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The Draft in the Walls
When the reclusive patriarch of Ashworth Manor is found dead in his locked study, the discovery of a newly buckled floorboard in a hidden passage sends shockwaves through the household. The investigation reveals that a web of desperate secrets, inheritance disputes, and abandoned loyalties has warped the scene into an impenetrable puzzle of accidental complicity.
Initial Crime Scene
Crime Scene Environment
Investigation Constraints
No electricity. Gas lighting, mechanical pocket watches, wax-sealed letters, doorbell pull-chains, coal-fired furnaces, manual typewriters, handwritten ledgers, and lock-and-key mechanisms (warded locks, simple pin-tumbler). All communication is physical or face-to-face. Knowledge is stored in diaries, letters, household account books, and newspaper clippings.
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