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* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:Sasha]], after stabbing the VictimOfTheWeek with an icepick: ''"Sorry about that."''
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Poole]] appears in the ColdOpen of the Season Three premiere just in time to become the VictimOfTheWeek.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Poole]] appears in the ColdOpen of the Season Three premiere just in time to become the VictimOfTheWeek.
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* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:Sasha]], Sasha, after stabbing the VictimOfTheWeek with an icepick: ''"Sorry about that."''
* BackForTheDead:[[spoiler:Poole]] Poole appears in the ColdOpen of the Season Three premiere just in time to become the VictimOfTheWeek.
* BackForTheDead:
* DeadPersonImpersonation: "Sasha" is actually Sasha's sister, Helen Reed. Both of them were involved in the same auto accident, but only one survived. The authorities had no reason to doubt "Sasha" when she told them the deceased sister was Helen.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The victim had to die because [[spoiler:he]] realized that one of the members of the university reunion group was an imposter.
* ShoutOut: The murder of [[spoiler:Poole]] in this episode bears a strong resemblance to Literature/HerculePoirot's description of what he would consider to be the most interesting hypothetical murder to solve at the start of ''Literature/TheABCMurders'' and later used as the premise for ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable''. The only difference is that the setup to the crime involves a game of charades rather than a game of bridge.
* ThanatosGambit: Realizing that the person claiming to be his best friend from college is really their supposedly dead sibling, Poole leaves (and even gets some mailed to the island from England) enough clues to expose the killer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After the case is solved, Poole's classmate and friend, who organized the reunion, laments that if the victim and the killer hadn't been brought into contact with each other, the victim would still be alive.
* ShoutOut: The murder of [[spoiler:Poole]] in this episode bears a strong resemblance to Literature/HerculePoirot's description of what he would consider to be the most interesting hypothetical murder to solve at the start of ''Literature/TheABCMurders'' and later used as the premise for ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable''. The only difference is that the setup to the crime involves a game of charades rather than a game of bridge.
* ThanatosGambit: Realizing that the person claiming to be his best friend from college is really their supposedly dead sibling, Poole leaves (and even gets some mailed to the island from England) enough clues to expose the killer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After the case is solved, Poole's classmate and friend, who organized the reunion, laments that if the victim and the killer hadn't been brought into contact with each other, the victim would still be alive.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The victim Poole had to die because [[spoiler:he]] he realized that one of the members of the university reunion group was an imposter.
imposter. Dwayne points out the crucial clue that it only made sense for the murderer to have killed him at the villa, in potential view of witnesses, because there was a risk of imminent exposure, and they couldn't wait to commit the murder until Poole was alone.
* RevengeFromBeyondTheGrave: As Goodman notes, Poole didn't just discover something that led to his death, he left behind clues that ''"solved his own murder."''
* ShoutOut: The murder of[[spoiler:Poole]] Poole in this episode bears a strong resemblance to Literature/HerculePoirot's description of what he would consider to be the most interesting hypothetical murder to solve at the start of ''Literature/TheABCMurders'' and later used as the premise for ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable''. The only difference is that the setup to the crime involves a game of charades rather than a game of bridge.
* ThanatosGambit: Realizing that theperson woman claiming to be his best friend from college is really their her supposedly dead sibling, Poole leaves (and even gets some mailed to the island from England) enough clues to expose the killer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After the case is solved, Poole's classmate and friend, who organized the reunion, laments that ifthe victim and the killer she hadn't been brought Poole and Sasha into contact with each other, the victim Poole would still be alive.
* RevengeFromBeyondTheGrave: As Goodman notes, Poole didn't just discover something that led to his death, he left behind clues that ''"solved his own murder."''
* ShoutOut: The murder of
* ThanatosGambit: Realizing that the
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After the case is solved, Poole's classmate and friend, who organized the reunion, laments that if
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* DueToTheDead: After the case is solved, the team raise a glass to the victim.
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* FoxChickenGrainPuzzle: DI Goodman's chosen metaphor for how the murder was committed. Fidel still hasn't worked it out by the time the case is solved.
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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Poole]] appears in the ColdOpen of the Season Three premiere just in time to become the VictimOfTheWeek.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The victim had to die because [[spoiler:he]] realized that one of the members of the university reunion group was an imposter.
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* ThanatosGambit: Realizing that the person claiming to be his best friend from college is really their supposedly dead sibling, Poole leaves (and even gets some mailed to the island from England) enough clues to expose the killer.
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* ThanatosGambit: Realizing that the person claiming to be his best friend from college is really their supposedly dead sibling, Poole leaves (and even gets some mailed to the island from England) enough clues to expose the killer.killer.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After the case is solved, Poole's classmate and friend, who organized the reunion, laments that if the victim and the killer hadn't been brought into contact with each other, the victim would still be alive.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: After the case is solved, Poole's classmate and friend, who organized the reunion, laments that if the victim and the killer hadn't been brought into contact with each other, the victim would still be alive.
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* CallBack: In "Death in a Clinic", an identity theft ring was uncovered in a private hospital. In this episode one of the suspects mentions the same clinic in passing and later it turns out that the murderer stole someone's identity.
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* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:Sasha]], after stabbing the VictimOfTheWeek with an icepick: ''"Sorry about that."''
* CallBack: In "Deathin a at the Clinic", an identity theft ring was uncovered in a private hospital. In this episode one of the suspects mentions the same clinic in passing and later it turns out that the murderer stole someone's identity.
* CallBack: In "Death
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On the Caribbean island of Saint Marie, Detective Inspector Charlie Hulme is found dead in a panic room during a party thrown by one of the island's wealthy residents. As he is on loan from the British police force, they send another British detective to lead the investigation into his death: DI Richard Poole. Poole is the opposite to the laid back Hulme, uptight and insistent on wearing dark formal suits even in the Caribbean heat, which creates friction with the rest of the Saint Marie police force, but he's determined to solve Hulme's murder — if only so he can get on the next flight back to England.
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* CoverIdentityAnomaly: The murderer has assumed the identity of their sibling. However, Poole gives them a book which they say they have never read; but it's the novel on which their sibling did their dissertation at Cambridge.
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* CoverIdentityAnomaly: The murderer has assumed the identity of their sibling. However, Poole gives them a book which they say they have never read; but it's the novel on which their sibling did their dissertation at Cambridge.Cambridge.
* ShoutOut: The murder of [[spoiler:Poole]] in this episode bears a strong resemblance to Literature/HerculePoirot's description of what he would consider to be the most interesting hypothetical murder to solve at the start of ''Literature/TheABCMurders'' and later used as the premise for ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable''. The only difference is that the setup to the crime involves a game of charades rather than a game of bridge.
* ThanatosGambit: Realizing that the person claiming to be his best friend from college is really their supposedly dead sibling, Poole leaves (and even gets some mailed to the island from England) enough clues to expose the killer.
* ShoutOut: The murder of [[spoiler:Poole]] in this episode bears a strong resemblance to Literature/HerculePoirot's description of what he would consider to be the most interesting hypothetical murder to solve at the start of ''Literature/TheABCMurders'' and later used as the premise for ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable''. The only difference is that the setup to the crime involves a game of charades rather than a game of bridge.
* ThanatosGambit: Realizing that the person claiming to be his best friend from college is really their supposedly dead sibling, Poole leaves (and even gets some mailed to the island from England) enough clues to expose the killer.
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On the Caribbean island of Saint Marie, Detective Inspector Charlie Hulme is found dead in a panic room during a party thrown by one of the island's wealthy residents. As he is on loan from the British police force, they send another British detective to lead the investigation into his death: DI Richard Poole. Poole is the opposite to the laid back Hulme, uptight and insistent on wearing dark formal suits even in the Caribbean heat, which creates friction with the rest of the Saint Marie police force, but he's determined to solve Hulme's murder — if only so he can get on the next flight back to England.
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* CallBack: In "Death in a Clinic", an identity theft ring was uncovered in a private hospital. In this episode one of the suspects mentions the same clinic in passing and later it turns out that the murderer stole someone's identity.
* CoverIdentityAnomaly: The murderer has assumed the identity of their sibling. However, Poole gives them a book which they say they have never read; but it's the novel on which their sibling did their dissertation at Cambridge.
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!!Tropes:
* CallBack: In "Death in a Clinic", an identity theft ring was uncovered in a private hospital. In this episode one of the suspects mentions the same clinic in passing and later it turns out that the murderer stole someone's identity.
* CoverIdentityAnomaly: The murderer has assumed the identity of their sibling. However, Poole gives them a book which they say they have never read; but it's the novel on which their sibling did their dissertation at Cambridge.
