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A Mysterious Affair of Style
''A Mysterious Affair of Style'' is a whodunit by Gilbert Adair first published in 2007. A homage to the Golden Age of Detective Fiction in general and Agatha Christie in particular, the novel is a sequel to Adair's 2006 book, ''The Act of Roger Murgatroyd''.
==Plot summary==
Set in post-war 〔At the beginning of the novel a charity event at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on April Fools' Day, a Friday, is mentioned. 1 April 1949 was a Friday. However, at another point in the novel one of the characters refers to V.E. Day as having happened about 18 months ago, which would mean the action is set in the autumn of 1946.〕 London and at Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, the "mysterious affair" of the title is the murder of ageing actress Cora Rutherford on the set of the film which she hopes will mark her comeback to the silver screen. As it happens, mystery writer Evadne Mount, an old friend of Cora's, and Chief-Inspector Trubshawe, retired, formerly of Scotland Yard, are watching the shooting of the scene in which the actress drinks from a champagne glass whose content, unbeknownst to everyone except the murderer, has been laced with a strong poison. Right from the start of the investigation, a neat group of suspects presents itself to the police. However, although each of them would have had means and opportunity to kill Cora Rutherford, none of them has the slightest motive to have done so. It takes amateur sleuth Evadne Mount several days to figure out the solution to the crime, and only by linking up the murder with an accident which happened some time previously, and eventually by using a decoy, is she able to solve the case.
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