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The rain hammered against the library windows while Detective Mara Ellison stared at the body slumped over the mahogany desk. A single silver letter opener protruded from his chest, and dark blood had pooled across the unfinished will beneath him. Outside, thunder rolled over Blackwood Manor as seven nervous guests waited in the hallway, each avoiding the others' accusing glances. Mara noticed the grandfather clock had stopped at midnight, its hands frozen precisely when someone had silenced Edmund Blackwood forever. She knelt beside the desk and discovered a torn photograph hidden underneath his trembling hand, still warm despite the storm. The photograph showed all seven guests smiling last summer, except one face had been carefully scratched out with something sharp. Then, from behind the locked library door, Mara heard slow breathing and realized the killer had never left the room.