A case from the catalogue
Polished walnut desks and Turkish rugs mask the scent of betrayal in a 1950s Mayfair agency, where a gentleman's agreement curdles into a motive for murder.
Open this fileLord Peregrine Ashworth — An old-money client who threatened to gazunder the agency's flagship Hamilton Terrace deal, humiliating the founder and ruining the firm's reputation.
Patrician Founder — Long-standing personal friend and client of the agency.
Ruthless Protégé — Lead agent on the Hamilton Terrace sale; handled all of Lord Ashworth's personal accounts.
Scheming Junior Partner — Resented Lord Ashworth for blocking his proposed modernisation of the agency's fee structure.
Society Matron Client — Wife of the victim.
Quietly Observant Office Manager — Processed all of Lord Ashworth's confidential paperwork and witnessed his heated arguments with the partners.
The culprit, the alibis and the clue logic are locked before your first chapter. The narrator does not know the solution: it can neither leak it nor rewrite it when you close in.