Run: 2026-09-23-01M36P1Y9ZZVCTH75A2CZFJS17

At midnight, Detective Mara Venn found the mayor face-down beneath the ballroom chandelier, clutching a bloodstained invitation marked tomorrow. Rain battered the windows while guests stood frozen, their champagne glasses trembling in hands suddenly too innocent to trust. The orchestra’s final note faded as Mara noticed muddy footprints leading from the victim toward the locked, unbroken conservatory doors. “Whoever killed him is still inside,” she said, watching every guest carefully as the clock began striking thirteen.