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* EarlyInstallMentWeirdness: This is Michael Hagerty's first appearance, and he's presented as a freelance troubleshooter who refers to being briefly attached to [=MI5=]. Later appearances have him as a full and current [=MI5=] agent.
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* EarlyInstallMentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is Michael Hagerty's first appearance, and he's presented as a freelance troubleshooter who refers to being briefly attached to [=MI5=]. Later appearances have him as a full and current [=MI5=] agent.
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Greenberg actually claims the jewels Alva Crane was wearing weren't fake, since he's trying to create the scenario that the murderer took them from her room.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knows that wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon Greenburg (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knows that wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon Greenburg (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
* EarlyInstallMentWeirdness: This is Michael Hagerty's first appearance, and he's presented as a freelance troubleshooter who refers to being briefly attached to [=MI5=]. Later appearances have him as a full and current [=MI5=] agent.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Despite the point of Jessica's Marguerite Canfield disguise being to lure out the jewel thief, she's never targeted (except by a purse snatcher). The thief turns out to be Greenburg ... who had already told her he knew her jewels were fake.
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* RedHerring: The gold-digging playboy who charmed the mother and tried to get his hands on Veronica's fortune is ''not'' the killer.
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* RedHerring: The gold-digging playboy who charmed the mother and tried to get his hands on Veronica's fortune is ''not'' the killer. In fact, the murder turns out to have nothing to do with Antoinette's fears that brought Jessica to the island, and the motive really was robbery.
* SayingTooMuch: Jessica points out that Hagerty knows details of Antoinette's past that she shared with very few people. Hagerty turns the tables by pointing out Marguerite Canfield shouldn't know that either.
* SayingTooMuch: Jessica points out that Hagerty knows details of Antoinette's past that she shared with very few people. Hagerty turns the tables by pointing out Marguerite Canfield shouldn't know that either.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knowsthat wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon Greenburg (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knowsthat knows that wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon Greenburg (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knowing that wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon Greenburg (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knowing that knowsthat wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon Greenburg (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knowing that wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knowing that wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon Greenburg (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
* GreenEyedMonster: Sheldon got sick of watching other people live the good life and decided to start living himself--by stealing over a million dollars worth of jewels and murdering their owners.
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* UnequalPairing: Eric and Prudence Brahm have to keep their marriage secret as company policy dictates that he can't fraternize with his employees.
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* UnequalPairing: Eric and Prudence Myrna Brahm have to keep their marriage secret as company policy dictates that he can't fraternize with his employees.employees. He plans to start a hotel of his own in a few months, though.
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A letter from an old friend, Antoinette Farnsworth, brings Jessica to a luxury island hotel, where she arrives just in time to investigate the sender's murder.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knowing that wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
* ConspicuousConsumption: Jessica-as-Canfield flaunts her jewels in an effort to tempt whoever killed Antoinette into the light.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Almost. Antoinette's father is very ill and both regrets his actions and wants to find his heir.
* {{Elopement}}: As a young lady, Antoinette ran off with a struggling poet. Her father, a wealthy vintner, annulled the marriage and sent the poet packing...but not before the couple conceived a baby, which he forced his daughter to put up for adoption.
* GemEncrusted: Alva Crane covered herself in all kinds of jewelry, but Jessica could tell it was fake, and as she points out to the inspector, if ''she'' could tell, so could a professional thief.
* GoldDigger: Sven Torvald, who carried on with Antoinette Farnsworth and learned about her lost daughter. He learned that Antoinette had found her in Veronica, and after she was killed Sven put the moves on Veronica for her fortune.
* PaperThinDisguise: Jessica passes herself as famed recluse Marguerite Canfield, in order to investigate Antoinette Farnsworth's death. However, the hotel detective recognizes her because he's read all of her books, and Hagerty knew Canfield before she became a recluse.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: Veronica, the school teacher, is actually Antoinette's lost daughter. This makes her the heir to one of the largest vineyards in Europe. The contest she doesn't remember entering was a setup to get her onto the island.
* RedHerring: The gold-digging playboy who charmed the mother and tried to get his hands on Veronica's fortune is ''not'' the killer.
* TrackingDevice: After Hagerty takes Jessica on a ride in order to confront her, one of the inspector's men manages to find them thanks to the doorman (another of the inspector's agents) slipping one of these into his car.
* UnequalPairing: Eric and Prudence Brahm have to keep their marriage secret as company policy dictates that he can't fraternize with his employees.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Jessica noticed that Alva Crane was wearing paste jewelry when they met, and knowing that wealthy people often wear fake jewelry and put their real jewelry in hotel safety deposit boxes. Knowing that a professional thief would see that the jewels were fake too, Jessica believes that there was another motive behind Alva's murder. She and the inspector find her safety deposit box key in her room, but when Sheldon (the hotel detective) pulls out the box it turns out to have no jewels in it. Sheldon says he could tell Alva was wearing fakes right away and Jessica assumes that Alva was just faking her wealth...until she learns from the hotel manager that Alva really ''was'' rich. So it's very likely that she ''did'' have her real jewels in the box.
* ConspicuousConsumption: Jessica-as-Canfield flaunts her jewels in an effort to tempt whoever killed Antoinette into the light.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Almost. Antoinette's father is very ill and both regrets his actions and wants to find his heir.
* {{Elopement}}: As a young lady, Antoinette ran off with a struggling poet. Her father, a wealthy vintner, annulled the marriage and sent the poet packing...but not before the couple conceived a baby, which he forced his daughter to put up for adoption.
* GemEncrusted: Alva Crane covered herself in all kinds of jewelry, but Jessica could tell it was fake, and as she points out to the inspector, if ''she'' could tell, so could a professional thief.
* GoldDigger: Sven Torvald, who carried on with Antoinette Farnsworth and learned about her lost daughter. He learned that Antoinette had found her in Veronica, and after she was killed Sven put the moves on Veronica for her fortune.
* PaperThinDisguise: Jessica passes herself as famed recluse Marguerite Canfield, in order to investigate Antoinette Farnsworth's death. However, the hotel detective recognizes her because he's read all of her books, and Hagerty knew Canfield before she became a recluse.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: Veronica, the school teacher, is actually Antoinette's lost daughter. This makes her the heir to one of the largest vineyards in Europe. The contest she doesn't remember entering was a setup to get her onto the island.
* RedHerring: The gold-digging playboy who charmed the mother and tried to get his hands on Veronica's fortune is ''not'' the killer.
* TrackingDevice: After Hagerty takes Jessica on a ride in order to confront her, one of the inspector's men manages to find them thanks to the doorman (another of the inspector's agents) slipping one of these into his car.
* UnequalPairing: Eric and Prudence Brahm have to keep their marriage secret as company policy dictates that he can't fraternize with his employees.
