Under A Purple Umbrella
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Last published Sun, Jul 2, 2017
The corpse was fresh. Her cheeks were still flushed and mouth slightly agape. Her hair is splayed around her head, like a pool of melted chocolate spilled on pavement. Her eyes were frightfully empty, two glass orbs that seem to gaze beyond our dimension into a veil between life and death...
Emelia Hempten was murdered on an Autumn day, her iconic purple umbrella missing, and two confused lovers left behind. Detective Embers and Markov are on the case to unravel this mystery.
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