History VisualNovel / VeilOfSecrets

--> '''[[spoiler:Duffy]]:''' Sorry, [[spoiler:Margaret, the spoiler:evil stepmother ''always dies'']].]]

* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:Duffy]] gives one before killing [[spoiler:Chief Walsh]] in Chapter 15.

* PreMortermOneLiner: [[spoiler:Duffy]] gives one before killing [[spoiler:Chief Walsh]] in Chapter 15.

* BondOneLiner: [[spoiler:Duffy]] gives two before [[spoiler:killing Chief Walsh and Margaret Sterling]].
--> '''[[spoiler:Duffy]]:''' With all due respect, [[spoiler:Chief]]...I'd like to [[spoiler:file my notice of resignation.]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Duffy]]:''' Sorry, [[spoiler:Margaret]], the [[spoiler:evil stepmother]] ''always'' dies.]]
** Jesse gives different ones depending on whether you [[spoiler:save Duffy or Pierce.]]
--> '''Jesse:''' You have the right to remain ''dead''./End of the line, [[spoiler:Pierce.]]

--> '''[[spoiler:Duffy]]:''' With all due respect, [[spoiler:Chief...I'd like to file my notice of resignation.]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Duffy]]:''' Sorry, [[spoiler:Margaret, the spoiler:evil stepmother ''always dies'']].]]

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When [[spoiler:Kate reveals she's pregnant with Tanner's child]] in Chapter 15, Duffy drops the coffee cup in shock. [[spoiler:It's revealed later that he was had a vendetta against the Sterlings and was the killer of Tanner and Bryce.]]

* FiveSecondForshadowing: When [[spoiler:Kate reveals she's pregnant with Tanner's child]] in Chapter 15, Duffy drops the coffee cup in shock. [[spoiler:It's revealed later that he was had a vendetta against the Sterlings and was the killer of Tanner and Bryce.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Most of the potential endings can have Jesse choose which love interest ([[spoiler:including Kate]]) to stay with in Birchport, instead of returning to New York.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Most of the potential endings can have Jesse choose which love interest ([[spoiler:including Kate]]) to stay with in Birchport, instead of returning to New York

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** Chapter 9 now adds [[spoiler: Bryce]] to the list of deaths while Chapter 14 adds [[spoiler:Margaret and Walsh]].
** And the fact that there are "at least four" murders can be taken to mean that depending on player choices, some may live or die [[spoiler:as evidenced by the Premium choice to save Nikolai's life after he is shot by Duffy]].
** Chapter 14 adds [[spoiler: the State Investigator Tino Thompson, Chief Walsh and Margaret Sterling, all killed by Duffy.]]
** Chapter 15 is multiple choice. [[spoiler: Jesse has time to save either Duffy or Pierce, leaving the other to die in the flames.]]
* ClickHello: Chapter 13 ends with Jesse and Flynn cornered by Margaret...and a shotgun.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The whole series is set in a town with a biased and corrupt justice system with ties to a very powerful family. They also do not shy away from showing blood on Nikolai and Tanner.

* PoliceAreUseless: Local police chief Tommy Walsh is completely unwilling to put any effort into investigating Kate's disappearance - not even when he's presented with clear cut evidence that something is wrong. It's possible he's taking bribes from the Sterlings, which isn't implausible at all given the Sterling influence on the town. However, Naomi Silverhawk appears to actually care about investigating the case.

** Chapter 9 now adds [[spoiler: Bryce]] to the list of deaths.

* Darker and Edgier: The whole series is set in a town with a biased and corrupt justice system with ties to a very powerful family. They also do not shy away from showing blood on Nikolai and Tanner.

** And the fact that there are "at least four" murders can be taken to mean that depending on player choices, some may live or die [[spoiler:as evidenced by the Premium choice for Nikolai after he got shot by Duffy]].

** And the fact that there are "at least four" murders can be taken to mean that depending on player choices, some may live or die. [[spoiler:as evidenced by the Premium choice for Nikolai after he got shot by Duffy]].

** And the fact that there are "at least four" murders can be taken to mean that depending on player choices, some may live or die.

* AmateurSleuth: Your character becomes one once it's clear that the police won't be of any help in investigating the case.
* AmoralAttorney: D.A. Mac Hornby from Chapter 11 delivers false testimony about Kate being a GoldDigger during her trial, tries to discredit Jesse as a reliable eyewitness, and manipulates the testimonies of other eyewitnesses to ensure Kate's incarceration.

** Chapter 9 has all the fireworks going off and [[spoiler: Bryce getting blow up!]]
* TownWithADarkSecret: There's more to Birchport than meets the eye, including not a few skeletons in the closet.

* NoodleIncident: In the premium scene in Chapter 1, Scarlett confesses to having one of these involving spilling red wine on Music/EltonJohn's white suit.

* AnyoneCanDie: Agent Kim states that there are ''at least'' four murders. The reveal in Chapter 4 that one of them being [[spoiler:Tanner Sterling]] means that this is not only limited to minor characters.

* HollywoodNewEngland: The story takes place in the town of Birchport, Massachusetts. However, the book itself zigzag the trope in two major ways:
** The O'Malley and Tony Rez has the "hardworking dockworker" part and the Sterling filled in the "snooty aristocrat" part. However, the law inforcement characters and the Emersons avert both stereotypes.

* PrivateDetective: Your character becomes one once its clear that the police won't be of any help in investigating this case.

** All of the characters fill in the stereotypes of the trope, with the O'Malley and Tony Rez has the "hardworking dockworker" part and the Sterling filled in the "snooty aristocrat" part. However, the law inforcement characters and the Emersons avert both stereotypes.

* HollywoodNewEngland: The story takes place in the town of Birchport, Massachusetts.