Central protagonist. A novelist who accidentally kills his maid Emily, frames his crippled brother John, and profits from the scandal by writing a novel about the crime. He later attempts to murder John and his wife Marjorie, but dies by falling down the stairs after hallucinating Emily's presence.
Internal psychological breakdown driven by conscience and fear.
Employer-employee relationship that ends in fatal violence.
Married couple with a deteriorating and suspicious relationship.
Biological brothers with a strained, manipulative dynamic.
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