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Mariya's voice crackled. "Sir, the autopsy just came in. Cause of death wasn't strangulation. It was poisoning. The ligature was post-mortem."

Senior Inspector Aadhi Narayanan wiped the monsoon rain from his brow and stared at the body floating face-down in the Vembanad Lake. The victim, a wealthy estate owner named Paul Mappillai, had been missing for three days. Now, the backwaters had returned him—with a ligature mark around his neck and a single playing card tucked into his shirt pocket: the Ace of Spades. Kerala.Crime.Files.S01.1080p.DSNP.WEB.DL.H264.D...

But the murder they'd been investigating? The body found that morning had been identified by Anita herself. Which meant either she lied, or the dead man was someone else entirely. Mariya's voice crackled

"Crime scene is compromised," muttered SI Mariya John, handing Aadhi a steaming cup of chai. "The local fishermen pulled him out before we arrived. Half the village saw." It was poisoning

That night, Aadhi sat in his jeep outside the bungalow, watching Anita pour tea for a guest. The guest's face was hidden, but his posture was stiff, rehearsed. When the man turned, Aadhi's heart stopped.

Paul's wife, Anita, sat on the veranda of their lakeside bungalow, dabbing her eyes with a silk handkerchief. She claimed Paul had left for Cochin on business. But Aadhi's team found his phone buried in the garden, the last call made to a number traced to a scrapyard in Alappuzha.