Here is a 198-word opening scene for a murder mystery with sentences of exactly 20 words each: It was a dark and stormy night when Detective Johnson got the call about a murder at the old Victorian mansion on the edge of town. A man had been found stabbed to death in the library by the maid when she arrived that morning to clean the rooms as usual. The large knife used in the stabbing was still protruding from the man's back and there seemed to be no signs of forced entry or struggle inside the dusty room full of books. Detective Johnson immediately suspected the reclusive owner of the mansion, Edwin Graves, who was known to have a violent temper though no one in town really knew him well. Arriving at the mansion, Johnson found Graves in his study acting nervous and agitated, his clothes disheveled as if he had been up all night. Graves claimed to know nothing about the murder yet seemed increasingly anxious and avoided making eye contact with the Detective. It was clear this would be a challenging case to crack with many questions still unanswered about both the victim and the potential suspect.