Evelyn beside the living-room fireplace.

Julian on the living-room sofa.

Clara beside the living-room doorway.

Gabriel at his kitchen counter.

A brass knocker on the green door of a rain-soaked manor.

Clara, the kind maid, welcomes the detective at the open door.

The widow beside the fireplace, the son on a green sofa, and the maid beside the bedroom doorway.

Arthur lies on the bedroom floor beside the empty bed. A drink stands on the bedside table, with medicine on a writing table and unfinished supper on a tray.

The chef waits alone among the copper pans and wooden counters.

All four suspects gather in the same living room.

A glass with violet residue beside a ribboned tonic bottle.

An unopened medicine carton with an intact seal.

Arthur’s unfinished supper on a wooden tray.

Blackthorn Manor

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Arriving at Blackthorn Manor…

ALIBI CHAPTER ONE

A light is still on.

Someone inside is waiting for you.

SCENE 01

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