Craig+and+Adam

A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED

Early one morning in the town of Chipping Cleghorn, An innocent-looking newspaper article announces a murder At Little Paddocks, inviting friends to attend. The owner of Little Paddocks, Leticia Blacklock Wonders what will happen, this is not her doing. And why? She will not find out until dark. Her younger cousin, Patrick, inputs his own two cents on what will happen. "Delicious Death, " He says with a smile. That evening, Leticia prepares for her guests, who arrive at the door.

The guests walk through the door And greet Leticia. Everybody knows everybody in Chipping Cleghorn. Last to arrive, Mrs. Harmon asks if she is too late for the death. She is in luck. There has been no murder Yet. Leticia says that she, too, is in the dark About the whole ordeal. The clock chimes six-thirty, and the room goes black.

Frantic whispers fly through the black Of the room. Then, CRASH, the door Bursts open. "Stick em up," says a voice. A blinding flashlight illuminates the dark. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shots are fired. The inhabitants of Chipping Cleghorn <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Scream. This is no longer a game. This is a real murder. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A match is struck, and they all wonder: were they just witnesses to someone's death?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, they were. There was indeed a death. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The match illuminates frightened faces. Leticia Blacklock <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Has blood dripping from her ear. But she is alive. Was this supposed to be her murder? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Someone is lying on the ground. It is the intruder who came through the door. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The people of Chipping Cleghorn <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Are in shock. This man came to end someone's life, but it was his own that ended in the dark.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who is this dead man in the dark? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">His name is Rudi Sherz, and knew Leticia. He had asked her for money, and she refused. Is this why he came to murder her? But why would he end his own life? Is there more to his death <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Than meets the eye? An investigation ensues, and secrets are revealed in Chipping Cleghorn. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The police recruit Miss Marple, an old woman, to aid them in their case. As the police get closer to the truth, a friend of Miss Blacklock, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dora Bunner, is killed. She went upstairs to sleep, shut the bedroom door, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And never woke up. The police believe Doras death was a failed second attempt of Leticia’s murder.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Miss Murgatroyd, another friend of Leticia, is the victim of another murder. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Soon, Miss Marple figures out the truth. Leticia was the shooter in the dark. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">She had slipped out the door <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And fired shots into the room, killing Rudi. His death <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Had to occur because he recognized "Leticia" as Charlotte Blacklock <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Whom he had met at a hospital when Charlotte had a goiter operation. She took Leticia’s place to receive inheritance and moved far away to Chipping Cleghorn.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Listening outside Murgatroyd’s door, Miss Blacklock <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Realized Murgatroyd was about to figure out that she committed the murder. Blacklock was no longer safe in Chipping Cleghorn. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blacklock is captured by the police, with the help of Miss Marple, and will pay the price for the deaths. She never thought she would be recognized as the murderer in the dark.