The Locked Room Murder
Detective Lila Novak stood outside the locked room, her heart racing. Inside, the lifeless body of billionaire Vincent Blackwell lay on the floor, a single gunshot wound to his temple. The room had been locked from the inside, and there were no signs of forced entry.
As Lila examined the scene, she noticed a few peculiar details: a half-empty glass of whiskey on the desk, a smoldering cigar in the ashtray, and an open safe hidden behind a painting. The safe was empty.
Lila interviewed the suspects - Vincent's wife, Olivia, his business partner, Marcus, and his personal assistant, Natalie. Each had a motive: Olivia stood to inherit a fortune, Marcus had been embezzling company funds, and Natalie had been fired the day before.
The detective searched for clues and discovered that Vincent had been receiving threatening letters from a former employee named Jack Turner. Jack had sworn revenge after Vincent ruined his career.
Lila tracked down Jack, but he had an airtight alibi. Frustrated, she returned to the crime scene and noticed something she'd missed before - a small, circular hole in the window frame.
Suddenly, it all clicked into place. Lila gathered the suspects and revealed the truth: the killer had used a specialized tool to unlock the window from the outside, entered the room, shot Vincent, and staged the scene to look like a suicide. They had then stolen the contents of the safe and locked the window behind them.
The killer was none other than Natalie, Vincent's assistant. She had been working with Jack Turner to exact revenge and steal sensitive documents from the safe. With the evidence stacked against her, Natalie confessed to the crime.
Another case closed for Detective Lila Novak, but the memory of the locked room murder would haunt her for years to come.
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