Agatha Christie Mystery Quiz: Can You Name This Novel? | Murder Board #1.
Study the clues and guess the Agatha Christie Novel.
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Solution and Clue Breakdown
Spoilers below.
The postcard from Cornwall is Gull's Point, the clifftop house where Lady Tressilian invites her former ward Nevile Strange for his annual summer visit. Beautiful, peaceful, and about to become a crime scene.
Two wives. Nevile arrives with his glamorous new wife Kay (vibrant, sun-bronzed, vivid) and his ex-wife Audrey (pale, silvery, haunted). Christie calls them Rose Red and Snow White. One of them is about to be framed for murder.
The tennis racket. Nevile is a tennis star, and the murder weapon is fashioned from the handle of a tennis racket and the heavy metal ball from the fireplace fender. Elegant. Lethal. Hidden in plain sight.
The wet rope. Found dripping in a dusty attic. Used by the killer to swim across the creek and climb back into the house, creating a perfect alibi.
The compact. Kay's monogrammed powder compact, planted years earlier in Nevile's car to force a divorce. The very first move in a long, slow game.
The bloodstained glove. Discovered in the ivy beneath a window. Evidence pointing straight at the wrong woman.
Christie said it herself: every murder is the end of a story, not the beginning. The killer has been moving the pieces for years. Everything is moving toward zero hour.
The Answer
The Agatha Christie novel is: Towards Zero (1944)
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Murder Board is a visual mystery quiz series from Lies & Alibis Cozy Creative. Each post features a corkboard of clues pointing to one classic mystery novel. Can you guess the book before the reveal? Follow @getcozywithtara for more.