"Poison, Passage, and Perfidy: Inside the Locked Room"

The Locked Room

Detective Sarah Pearson stood outside the locked room, her heart racing. Inside, the lifeless body of billionaire Robert Manning lay sprawled on the floor. The room had no windows, and the only door was locked from the inside. It seemed like an impossible crime.

As Sarah examined the scene, she noticed a few peculiar details. A half-empty glass of whiskey sat on the desk, next to a pen and a piece of paper with Robert's signature. The room was in perfect order, except for a small, ornate key that lay beside the body.

Sarah interviewed the suspects: Robert's wife, his business partner, and his personal assistant. Each had a motive, but all of them claimed to have been elsewhere at the time of the murder.

The autopsy revealed that Robert had been poisoned. The toxicology report showed traces of a rare, fast-acting poison in the whiskey. But how did the killer manage to slip it into the drink and escape from the locked room?

Sarah suddenly realized the significance of the key. It belonged to a secret passage that connected Robert's study to the library. The killer had used the passage to enter the room, poison the whiskey, and then exit, locking the door behind them.

But who was the killer? Sarah discovered that Robert's wife had purchased the rare poison a week earlier. Confronted with the evidence, she confessed to the crime, revealing that she had grown tired of her husband's infidelity and wanted to inherit his fortune.

With the mystery solved, Sarah closed the case, marveling at the intricacy of the locked room murder that had almost become the perfect crime.


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