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The rain hammered against the windows of Blackwood Manor as the clock struck midnight, and nobody noticed the terrified scream. Inspector Eleanor Hart stood in the foyer, her wet coat dripping onto the marble floor while nervous constables shouted orders. Lord Edmund Blackwood lay sprawled across the Persian rug in the library, a silver letter opener protruding from his chest. Hart knelt beside the body, noting the untouched brandy, the overturned chair, and muddy footprints leading toward the servants' staircase. Someone had wiped the library clean, yet one small, deliberately overlooked detail refused to stay hidden beneath the mahogany desk. Hart pulled out a crumpled lace handkerchief, its faint scent of lavender suggesting the killer had not been a man. Across the hallway, the widow Margaret Blackwood watched from the stairs, her eyes fixed on the detective with unmistakable fear. Hart folded the handkerchief into an evidence bag, certain that Margaret knew exactly who had walked through that door tonight.