Run: 2026-09-23-01M36NJ8R032W5V04QKCGQHPFV

Detective Mara Venn arrived at Bellweather House as rain silvered the windows and thunder shook dust from the ceiling. Inside, the clock had stopped at midnight, though every witness insisted the murder happened just minutes earlier. Lord Ashcombe lay beneath the staircase, one hand gripping a bloodstained playing card nobody recognized. Mara studied the silent guests, noticing one empty chair, one missing glass, and one door locked from within. Then the dead man’s pocket watch began ticking, although its shattered face contained no hands, only Mara’s initials.