So did Detective: True Crime Stories ever manage to pull out of the stall? Or was it a disappointment the whole way?
Just received a copy of the out of print Mythos Tales. I was a fan of the concept of Consulting Detective, but felt it was way too loose as an actual game, with no clear end goal to the mysteries until you spoiled it with the end questions (plus what passed as conclusive proof of guilt was shockingly thin). Mythos Tales puts a set time limit on the cases, gates some locations off with prerequisite discoveries, and definite win/loss conditions based on what you can answer at the end.