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The rain fell harder on the silent manor tonight. Detective Marcus Hale stepped through the broken front door. Crime scene tape fluttered weakly across the marble staircase ahead. Nobody had touched the body lying beneath the chandelier. Victoria Ashford had been found face down near the fireplace. Her left hand clutched a torn scrap of blue silk. Hale knelt slowly and studied the faint bruise on her neck. Someone had wanted this death to look accidental, certainly. Behind him, Officer Dana Price cleared her throat nervously. "The housekeeper swears she heard voices around midnight," Dana whispered.