Ananya+and+Anjali 

The Secrecy of Murder Ananya Subramaniam and Anjali Wadhwa

In the modest town of Chipping Cleghorn, papers are **delivered** to the residents, who discover a cordial invitation to experience a **murder**. The site of the foreboding event is home to Dora, Patrick, Julia, and Letitia **Blacklock**. Panic bites at the necks of the residents, who inquisitively fear the ad teeming with **secrecy**. But on October 29 th, the guests arrive at Little Paddocks, driven by **curiosity**, and when the clock strikes 6:30pm, the lights waver, welcoming **death**.

Rudi Sherz is sprawled on the floor, a haunting, rattling shadow of **death**. A somber message to the unnerved guests is **delivered** that this is neither a game, nor a time for **curiosity**. Accusations of Rudi’s need for Leticia’s money consume the scene of the **murder** and no one knows who has initiated such **secrecy**. Rudi's death is marked and reflected by the injury that grazes the ear of Miss **Blacklock**.

The diligent Inspector Craddock arrives to discuss the events of the night with Miss **Blacklock**. Dense suspicion heightens the mystification surrounding Sherz's **death**. The inspector targets residents in desperate attempts to unveil the cover of **secrecy**, but essential facts needed from Mitzi, Dora, Patrick or Julia are not **delivered**. As Craddock struggles to uncover the truth masked by the brutal **murder**, the wise Miss Marple considers the facts to try to tame his **curiosity**.

Marple goes to tea at Little Paddocks, searching for answers to ease her **curiosity**. For her financial success with Randall Goedler, money is to be passed to Miss **Blacklock**, and Goedler’s sister’s children, Pip and Emma, are in line for the money—a motive for **murder**. Craddock and Marple believe Miss Blacklock has still not escaped the threat of **death** and want her to leave Chipping Cleghorn to ensure she is safely **delivered** to live with the dying Belle Goedler in a pocket of isolated **secrecy**.

Miss Dora Bunner's life is stolen away in an act of **secrecy**. A call is received by the police office, stirring **curiosity**. The residents of Chipping Cleghorn fear death will be once more **delivered** to an unsuspecting victim, as it was to the dear friend of Miss **Blacklock**. The pills Dora took before her birthday party sparked her **death**, as the doctor believed her passing was unnatural—it was vicious **murder**.

Murgatroyd and Hinch discuss possible motives for **murder**, noting the clues of the lamp, the table, and the inheritance that have provoked **secrecy**. Upon Hinch’s departure, Murgatroyd discovers the truth, leading to her **death**. Marple and Hinch return to find Murgatroyd dead, and in them awakens resentment, despair, and **curiosity**. It is found that Phillipa and Julia, guests at the home of Miss. **Blacklock**, are truly Pip and Emma, who have lived with Letty to ensure money is **delivered**.

Marple realizes all the **deaths** that have occurred are the doings of Miss. **Blacklock**, who is Charlotte, Letitia’s sister, whose **murders** were to protect her identity from being **delivered**. Charlotte leaves with her **secrecy**, ridding the innocuous town of fleeting murderous **curiosity**.