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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted. Inverted twice.
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** In the book, [[spoiler:Ruth Lessing]] is already crazy only about [[spoiler:Victor Drake]] at the time Rosemary dies. Here, [[spoiler:she poisons Rosemary to get George and only goes for Victor when it's clear George isn't interested]].
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Instead of being Viola Marle's RomanticRunnerUp, Paul Bennett is turned into Lucilla Drake's first husband.
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** In the book, [[spoiler:Ruth Lessing]] is already crazy only about [[spoiler:Victor Drake]] at the time Rosemary dies. Here, [[spoiler:she poisons Rosemary to get George and only goes for Victor when it's clear George isn't interested]].
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Instead of being Viola Marle's RomanticRunnerUp, Paul Bennett is turned into Lucilla Drake's first husband.
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!! Tropes featured in the novel and its adaptations:
* AdaptationalHeroism: The victim's [[spoiler:widowed husband]] is the murderer in the short story and a completely innocent, good-natured UnwittingPawn in the novel.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the 1983 film.
** Lucilla Drake is made much less ditzy [[spoiler:to make her a plausible murder suspect]].
** Iris is older than in the book and therefore much more savvy. In particular, she is way more cautious about trusting Anthony, unlike her book self who is swept off her feet and only balks at [[spoiler:the suggestion of elopement]].
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the 1983 adaptation, Sandra is friendlier and more open, and is actually Iris's best friend.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The victim's [[spoiler:widowed husband]] is the murderer in the short story and a completely innocent, good-natured UnwittingPawn in the novel.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the 1983 film.
** Lucilla Drake is made much less ditzy [[spoiler:to make her a plausible murder suspect]].
** Iris is older than in the book and therefore much more savvy. In particular, she is way more cautious about trusting Anthony, unlike her book self who is swept off her feet and only balks at [[spoiler:the suggestion of elopement]].
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the 1983 adaptation, Sandra is friendlier and more open, and is actually Iris's best friend.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The victim's [[spoiler:widowed husband]] is the murderer in the short story and a completely innocent, good-natured UnwittingPawn in the novel. \n* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the 1983 film. \n** Lucilla Drake is made much less ditzy [[spoiler:to make her a plausible murder suspect]]. \n** Iris is older than in the book and therefore much more savvy. In particular, she is way more cautious about trusting Anthony, unlike her book self who is swept off her feet and only balks at [[spoiler:the suggestion of elopement]]. \n* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the 1983 adaptation, Sandra is friendlier and more open, and is actually Iris's best friend. X
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* AgeLift: Iris is aged up in both adaptations (to avoid any potential squickiness in her romance with Anthony, most probably). In the 1983 film, she is played by 30-year-old Deborah Raffin and in the 2003 film, by 25-year-old Chloe Howman.
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* CompositeCharacter: In the 1983 film, Lord Kidderminster and Colonel Race get merged into Erik Kidderminster.
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted in the 1983 film. In the book, Anthony admits to having briefly had a crush on Rosemary, while in that adaptation, he [[spoiler:only flirts with her to get close to the Kidderminsters whom he's investigating]].
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** Lady Sandra, the [[MiddleChildSyndrome third daughter out of five]] and the plainest one in the family, is considered the most difficult child by her mother. However, her parents are still ready to support and protect her as much as they can.
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** Lady Sandra, the [[MiddleChildSyndrome third daughter out of five]] and the plainest one in the family, is considered the most difficult child by her mother. However, her parents are still ready to support and protect her as much as they can.can.
!! Tropes specific to the 1983 adaptation:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Iris is as beautiful as Rosemary and only manages to stay in her shadow by [[HollywoodHomely wearing less brightly-colored makeup and less revealing dresses]].
* AdaptationalIntelligence:
** Lucilla Drake is made much less ditzy [[spoiler:to make her a plausible murder suspect]].
** Iris is older than in the book and therefore much more savvy. In particular, she is way more cautious about trusting Anthony, unlike her book self who is swept off her feet and only balks at [[spoiler:the suggestion of elopement]].
** The police aren't satisfied with the suicide theory of Rosemary's death.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Sandra is friendlier and more open, and is actually Iris's best friend.
** Lucilla Drake is friendlier with Ruth and sympathetic towards her feelings for George.
** Rosemary and Iris are a lot closer than in the book (it helps that the contrast between them is blurred).
* AgeLift: Iris's age isn't specified, but she is played by 30-year-old Deborah Raffin and is clearly older than her book counterpart who hasn't even hit twenty-one.
* CompositeCharacter: Lord Kidderminster and Colonel Race are merged into Erik Kidderminster.
* PragmaticAdaptation: A lot of the backstory is understandably left out of the movie.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted. In the book, Anthony admits to having briefly been in love with Rosemary, while here, he [[spoiler:only flirts with her to get close to the Kidderminsters whom he's investigating]].
* SettingUpdate: The film takes place in California of the 1980s.
!! Tropes specific to the 1983 adaptation:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Iris is as beautiful as Rosemary and only manages to stay in her shadow by [[HollywoodHomely wearing less brightly-colored makeup and less revealing dresses]].
* AdaptationalIntelligence:
** Lucilla Drake is made much less ditzy [[spoiler:to make her a plausible murder suspect]].
** Iris is older than in the book and therefore much more savvy. In particular, she is way more cautious about trusting Anthony, unlike her book self who is swept off her feet and only balks at [[spoiler:the suggestion of elopement]].
** The police aren't satisfied with the suicide theory of Rosemary's death.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Sandra is friendlier and more open, and is actually Iris's best friend.
** Lucilla Drake is friendlier with Ruth and sympathetic towards her feelings for George.
** Rosemary and Iris are a lot closer than in the book (it helps that the contrast between them is blurred).
* AgeLift: Iris's age isn't specified, but she is played by 30-year-old Deborah Raffin and is clearly older than her book counterpart who hasn't even hit twenty-one.
* CompositeCharacter: Lord Kidderminster and Colonel Race are merged into Erik Kidderminster.
* PragmaticAdaptation: A lot of the backstory is understandably left out of the movie.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted. In the book, Anthony admits to having briefly been in love with Rosemary, while here, he [[spoiler:only flirts with her to get close to the Kidderminsters whom he's investigating]].
* SettingUpdate: The film takes place in California of the 1980s.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the 1983 adaptation, Sandra is friendlier and more open, and is actually Iris's best friend.
* CompositeCharacter: In the 1983 film, Lord Kidderminster and Colonel Race get merged into Erik Kidderminster.
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted in the 1983 film. In the book, Anthony admits to having briefly had a crush on Rosemary, while in that adaptation, he [[spoiler:only flirts with her to get close to the Kidderminsters whom he's investigating]].
* SettingUpdate: The movies have the setting changed to America of the 1980s and England of the 2000s respectively.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Lucilla Drake is made much less ditzy in the 1983 film [[spoiler:to make her a plausible murder suspect]].
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the 1983 film.
** Lucilla Drake is made much less ditzyin the 1983 film [[spoiler:to make her a plausible murder suspect]].suspect]].
** Iris is older than in the book and therefore much more savvy. In particular, she is way more cautious about trusting Anthony, unlike her book self who is swept off her feet and only balks at [[spoiler:the suggestion of elopement]].
** Lucilla Drake is made much less ditzy
** Iris is older than in the book and therefore much more savvy. In particular, she is way more cautious about trusting Anthony, unlike her book self who is swept off her feet and only balks at [[spoiler:the suggestion of elopement]].
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** Inverted with Rosemary, Rosemary who never understands that Stephen is over her.her.
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The novel has had two [=TV=] adaptations in 1983 and 2003, as well as a [=BBC=] Radio 4 adaptation in 2012.
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* AgeLift: Iris is aged up in both adaptations (to avoid any potential squickiness in her romance with Anthony, most probably). In the 1983 film, she is played by 30-year-old Deborah Raffin and in the 2003 film, by 25-year-old Chloe Howman.
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* DotingParent: Lucilla Drake, after giving birth at around forty and getting widowed shortly thereafter, becomes this to extremes. She spoils Victor rotten and refuses to believe he is anything but a sweet, loving son, mistreated and misunderstood by everybody else.
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''Sparkling Cyanide'' (published in the [=US=] as ''Remembered Death'') is a 1945 novel by Creator/AgathaChristie. It was developed from an earlier Literature/HerculePoirot short story, ''The Yellow Iris'', but the novel doesn't feature the famous Belgian detective - it does, however, feature his friend Colonel Race in the latter's last appearance in Christie's books.
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''Sparkling Cyanide'' (published in the [=US=] as ''Remembered Death'') is a 1945 novel by Creator/AgathaChristie. It was developed from an earlier Literature/HerculePoirot short story, ''The Yellow Iris'', but the novel doesn't feature the famous Belgian detective - – it does, however, feature his friend Colonel Race in the latter's last appearance in Christie's books.
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** Stephen tells Sandra he fell in love with her the moment he saw her. As he is a talented politician but with no connections or money and she comes from a rich and influentialZ family, she isn't fooled.
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** Stephen tells Sandra he fell in love with her the moment he saw her. As he is a talented politician but with no connections or money and she comes from a rich and influentialZ influential family, she isn't fooled.
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* ObliviousToLove: Stephen Farraday is blissfully oblivious both to his wife's feelings about him and ''his own about her''.
* SiblingYinYang: Rosemary Barton, the dashing and silly society beauty. Iris Marle, less pretty, more quiet and withdrawn, but with the intelligence and character Rosemary lacks.
* SiblingYinYang: Rosemary Barton, the dashing and silly society beauty. Iris Marle, less pretty, more quiet and withdrawn, but with the intelligence and character Rosemary lacks.
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* ObliviousToLove: ObliviousToLove:
** Stephen Farraday is blissfully oblivious both to his wife's feelings about him and ''his own about her''.
** Inverted with Rosemary, who never understands that Stephen is over her.
* SiblingYinYang: Rosemary Barton, the dashing and silly society husband beauty. Iris Marle, less pretty, more quiet and withdrawn, but with the intelligence and character Rosemary lacks.
** Stephen Farraday is blissfully oblivious both to his wife's feelings about him and ''his own about her''.
** Inverted with Rosemary, who never understands that Stephen is over her.
* SiblingYinYang: Rosemary Barton, the dashing and silly society husband beauty. Iris Marle, less pretty, more quiet and withdrawn, but with the intelligence and character Rosemary lacks.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Good, reliable, soft-hearted George vs. [[spoiler:bad boy Victor]] for [[spoiler:Ruth Lessing]]. Consciously, she understands George is better for her [[spoiler:but she can't resist Victor]].
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* BrainlessBeauty: Rosemary is strikingly beautiful but lacking in intelligence or wit. That leads to both Stephen and Anthony getting tired of her pretty quickly.
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* BrainlessBeauty: Rosemary is strikingly beautiful but lacking in intelligence or wit. That leads to both Stephen and Anthony getting tired of her pretty quickly.quickly
* ChickMagnet: Stephen Farraday of all people. Though many people believe him a stuck-up bore, both Rosemary and Sandra are obsessively in love with him.
* ChickMagnet: Stephen Farraday of all people. Though many people believe him a stuck-up bore, both Rosemary and Sandra are obsessively in love with him.
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* FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Stephen believes himself to be in the middle of one, between the passionate and impulsive Rosemary and the aloof and proud Sandra. Subverted, as it's revealed Sandra is just as passionate as Rosemary (if not more), she is just very good at hiding it.
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** Victor Drake is incredibly attractive, and even the proper and level-headed Ruth Lessing admits to feel his charm. [[spoiler:So much that she falls deeply in love with him, and he easily manipulates her to commit murder]].
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** Victor Drake is incredibly attractive, and even the proper and level-headed Ruth Lessing admits to feel feeling his charm. [[spoiler:So much that she falls deeply in love with him, and he easily manipulates her to commit murder]].
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys:
** Iris falls head over heels for the charming and mysterious Anthony, though she senses an air of danger about him, his own point-of-view chapter reveals he has a criminal past, and many people are very worried he has his sights set on Iris's money. [[spoiler:Subverted, he is revealed to be GoodAllAlong (the criminal past was him infiltrating the saboteurs' organization he hunted down), he really adores Iris and he doesn't care for the money]].
** Victor Drake is incredibly attractive, and even the proper and level-headed Ruth Lessing admits to feel his charm. [[spoiler:So much that she falls deeply in love with him, and he easily manipulates her to commit murder]].
** Iris falls head over heels for the charming and mysterious Anthony, though she senses an air of danger about him, his own point-of-view chapter reveals he has a criminal past, and many people are very worried he has his sights set on Iris's money. [[spoiler:Subverted, he is revealed to be GoodAllAlong (the criminal past was him infiltrating the saboteurs' organization he hunted down), he really adores Iris and he doesn't care for the money]].
** Victor Drake is incredibly attractive, and even the proper and level-headed Ruth Lessing admits to feel his charm. [[spoiler:So much that she falls deeply in love with him, and he easily manipulates her to commit murder]].
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** Lady Sandra, the [[MiddleChildSyndrome third daughter out of five]] and the plainest one in the family, is considered the most difficult child by her mother.
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** Lady Sandra, the [[MiddleChildSyndrome third daughter out of five]] and the plainest one in the family, is considered the most difficult child by her mother. However, her parents are still ready to support and protect her as much as they can.
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** Lady Sandra, the [[MiddleChildSyndrome third daughter out of five]] and the plainest one in the family, isn't a particular favorite of her parents'.
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** Lady Sandra, the [[MiddleChildSyndrome third daughter out of five]] and the plainest one in the family, isn't a particular favorite of is considered the most difficult child by her parents'.mother.
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** George warns Iris that since she has inherited Rosemary's fortune, Anthony Browne can be using her as that. Then Inspector Kemp and Colonel Race find out that Anthony has constantly avoided meeting Iris's family while at the same time trying to convince her to elope with him. [[spoiler:It's revealed he genuinely loves Iris, and in case the readers have any doubt left, in the ending he cheerfully agrees with Iris's idea to spend the entire fortune on charity]].
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** George warns Iris that since she has inherited Rosemary's fortune, Anthony Browne can be using her as that. Then Inspector Kemp and Colonel Race find out that Anthony has constantly avoided meeting Iris's family while at the same time trying to convince her to elope with him. [[spoiler:It's revealed he genuinely loves Iris, and in case the readers have any doubt left, in the ending he says he has enough money of his own and cheerfully agrees with Iris's idea suggests to spend the entire fortune on charity]].
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** Iris spends most of her life overshadowed by the older and prettier Rosemary in her mother's eyes. Even Paul Bennett leaves his fortune to Rosemary, only stipulating it passes to Iris in the event of Rosemary's death.
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** Iris spends most of her life overshadowed by the older and prettier Rosemary in her mother's eyes. Even Paul Bennett leaves his fortune to Rosemary, only stipulating it passes to Iris in the event of Rosemary's death.Rosemary dying childless.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: The fat and bumbling George and the beautiful Rosemary.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: The fat and bumbling George and the beautiful Rosemary.Rosemary.
* TheUnfavorite:
** Iris spends most of her life overshadowed by the older and prettier Rosemary in her mother's eyes. Even Paul Bennett leaves his fortune to Rosemary, only stipulating it passes to Iris in the event of Rosemary's death.
** Lady Sandra, the [[MiddleChildSyndrome third daughter out of five]] and the plainest one in the family, isn't a particular favorite of her parents'.
* TheUnfavorite:
** Iris spends most of her life overshadowed by the older and prettier Rosemary in her mother's eyes. Even Paul Bennett leaves his fortune to Rosemary, only stipulating it passes to Iris in the event of Rosemary's death.
** Lady Sandra, the [[MiddleChildSyndrome third daughter out of five]] and the plainest one in the family, isn't a particular favorite of her parents'.
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* NeverSuicide: Rosemary's death is made to look like suicide and is accepted as one initially. [[spoiler:Iris's murder is also staged to look like suicide, but the plan fails both times – the first time, when she accidentally takes the wrong seat and George dies instead, which, everybody realizes, is clearly murder, the second time, when Anthony, Race and Kemp manage to rescue her]].
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* MealTicket: Stephen Farraday marries Lady Sandra Hayle mainly to ensure her family's support in his career, and it's pretty obvious to her, but she is so much in love she is content to be desired even for that. Their marriage isn't the worst one, since they make an excellent team and she is his most loyal adviser and friend. And then [[RomanticFakeRealTurn he realizes he's in love with her as well]].
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* MealTicket: MealTicket:
** Stephen Farraday marries Lady Sandra Hayle mainly to ensure her family's support in his career, and it's pretty obvious to her, but she is so much in love she is content to be desired even for that. Their marriage isn't the worst one, since they make an excellent team and she is his most loyal adviser and friend. And then [[RomanticFakeRealTurn he realizes he's in love with her as well]].
** George warns Iris that since she has inherited Rosemary's fortune, Anthony Browne can be using her as that. Then Inspector Kemp and Colonel Race find out that Anthony has constantly avoided meeting Iris's family while at the same time trying to convince her to elope with him. [[spoiler:It's revealed he genuinely loves Iris, and in case the readers have any doubt left, in the ending he cheerfully agrees with Iris's idea to spend the entire fortune on charity]].
** Stephen Farraday marries Lady Sandra Hayle mainly to ensure her family's support in his career, and it's pretty obvious to her, but she is so much in love she is content to be desired even for that. Their marriage isn't the worst one, since they make an excellent team and she is his most loyal adviser and friend. And then [[RomanticFakeRealTurn he realizes he's in love with her as well]].
** George warns Iris that since she has inherited Rosemary's fortune, Anthony Browne can be using her as that. Then Inspector Kemp and Colonel Race find out that Anthony has constantly avoided meeting Iris's family while at the same time trying to convince her to elope with him. [[spoiler:It's revealed he genuinely loves Iris, and in case the readers have any doubt left, in the ending he cheerfully agrees with Iris's idea to spend the entire fortune on charity]].
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* InsultOfEndearment: Anthony sometimes calls Iris "idiot".
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Paul Bennett had been in love with Viola Marle and remained her friend when she married another man. He became Rosemary's godfather and left her all his money.
* InsultOfEndearment: Anthony sometimes affectionately calls Iris"idiot"."idiot".
* LoveAtFirstSight: Zig-zagged with Stephen Farraday (who, ironically, considers himself to be as distant from romance and sex as possible).
** Stephen tells Sandra he fell in love with her the moment he saw her. As he is a talented politician but with no connections or money and she comes from a rich and influentialZ family, she isn't fooled.
** Then Stephen really does fall in love with Rosemary Barton at first sight from across the room. It gets deconstructed as he eventually realizes there is nothing memorable about her beyond her looks and they have nothing in common.
* LoveEpiphany: Played straight twice.
** When Stephen Farraday is appalled at the prospect of divorce, it suddenly dawns on him that losing Sandra would be the worst of consequences. This is the moment when he understands Rosemary really means nothing to him.
** [[spoiler:Anthony Browne]], after a particularly exhausting argument with [[spoiler:Rosemary]], realizes he has really fallen in love with [[spoiler:her sister]].
* InsultOfEndearment: Anthony sometimes affectionately calls Iris
* LoveAtFirstSight: Zig-zagged with Stephen Farraday (who, ironically, considers himself to be as distant from romance and sex as possible).
** Stephen tells Sandra he fell in love with her the moment he saw her. As he is a talented politician but with no connections or money and she comes from a rich and influentialZ family, she isn't fooled.
** Then Stephen really does fall in love with Rosemary Barton at first sight from across the room. It gets deconstructed as he eventually realizes there is nothing memorable about her beyond her looks and they have nothing in common.
* LoveEpiphany: Played straight twice.
** When Stephen Farraday is appalled at the prospect of divorce, it suddenly dawns on him that losing Sandra would be the worst of consequences. This is the moment when he understands Rosemary really means nothing to him.
** [[spoiler:Anthony Browne]], after a particularly exhausting argument with [[spoiler:Rosemary]], realizes he has really fallen in love with [[spoiler:her sister]].
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Suggested as a motive for Rosemary's murder, either for Ruth Lessing who secretly pines for George or for Sandra Farraday who is madly jealous of her husband. [[spoiler:Turns out Ruth did it, but not for George's sake]].
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* MealTicket: Stephen Farraday marries Lady Sandra Hayle mainly to ensure her family's support in his career, and it's pretty obvious to her, but she is so much in love she is content to be desired even for that. Their marriage isn't the worst one, since they make an excellent team and she is his most loyal adviser and friend. And then [[RomanticFakeRealTurn he realizes he's in love with her as well]].
* MurderTheHypotenuse:Suggested Discussed as a possible motive for Rosemary's murder, either for Ruth Lessing who secretly pines for George or for Sandra Farraday who is madly jealous of her husband. [[spoiler:Turns out Ruth did it, but not for George's sake]].
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Anthony Browne]], after spending most of the novel as it’s most suspicious character, not only turns out to be innocent, but become the one to solve the case.
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''Sparkling Cyanide'' (published in the [=US=] as ''Remembered Death'') is a 1945 novel by Creator/AgathaChristie. It was developed from an earlier Literature/HerculePoirot short story, ''The Yellow Iris'', but the novel doesn't feature the famous Belgian detective - it does, however, feature his friend Colonel Race in the latter's last appearance in Christie's books.
The beautiful and ditzy Rosemary Barton dies of cyanide poisoning during her own birthday party, and the inquest concludes it's suicide. One year passes, and the six people from the party – Rosemary's younger sister Iris Marle, her widower George Barton, George's secretary Ruth Lessing, Rosemary's admirers Anthony Browne and Stephen Farraday and Stephen's wife Lady Sandra – still feel haunted by Rosemary's shadow. And then, George gets two anonymous letters that state that his wife was, in fact, murdered. He decides to begin his own investigation, which quickly gets out of hand as another crime is committed.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The victim's [[spoiler:widowed husband]] is the murderer in the short story and a completely innocent, good-natured UnwittingPawn in the novel.
* AffectionateNickname: Rosemary calls her lover Leopard and he calls her his Black Beauty.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Rosemary says she knows about [[spoiler:Anthony Browne's criminal past]], the latter gets outraged and threatens her. That's because they are worried for her, since her carelessness about admitting such things can land her into huge trouble.
* BlackSheep: Victor Drake, Rosemary and Iris's cousin, is that for the Marle family. It's obvious to everyone except his doting mother.
* BrainlessBeauty: Rosemary is strikingly beautiful but lacking in intelligence or wit. That leads to both Stephen and Anthony getting tired of her pretty quickly.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Lady Sandra is extremely jealous and possessive, which you wouldn’t suspect by looking at her. She develops an intense hatred of Rosemary for having an affair with Stephen and is determined to never let her husband go.
* CrazyJealousGuy: George Barton realizes he is this, to his own astonishment. He is ready for his wife's flirtations with other men, but the moment he senses a serious affair, he feels like Othello.
* DumbBlonde: Subverted with one of the witnesses, Christine Shannon, who turns out to be amazingly perceptive and observant. Lampshaded by Anthony when he mentions her as a "not so dumb blonde".
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Ruth Lessing]] turns into a coldblooded killer over a short time [[spoiler:thanks to Victor Drake's influence]]. They feel it, at least at first, and struggle with their conscience.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Anthony Browne]], after spending most of the novel as it’s most suspicious character, not only turns out to be innocent, but become the one to solve the case.
* InsultOfEndearment: Anthony sometimes calls Iris "idiot".
* MamaBear: Usually Sandra might be her least favorite child, but the moment Lady Kidderminster feels she can be in danger, she is ready to fight for her tooth and nail.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Suggested as a motive for Rosemary's murder, either for Ruth Lessing who secretly pines for George or for Sandra Farraday who is madly jealous of her husband. [[spoiler:Turns out Ruth did it, but not for George's sake]].
* ObliviousToLove: Stephen Farraday is blissfully oblivious both to his wife's feelings about him and ''his own about her''.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The perfect murder plan gets foiled because of [[spoiler:a random sixteen-year-old waiter putting a handbag on the wrong chair]].
* TranquilFury: Sandra Farraday and Ruth Lessing act nice and polite with Rosemary while wishing her dead in their hearts.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The fat and bumbling George and the beautiful Rosemary.
The beautiful and ditzy Rosemary Barton dies of cyanide poisoning during her own birthday party, and the inquest concludes it's suicide. One year passes, and the six people from the party – Rosemary's younger sister Iris Marle, her widower George Barton, George's secretary Ruth Lessing, Rosemary's admirers Anthony Browne and Stephen Farraday and Stephen's wife Lady Sandra – still feel haunted by Rosemary's shadow. And then, George gets two anonymous letters that state that his wife was, in fact, murdered. He decides to begin his own investigation, which quickly gets out of hand as another crime is committed.
!! Tropes featured in the novel:
* AdaptationalHeroism: The victim's [[spoiler:widowed husband]] is the murderer in the short story and a completely innocent, good-natured UnwittingPawn in the novel.
* AffectionateNickname: Rosemary calls her lover Leopard and he calls her his Black Beauty.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Rosemary says she knows about [[spoiler:Anthony Browne's criminal past]], the latter gets outraged and threatens her. That's because they are worried for her, since her carelessness about admitting such things can land her into huge trouble.
* BlackSheep: Victor Drake, Rosemary and Iris's cousin, is that for the Marle family. It's obvious to everyone except his doting mother.
* BrainlessBeauty: Rosemary is strikingly beautiful but lacking in intelligence or wit. That leads to both Stephen and Anthony getting tired of her pretty quickly.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Lady Sandra is extremely jealous and possessive, which you wouldn’t suspect by looking at her. She develops an intense hatred of Rosemary for having an affair with Stephen and is determined to never let her husband go.
* CrazyJealousGuy: George Barton realizes he is this, to his own astonishment. He is ready for his wife's flirtations with other men, but the moment he senses a serious affair, he feels like Othello.
* DumbBlonde: Subverted with one of the witnesses, Christine Shannon, who turns out to be amazingly perceptive and observant. Lampshaded by Anthony when he mentions her as a "not so dumb blonde".
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Ruth Lessing]] turns into a coldblooded killer over a short time [[spoiler:thanks to Victor Drake's influence]]. They feel it, at least at first, and struggle with their conscience.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Anthony Browne]], after spending most of the novel as it’s most suspicious character, not only turns out to be innocent, but become the one to solve the case.
* InsultOfEndearment: Anthony sometimes calls Iris "idiot".
* MamaBear: Usually Sandra might be her least favorite child, but the moment Lady Kidderminster feels she can be in danger, she is ready to fight for her tooth and nail.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Suggested as a motive for Rosemary's murder, either for Ruth Lessing who secretly pines for George or for Sandra Farraday who is madly jealous of her husband. [[spoiler:Turns out Ruth did it, but not for George's sake]].
* ObliviousToLove: Stephen Farraday is blissfully oblivious both to his wife's feelings about him and ''his own about her''.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The perfect murder plan gets foiled because of [[spoiler:a random sixteen-year-old waiter putting a handbag on the wrong chair]].
* TranquilFury: Sandra Farraday and Ruth Lessing act nice and polite with Rosemary while wishing her dead in their hearts.
* UglyGuyHotWife: The fat and bumbling George and the beautiful Rosemary.
