Run: 2026-10-09-01M4FZV18824WMY5NCYP317QZS

The rain had been falling over Ashford Manor since dawn, washing the cobblestones into dark, glossy mirrors that reflected nothing. Inspector Eleanor Vance stood beneath the dripping oak in her borrowed black coat, studying the body slumped against the gate. Lord Thaddeus Crowe had been found that cold morning with a silver letter opener buried deep in his chest cavity. Nobody in the household admitted to having seen him after the old grandfather clock struck eleven on that Tuesday night. Detective Sergeant Hollis crouched beside her, brushing aside wet leaves revealing a muddy footprint half-hidden that pointed toward the hedge.