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The rain hadn't stopped yet. Detective Marlowe hated wet shoes. She stepped over the threshold. Blood pooled beneath the piano. The dead man wore tails. His left hand held sheet music. Someone had closed his eyes. That detail bothered her most. Killers rarely showed such tenderness. The room smelled of lilies. Forty chairs faced the stage. Every seat sat perfectly empty. The concert had ended early. A single glove lay discarded. Marlowe crouched beside the body. His pockets contained no wallet. Instead she found a photograph. Two children squinted at sunlight. Neither child was smiling much. She turned the picture over. Someone had written "forgive me." The handwriting looked recently shaky. Outside, thunder rolled through Chicago. Her partner arrived at midnight. "Wife says he never practiced." Marlowe studied the man's fingers. Callused, worn, undeniably a pianist's. Somebody here was still lying.