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Closed Circle Of Suspects
The closed circle of suspects is a common element of detective fiction, and the subgenre that employs it can be referred to as the closed circle mystery. Less precisely, this subgenre – works with the closed circle literary device – is simply known as the "classic", "traditional" or "cozy" detective fiction. It refers to a situation in which for a given crime (usually a murder), there is a quickly established, limited number of suspects, each with credible means, motive, and opportunity. In other words, it is known that the criminal is one of the people present at or nearby the scene, and the crime could not have been committed by some outsider. The detective has to solve the crime, figuring out the criminal from this pool of suspects, rather than searching for an entirely unknown perpetrator. History This type of narrative originated in British detective fiction. Agatha Christie's ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'' (1920) has been credited as a work that started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Then There Were None 1945
And or AND may refer to: Logic, grammar and computing * Conjunction (grammar), Conjunction, connecting two words, phrases, or clauses * Logical conjunction in mathematical logic, notated as "∧", "⋅", "&", or simple juxtaposition * Bitwise AND, a Boolean operation in programming, typically notated as "and" or "&" * Short-circuit ''and'', a short-circuit operator, notated "&&", "and", "and then", etc. * Ampersand, the symbol "&", representing "and" * AND gate, in electronics Music albums * And (John Martyn album), ''And'' (John Martyn album), 1996 * And (Koda Kumi album), ''And'' (Koda Kumi album), 2018 * ''A N D'', a 2015 album by Tricot * ''And'', a 2007 album by Jonah Matranga * and, a 2022 EP by Xaviersobased * ''And,'', a 2024 maxi single by BoyNextDoor Businesses and organizations * Alberta New Democrats, now Alberta New Democratic Party *Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, US * Automotive Navigation Data, digital map supplier * AND Corporation, biometri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Hare
Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark (4 September 1900 – 25 August 1958) was an English barrister, judgeHis Honour A. A. Gordon Clark (Obituaries) The Times Tuesday, 26 August 1958; pg. 10; Issue 54239; col E and crime writer under the pseudonym Cyril Hare. Life and work Gordon Clark was born in Mickleham, Surrey, the third son of Henry Herbert Gordon Clark of Mickleham Hall, Surrey, a merchant in the wine and spirit trade, Matthew Clark & Sons being the family firm. The socialist politician Susan Lawrence was his aunt. He was educated at St Aubyn's, Rottingdean and Rugby. He read History at New College, Oxford (where he heard William Archibald Spooner say in a sermon that 'now we see through a dark ) and graduated with a First. He then studied law and was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1924. Gordon Clark's pseudonym was a mixture of Hare Court, where he worked in the chambers of Roland Oliver, and Cyril Mansions, Battersea, where he lived after marrying Mary Barbara Lawr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder On The Orient Express
''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of ''Murder in the Calais Coach'', by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and Sixpence (British coin), sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2. The elegant train of the 1930s, the ''Orient Express'', is stopped by heavy snowfall. A murder is discovered, and Poirot's trip home to London from the Middle East is interrupted to solve the case. The opening chapters of the novel take place primarily in Istanbul. The rest of the novel takes place in Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, with the train trapped between Vinkovci and Slavonski Brod, Brod, in what is now northeastern Croatia. The American title of ''Murder in the Calais Coach'' was used to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitman 3
''Hitman 3'' is a 2021 stealth game developed and published by IO Interactive. It is the eighth main installment in the ''Hitman'' video game series, the sequel to 2018's '' Hitman 2'', and the third game in the ''World of Assassination'' trilogy. Concluding the story arc started in 2016's ''Hitman'', the game follows genetically engineered assassin Agent 47 and his allies as they hunt down the leaders of the secretive organization Providence, which controls global affairs and was partially responsible for 47's creation and upbringing. Like its two predecessors, the game is structured around six levels, five of which are large sandbox locations that players can freely explore to find opportunities to eliminate their targets. Each mission presents challenges that players can complete to unlock items. The base game features six locations: Dubai, Dartmoor, Berlin, Chongqing, Mendoza, and the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. A post-launch update introduced a new island location se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Genovesi
Alessandro Genovesi (born 10 January 1973) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Life and career Born in Milan, Genovesi started his professional career on stage, first as an actor and later as a playwright and a director. He had his breakout in 2007, with the play ''Happy Family'' he wrote and directed; the play won several awards, and in 2010 it was adapted in a film of the same title directed by Gabriele Salvatores Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ... in which Genovesi served as a screenwriter and assistant director. Genovesi made his directorial film debut in 2011 with '' The Worst Week of My Life'', which was a box office success and led to a sequel, still directed by Genovesi. Filmography References External links * {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 Women And A Murder
''7 Women and a Murder'' () is a 2021 Italian comedy mystery film co-written and directed by Alessandro Genovesi, serving as a remake of the 2002 film ''8 Women'' by François Ozon, itself based on the play ''Huit femmes'' by Robert Thomas. It stars Margherita Buy, Diana Del Bufalo, Sabrina Impacciatore, Benedetta Porcaroli, Micaela Ramazzotti, Luisa Ranieri and Ornella Vanoni. The film was released in Italy on 25 December 2021 by Warner Bros. Pictures, grossing €1,118,038. It was made available on Netflix internationally on 28 December 2022. Plot Near the Christmas holidays, a daughter arrives home from Milan, having caught an earlier train than the previously planned train at noon. Also living in the house are a maid, the mother of the family, the younger daughter, the grandmother, and the mother's sister. The maid is sent to see if the father wants breakfast and finds him stabbed in the back. Realizing it must have happened overnight, the women try to find out who kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rian Johnson
Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film ''Brick (film), Brick'' (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $4 million on a $450,000 budget. Transitioning to higher-profile films, Johnson achieved mainstream recognition for writing and directing the science-fiction thriller ''Looper (film), Looper'' (2012) to critical and commercial success. Johnson landed his largest project when he wrote and directed the space opera ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017), which grossed over $1 billion. He returned to the mystery genre with ''Knives Out'' (2019) and its sequel ''Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Glass Onion'' (2022), both of which earned him Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. Additionally, Johnson is also known fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knives Out
''Knives Out'' is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Daniel Craig leads an eleven-actor ensemble cast as Benoit Blanc, a famed private detective who is summoned to investigate the death of the bestselling author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). Police rule Harlan's death a suicide but Blanc suspects foul play, and investigates to ascertain the true cause of his death. Johnson produced ''Knives Out'' with his longtime collaborator Ram Bergman. Funding came from MRC (company), MRC and tax subsidies from the Government of Massachusetts, Massachusetts state government. Johnson conceived ''Knives Out'' in the mid-2000s. Wanting to modernize the mystery film, whodunit films of the mid-twentieth century, the director was inspired by his interest in adaptations of Agatha Christie, movie adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories. He then refocused on creating ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017). Development of ''Knives Out'' resumed the following ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Woods (Family Guy)
''Family Guy (franchise), Family Guy'' is an American animated comedy multimedia franchise originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company, primarily based on the animated series ''Family Guy'' (1999–present), its Spin-off (media), spin-off series ''The Cleveland Show'' (2009–2013), and the film ''Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story'' (2005), based on his 1995–1997 thesis films The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve, ''The Life of Larry'' and ''Larry & Steve''. Set in the fictional towns of Quahog (Family Guy), Quahog, Rhode Island, and The Cleveland Show, Stoolbend, Virginia, the show exhibits much of its humor in the form of metafictional cutaway (filmmaking), cutaway gags often lampooning Culture of the United States, American culture. The following is an abridged list of characters consisting of the starring families (Griffin family, Griffin; #The Brown/Tubbs family, Brown/Tubbs) and supporting characters from all three. Characters are only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Guy
''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griffin, Peter and Lois Griffin, Lois, their children, Meg Griffin, Meg, Chris Griffin, Chris, and Stewie Griffin, Stewie, and their anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic pet dog, Brian Griffin, Brian. Set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, Quahog, Rhode Island, the show exhibits much of its humor in the form of metafictional cutaway (filmmaking), cutaway gags that often lampoon Culture of the United States, American culture. The family was conceived by MacFarlane after he developed two animated films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve, ''The Life of Larry'' and ''Larry & Steve''. MacFarlane redesigned the films' protagonist, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Then There Were Fewer
"And Then There Were Fewer" is the hour-long season premiere of the ninth season of the American animated television series ''Family Guy''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 26, 2010. The episode follows the citizens of the fictional city of Quahog in the non-fictional U.S. state of Rhode Island after they are invited by actor James Woods to his stately mansion on a remote island. While there, a series of murders occur, and the group struggles to determine who committed the mysterious acts, before ultimately attempting to escape from the island, and avoid being murdered themselves. The episode borrows its premise and title from Agatha Christie's 1939 murder mystery ''And Then There Were None'', while also serving as a parody of the 1985 film ''Clue''. The episode was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Dominic Polcino. It received high acclaim from critics, who praised its storyline and cultural references, and is generally considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death And The Dancing Footman
''Death and the Dancing Footman'' is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh, the eleventh of her Roderick Alleyn books and was first published in 1941 in the US by Little Brown of Boston and in 1942 in the UK by Collins Crime Club. It was written in New Zealand, but set in a Dorset, England country house. The novel received good reviews from ''The New York Times'', and Britain's ''The Observer'' and '' The Tatler''. It was hailed by the ''New Zealand Listener'' as "Miss Marsh's favourite among her own books". Plot summary Set in Cloudyfold, Dorset in 1940; Jonathan, wealthy dabbler from the Royal of Highfold Manor, and Aubrey Mandrake, writer, map out guests that have mutually agreed to macabre entertainment for his house party. Among them are: an Austrian surgeon; the society woman on whom, twenty years earlier, he performed a facelift that has disfigured her for life; her two adult sons, bitter rivals in love and for their mother's affections; the fiancée of one brother who still n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
