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"What?" Sean asked her

"All this stuff was ypt--exact copies of items found in real tombs," she said "They so to see if I could find anything that opened, but…it looks like e see is what there is"

Sean caently over the wood, trying to determine if there could be such a compartment But his efforts failed

He turned Eddie was still staring at the tableau; Knox was staring at Eddie Madison had given her attention to the large canopic jars

"E up the last of them But then she paused "Sean, this one--it seems too heavy for its size!"

He took the jar froloved hand in it and saw that where he touched wasn’t the bottoasp escape Madison’s lips She was right next to hi The design is changing as you twist it… There, look, go a bit further, and you’ll see that the two pieces on the design ave it another twist and heard a click The false bottom in the jar lifted Beneath that false botto He touched it

Then he pulled the er out of the canopic jar It was covered in blood

"Well," he said "Looks like we’ve found the murder weapon"

Madison sat in the suite with the others, listening as, one by one, the teah their notes on the people they’d interviewed They asked her questions and she gave her ireat deal of tedium in what they did However, repetition was essential to ensure that nothing slipped through the cracks

They went through the construction crew Jane, who had interviewed the , told theht back copies of the security footage, and everything they saw verified what had been said Kat Sokolov had interviewed the seaners and the fabricators, who hadn’t been in since Friday Logan had spoken at length with both Andy Simons and Mike Greenwood and he’d also called in Eddie’s ex-wife, Benita Loanted to believe that his current wife, Helena LaRoux, had been involved In fact, Benita had said, if Helena wasn’t such an idiot, Benita would be absolutely positive that she was guilty

"She told an told the about her stepson doesn’tuser," Tyler agreed

Kelsey had spoken with Winston Nash and Colin Bailey Bailey had been agitated, convinced that he’d lost all their chances of finding the real killer--because he had left the guard station to rush out when Alistair had coround was thoroughly investigated?" Sean asked

"No felons in the lot," Logan answered "The worst we’ve found on anyone at the studio was a few unpaid parking tickets"

"I’ if anyone associated with either the fainal fil of the kind to the police or to us," Logan said "But we can delve deeper I guess the killer wouldn’t announce that his dad had been a grip or a production assistant on the uy as killed during fil? Any connections?" Sean asked

"Not that we’ve yet discovered"

"Anybody have any theories?" Logan threw out his ar to bet it has more to do with the movie, soan re around as she interjected, hoping they wouldn’t think she was being disruptive and had nothing of importance to say

They didn’t The six

"There was trouble with the h they both had truly sad ends I’ about the accident that occurred on the set--the electrical accident that killed a bit player, Pete Krakowski"

"I’ "But it was an accident, right? He was electrocuted"

Madison surveyed the group, taking a deep breath "Bogie didn’t think it was an accident"

"Bogie--was he connected to the an asked her "Where is he…and our victi out with us"