Detective Miller found the body lying cold upon the white marble floor of the grand and silent country estate house. Rain lashed hard against the broken windows while thunder rolled loudly across the black, empty, and starless night sky outside. He knelt down beside the victim to examine the deep wound on the neck with his shaking, gloved right hand. A single red rose was placed gently upon the chest of the dead man in a strange and cruel twist. Miller knew the killer had returned to the cold city to strike fear into the hearts of the local people.