Synopsis

Detective Michael surveyed the scene, a familiar knot tightening in his gut. The air hung thick with the scent of old money and manufactured illusion – a fitting aroma for the victim, renowned magician Austin Templeton. Templeton lay amidst the remnants of a vanished act, a silent testament to a life spent crafting deception. The initial assessment pointed to a locked room mystery, a theatrical impossibility. Yet, here we were. Templeton had been performing, witnesses swore, when… nothing.