The Locked Room
Detective Sarah Thompson stood outside the locked room, her heart racing. Inside, the body of millionaire businessman, Robert Hartley, lay motionless on the floor. The door was locked from the inside, and the windows were sealed shut. No one could have entered or escaped.
Sarah examined the room carefully. Robert's safe was open, and documents were scattered across his desk. A glass of whiskey sat untouched next to his computer. Sarah noticed a faint smell of almonds lingering in the air.
As she investigated further, Sarah discovered that Robert's wife, Olivia, and his business partner, James, both had motives for murder. Olivia had learned of Robert's affair, and James was embezzling money from the company. However, both had airtight alibis.
Sarah's attention turned to the whiskey glass. She had it analyzed and discovered it contained traces of cyanide. But how could the killer have entered the locked room?
The answer lay in the documents on Robert's desk. They revealed that Robert had a secret daughter, Emily, who was set to inherit his fortune. Emily was a skilled acrobat and had accessed the room through a hidden ventilation shaft.
Confronted with the evidence, Emily confessed to the murder. She had poisoned the whiskey and escaped through the ventilation shaft, sealing it behind her. The locked room mystery was solved, and justice was served.
