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"The master puppeteer of literary crime" JANICE HALLETT "Today's greatest exponent of playful
detective fiction" GUARDIAN ********** Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday
weekend. They decide to play a game. All six names go in a hat. Choose two and imagine one
murdering the other. Write it down. Type it up. Read it out. Points are given for making the
murders sound convincing. Of course when given such a task it's only natural to use what you
know. Secrets. Grudges. Affairs. But once you've put it in a story that secret is out. So
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