Man Digs Up Old Key In His Backyard, Then An Expert Tells Him Not To Use It

The Handle’s Secret

Arthur spent three weeks studying the key’s handle under magnification at his workbench. He concluded that the initials carved into the skull’s eye sockets were E and H — Eleanor Hargrove.

She hadn’t just written the journal. She had commissioned the key itself. The entire trail had been hers from the very beginning.