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The rain hammered hard against the windows of Blackwood Manor. Inside, Detective Chen studied the body sprawled across the floor. Lord Blackwood lay dead beneath the shattered portrait hanging above. A single knife protruded from his expensive silk dressing gown. The study door had been locked from the inside completely. Sarah noted the absence of any forced entry points nearby. Something about this scene troubled her deeply, though she hesitated. The fireplace held ashes that seemed strangely warm to touch. Someone had burned documents here despite the late night hour. Her flashlight caught something glinting beneath the heavy oak desk. She knelt down, retrieving a small brass key from dust. The housekeeper had mentioned a locked safe upstairs, she remembered. Outside, thunder rolled ominously across the dark and distant moorland. Sarah pocketed the key and rose to her feet slowly. Whatever secrets Lord Blackwood had kept, someone wanted them destroyed. The killer was still searching, and she knew it now.