The Burning Court

In Suspense #001, “The Burning Court,” a commuter’s idle reading detonates a nightmare when Ted Stevens discovers a 17th-century poisoner who looks exactly like his wife—and shares her maiden name. A sudden death in their circle, a silver cup, and a masquerade costume set the stage for grave-robbing, a sealed crypt with no corpse, and a parlor confrontation where motives curdle and sherry turns lethal. Adapted from John Dickson Carr’s novel, this premiere episode twists from occult suspicion to cool, clinical murder—and then back again with a chilling final whisper from the “burning court.”