Run: 2026-10-20-01M5C6CQRC9B2RZBECV6W3NQAQ

The rain hammered the museum roof as Detective Mara Voss stepped beneath the marble portico and checked her silver watch. Inside gala guests glittered beneath chandeliers while a uniformed guard whispered that the curator had not emerged from his office. Mara followed the guard through a velvet rope and down a narrow hallway where the curator's door stood slightly open. The office smelled of expensive cigars and cold coffee and the curator lay face down beside an overturned heavy chair. A silver letter opener protruded from his back and a single red glove rested neatly on the polished mahogany desk. Mara knelt beside the body, noted the missing wallet, and saw fresh dark mud on the carpet beneath the window. Behind her the guard cleared his throat and said Nobody entered or left this hallway during the entire gala Detective. Mara looked toward the open window then at the red glove and knew the murderer had planned a clever exit.