MURDER MYSTERY Mr. Pace , an American by birth, used to
live live in an isol isolat ated ed hunte unter’ r’ss lodg lodge e on the the Derbyshire moors. He was murdered in his house the previous night. It was reported to his nephew, Mr. Havering , while he was in London visiting Herc Hercul ule e Poiro Poirot t , a amous !elgian detective. "he house#eeper, Mrs. Middleton , who has wor#ed in the lodge or a month, had mysteriously disappeared the ne$t day. %o, who is the murderer& %uspects' •
Mr. Havering , Mr. Pace’s nephew(
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Mrs. Havering , Mr. Havering’s wie(
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Mrs. Middleton , the house#eeper(
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Mr. %mith, the shop#eeper(
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Mr. )it*patric#, the butler(
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Mr. )it*patric#, the butler’s wie(
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Mrs. +aterbroo# , Mr. Pace’s riend.
Detectives' •
Hercule Poirot(
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Arthur Hastings(
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Inspector app.
Mr. Havering: -ou are Mr. Pace’s nephew. He was your mother’s brother. -ou and your wie lived with him in the lodge. +hen he was #illed you were in London. At irst you visited Hercule Poirot, a amous detective and his riend Mr. Hastings. -ou stayed in London or another day to spend time with your riends rom the club. "hen your wie sent you a telegram telling you that your uncle is dead. "ell everyone you loved your uncle tenderly. Do not tell anyone that you and your wie have planned your uncle’s murder to inherit his money. -our wie has actually #illed him while you were away.
Mrs. Havering: -ou are Mr. Havering’s wie, the actress. +hile your husband was in London you stayed in the lodge to do things around the house. -ou live here together with your husband’s uncle who has been #illed. n the evening o the murder you and Mrs. Middleton, the house#eeper, were in the lodge. Mrs. Middleton let a strange man with a dar# beard into the house. He and Mr. Pace argued loudly in his study, the room was loc#ed and then you heard a gun shot. "he door was closed, the man got away through the window. Mrs. Middleton disappeared the ne$t day. -ou and your husband are going to inherit Mr. Pace’s money. Do not tell anyone that you are the murderer. -ou used to wor# as an actress, so you pretended to be Mrs. Middleton to conuse the detectives.
Mr. Smith: -ou wor# as a shop#eeper in Derbyshire. -ou have seen Mr. Pace a couple o times in your lie. He came to you shop to buy cigarettes or /ust wal#ed around the moors. -ou are one o the suspects, because you have a long blac# beard. Mrs. Havering says that she does not remember the man who came to the lodge well on the day o the murder well, because it was dar#, only that he had a beard. -ou didn’t li#e Mr. Pace as he was always rude to you. -ou have met Mrs. Middleton a couple o times. nce you have ta#en her or Mrs. Havering. -ou ound the gun 0supposedly the one that was used by the #iller1 on the moors and reported it to the police. Mrs. Waterbrook: -ou came to visit Mr. Pace ater you had received a letter rom him. +hen you were younger you had a love aair. In the letter he wrote that something strange was happening in his house and that he was getting more and more suspicious, but he couldn’t say more. -ou came as soon as possible, but Mr. Pace turned out to be dead. It’s a tragedy. -ou’ll miss him terribly. He cheated on you and that is why you bro#e up, but you claim to have orgiven him. -ou have never met Mrs. Middleton, but Mrs. )it*patric#, the butler’s wie told you that she had beautiul blue eyes, /ust li#e Mrs. Havering. Mr. Fitzpatrick: -ou used to wor# as a butler in the lodge. -ou 2uit 3 years ago ater Mr. Pace accused you o stealing a golden vase that
had
mysteriously
disappeared.
-ou
claimed not to steal it and you were terribly oended as you wor#ed or this amily or 45 years, /ust li#e your ather and your grandather did. "he vase was never ound. -ou now live in Derbyshire with your wie. -ou don’t #now much about the Haverings. -ou don’t thin# that Mrs. Havering was a good match or Mr. Havering as she used to wor# as an actress.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick: -ou are Mr. )it*patric#’s wie. -ou love your husband and #now that he is an honest man. He has never told a single lie in his lie. -ou were terribly oended when your husband was accused o stealing a vase by Mr. Pace. -ou hated Mr. Pace. -ou don’t #now much about the Haverings. Mrs. Havering was 2uite amous beore she got married, but you don’t thin# that a decent girl would ever wor# as an actress. -ou have met Mrs. Middleton a couple o times. A regular young lady, nothing remar#able.
Herc!e "oirot: -ou are one o the most amous detectives in the history o man#ind. -ou are rom !elgium, but you live in 6ngland most o the time. -ou came to Derbyshire to investigate the murder o Mr. Pace, the owner o the hunter’s lodge. "he 2uestions you might be interested in are' •
+here is Mrs. Middleton& +hat does each o the
suspects #now about her& •
+hat relationships did the suspects and Mr. Pace have& Did they get on&
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+ho will inherit Mr. Pace’s money and property&
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+ho had the motive to #ill Mr. Pace&
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+ho saw him beore he was #illed& etc.
As# as many 2uestions as possible. "ry to detect who is lying and why.
#rthr Hastings: -ou are Hercule Poirot’s riend and you admire his intelligence. -ou came to Derbyshire with him to help him investigate the murder. "he 2uestions you might be interested in are' •
+here is Mrs. Middleton& +hat does each o the suspects #now about her&
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+hat relationships did the suspects and Mr. Pace have& Did they get on&
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+ho will inherit Mr. Pace’s money and property&
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+ho had the motive to #ill Mr. Pace&
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+ho saw him beore he was #illed& etc.
As# as many 2uestions as possible. "ry to detect who is lying and why.
$nspector %app: -ou are a %cotland -ard detective. -ou came to Derbyshire to investigate the murder. -ou don’t li#e Poirot, because he is always aster and smarter than you, so you oten get angry with him. "he 2uestions you might be interested in are' •
+here is Mrs. Middleton& +hat
does each o the suspects #now about her& •
+hat relationships did the suspects and Mr. Pace have& Did they get on&
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+ho will inherit Mr. Pace’s money and property&
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+ho had the motive to #ill Mr. Pace&
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+ho saw him beore he was #illed& etc.
As# as many 2uestions as possible. "ry to detect who is lying and why.
So!tion: Mrs. Havering is the murderer. %he #illed her husband’s uncle to inherit his money. "hey plotted it with Mr. Havering. As she was an actress she played the role o Mrs. Middleton /ust to distract everyone. 7obody has ever seen them together. "he story o the bearded men is a lie.
So!tion: Mrs. Havering is the murderer. %he #illed her husband’s uncle to inherit his money. "hey plotted it with Mr. Havering. As she was an actress she played the role o Mrs. Middleton /ust to distract everyone. 7obody has ever seen them together. "he story o the bearded men is a lie.
So!tion: Mrs. Havering is the murderer. %he #illed her husband’s uncle to inherit his money. "hey plotted it with Mr. Havering. As she was an actress she played the role o Mrs. Middleton /ust to distract everyone. 7obody has ever seen them together. "he story o the bearded men is a lie.
So!tion: Mrs. Havering is the murderer. %he #illed her husband’s uncle to inherit his money. "hey plotted it with Mr. Havering. As she was an actress she played the role o Mrs. Middleton /ust to distract everyone. 7obody has ever seen them together. "he story o the bearded men is a lie.