Last night we went to a party at our neighbor's condo. It was a "who-done-it" murder mystery party. We'd never been invited to one before and frankly, didn't really understand just how it worked!
Dave and I got our "characters" with a printed invitation a few days prior to the gathering. It included a newspaper article about a suspicious death and the inquiry scheduled for Saturday night. All of the suspects gathered at Pat's condo....some in costume....and the fun began.
Pat gave the instructions and we broke into smaller groups and started to ask questions to try to determine who was the guilty party. If we tried to stay in character it meant Dave was Crawford Benton....."rescued" from a mental hospital by a rich couple. He spent years as their loyal servant and I was his "assistant". Now what could we infer from that? Perhaps he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer and as his assistant I was really in charge? Or his wife of ten years, "Carrie", (another neighbor) was running the show?
Anyway, there were lots of players to try to sort through, lots of sub-stories revealed as the evening progressed. Lots of laughter and conversation and good food. It was a fun evening.
And at the very end Crawford (Dave) discovered he was married to the murderer!!! But she (Carrie) acted alone.....so Crawford was free to enjoy the house and pension left to him in the victim's will.
Mystery solved.......by following the clues.
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