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If you have never read an Agatha Christie story before, DO NOT READ THIS!!! This is NOT an Agatha Christie mystery novel. This reads as an amateurish fan-fic adaptation of a play - very heavy on trite, superficial dialogue, no character development, and stupid cinematic chaotic moments of idiotic actions and reactions. Clarissa is obviously a construct designed solely to play to the audience, falling prey to all the predictable pitfalls of being one of the 'weaker, vapid sex'. She continually whines that no one believes her when she does nothing but lie and for no apparent reason. The convoluted lie upon lie that unfolds is just too contrived and ridiculous to be used as a literary plot device as opposed to a more acceptable simplistic theatrical intrigue, which can be entertaining if acted well and you are feeling amenable. Only the basic plot outline and the layered lie itself sounded at all like Agatha Christie. The actual writing sounded like a high schooler's attempt to write their own murder mystery. The guilty party was fairly obvious from the beginning as you watched their initial actions in Scene One. Everyone else acted like they were recreating the Keystone Cops. Very disappointing. And with all that, I am downgrading its rating to the 1 star it deserves.