Chapter 1
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Bianca seemed the most excited to be going to Merchant island. Of the ten of them she was the one who had the biggest passion for murder mysteries. For some of the others this was a different type of game. Zack had said this weekend was all in good fun, but it seemed likely he had a different agenda. Zack Slater was one of those fighting for control of Cambias Enterprises. JR Chandler and his father Adam were among his opponents. Ryan Lavery and his wife Greenlee represented another faction. And then there was Erica Kane and her daughter Kendall Hart. Kendall and Erica had their issues, business and personal, but at the moment they had evidently set aside their differences and were working together to gain control of this company. JR, Ryan, Greenlee, Erica, and Kendall were among those Zack invited. Whatever pretext this mystery was the real reason was Zack wanted to read his opponents, to get a feel for their strategy. It was like poker, and being a casion owner he believed he could read his opponents without giving them anything useful. Adam Chandler was too ill to attend, and he would likely be deceased before too long. If Zack had to make an alliance with any Chandler it would have to be JR. It seemed a bit unclear why he had invited Bianca. She had made it clear she had no interest in this company. But Bianca was the mother of the late Miranda Montgomery. Zack's father, Alexander Cambias, had made it clear in his will. If it was ever proven that Alexander had a grandchild, that child would inherit everything. And Bianca got pregnant with Miranda after being raped by Alexander's brother Michael. But Miranda was gone, and it couldn't be proven if she had been born alive or still-born. In theory Bianca could make a claim on this inheritance, but in almost a year she'd made no claim. It was also unclear why the other three guests had been invited. David, Jackson, Lena. None of them had any claim on the inheritance, but perhaps they were allies of the others. At any rate these ten waited for the ferry. The eccentric old ferryman, Thibodeaux came, brought them to Merchant island early Friday afternoon. The ten guests promised to be on their best behavior, despite their differences. David's daughter Babe was married to JR, but they were going through a nasty divorce and custody battle. Greenlee suspected that Kendall was having an affair with her husband Ryan. Bianca and Lena had only recently gotten back together. Greenlee was Jackson's daughter, she did not get along with his fiancee Erica. But only one person here knew the real reason for this weekend. One of these ten guests was planning on murdering all of the other guests.
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The suspects:
Bianca
David
Erica
Greenlee
Jackson
JR
Kendall
Lena
Ryan
Zack