_url":"https://www.prettysimplegames.com","first_released":"2017-02-15T10:01:57Z","support_url":"https://www.criminalcase.com/help","privacy_url":"http://www.prettysimplegames.com/about/privacy-policy/","website_url":"https://www.prettysimplegames.com/","app_version":"1.45","release_notes":"Detectives — routine precinct maintenance is complete. 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