Murder at Ravencourt Manor
When a wealthy widow dies mysteriously during a stormy weekend at her remote estate, a retired detective must uncover secrets, lies, and motives hidden behind the velvet curtains of Ravencourt Manor. A classic whodunit wrapped in fog, family betrayal, and one very calculated murder.
In 1937, retired Scotland Yard detective Elise Harrow is invited to Ravencourt Manor by Lady Vivian Ravencourt, a reclusive noblewoman who suspects someone in her household intends to kill her. Elise arrives to find a tense gathering of suspicious guests: Lady Vivian’s son Frederick, a secretive actress, a nervous lawyer, a quiet housekeeper, and a too-polite doctor. The next morning, Lady Vivian is found dead in her locked bedroom. With a storm cutting them off from the outside world, Elise begins her investigation. Clues include a spilled wine glass laced with sleeping powder, a torn page from a diary, a hidden weapon, and a gold cufflink dropped at the crime scene. Every guest has a motive. Through sharp observation and quiet interrogation, Elise uncovers that Lady Vivian had planned to disinherit her son. In a desperate act of greed, Lord Frederick drugged her, entered her room during the storm, and killed her with a fireplace poker. Elise exposes him with ironclad evidence and an unshakable gaze, restoring justice to the house of secrets. As she leaves the estate, she reflects that the dead don’t cry for help—they whisper. And she always listens.