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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Neville and Kay Strange in ''Towards Zero'' both have strange and sadistic interests - Kay openly smiles and laughs at the sight of her husband bleeding and at someone describing being crippled by a collapsing building, while Neville [[spoiler:schemes to have his ex-wife hanged as revenge for leaving him, and demands that he be allowed to watch her die.]]
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** The killer in ''Towards Zero'' is believed to be someone who had killed before, using a bow and arrow, and who had an identifying physical characteristic. All of the suspects have at least one such characteristic, but Thomas's is that he has no use of one arm and so couldn't have used a bow. [[spoiler:He is indeed completely innocent.]]
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** The killer in ''Towards Zero'' is believed to be someone who had killed before, using a bow and arrow, who entered the house by climbing a rope, and who had an identifying physical characteristic. All of the suspects have at least one such characteristic, but Thomas's is that he has no use of one arm and so couldn't have used a bow.bow or climbed a rope. [[spoiler:He is indeed completely innocent.]]
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* DisabilityAlibi:
** Brigit in ''At Bertram's Hotel'' only has use of one arm, ruling her out as the sniper who fired at Elvira with a rifle. [[spoiler:The sniper was actually Elvira, firing at Brigit dressed in Elvira's clothes. They then switched places, giving them both an alibi.]]
** The killer in ''Towards Zero'' is believed to be someone who had killed before, using a bow and arrow, and who had an identifying physical characteristic. All of the suspects have at least one such characteristic, but Thomas's is that he has no use of one arm and so couldn't have used a bow. [[spoiler:He is indeed completely innocent.]]
** Brigit in ''At Bertram's Hotel'' only has use of one arm, ruling her out as the sniper who fired at Elvira with a rifle. [[spoiler:The sniper was actually Elvira, firing at Brigit dressed in Elvira's clothes. They then switched places, giving them both an alibi.]]
** The killer in ''Towards Zero'' is believed to be someone who had killed before, using a bow and arrow, and who had an identifying physical characteristic. All of the suspects have at least one such characteristic, but Thomas's is that he has no use of one arm and so couldn't have used a bow. [[spoiler:He is indeed completely innocent.]]
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** The same actress plays both Violet Hopkins and Violet Willett in "Literature/TheSittafordMystery", reinforcing Clive Trevelyan's perception that fate was offering him a second chance with the love he cast aside.
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** The same actress plays both Violet Hopkins and Violet Willett in "Literature/TheSittafordMystery", ''Literature/TheSittafordMystery'', reinforcing Clive Trevelyan's perception that fate was offering him a second chance with the love he cast aside.
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* ButchLesbian: Miss Hinchcliffe in "Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced" cuts her hair in a masculine style and wears men's suits and hats.
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* SignificantDoubleCasting: In ''Literature/SleepingMurder'', the same actor plays both Gwenda Halliday's father Kelvin and her fiancé Charles Vanstone, suggesting that, like her choice of a home, her choice of partner was motivated by childhood memories of her lost family.
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* SignificantDoubleCasting: SignificantDoubleCasting:
** In ''Literature/SleepingMurder'', the same actor plays both Gwenda Halliday's father Kelvin and her fiancé Charles Vanstone, suggesting that, like her choice of a home, her choice of partner was motivated by childhood memories of her lostfamily.family.
** The same actress plays both Violet Hopkins and Violet Willett in "Literature/TheSittafordMystery", reinforcing Clive Trevelyan's perception that fate was offering him a second chance with the love he cast aside.
** In ''Literature/SleepingMurder'', the same actor plays both Gwenda Halliday's father Kelvin and her fiancé Charles Vanstone, suggesting that, like her choice of a home, her choice of partner was motivated by childhood memories of her lost
** The same actress plays both Violet Hopkins and Violet Willett in "Literature/TheSittafordMystery", reinforcing Clive Trevelyan's perception that fate was offering him a second chance with the love he cast aside.
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* NotActuallyHisChild: Played with in ''Literature/SleepingMurder'' - Dickie Erskine knows his son George isn't his biological child, because he's infertile. When he learns that his wife Janet had actually had an affair with shy, sensitive solicitor Walter - rather than, as he suspected, the roguish drug dealer Jackie - he's genuinely surprised and relieved. His final scene has him, Janet, Walter and George all having a cheerful game of Happy Families.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: The killer in ''Literature/SleepingMurder'', [[spoiler:Dr Kennedy]], was motivated by his lust and possessiveness towards his sister. [[spoiler:He's hinted to have been preparing to start grooming his niece, too, before he's revealed to have murdered both of her parents.]]
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* SignificantDoubleCasting: In ''Literature/SleepingMurder'', the same actor plays both Gwenda Halliday's father Kelvin and her fiancé Charles Vanstone, suggesting that, like her choice of a home, her choice of partner was motivated by childhood memories of her lost family.
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** Her devastation at the murder of her friend and ex-employee Gwenda Vaughan in this adaptation of ''Literature/OrdealByInnocence'' likewise comes through when she confronts the killer.
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* ReallyDeadMontage: Poor [[spoiler:Gwenda Vaughan]] is given one of these after her murder, showing her blissfully smiling in a loving embrace with her husband-to-be (who subsequently rejected her).
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* ReallyDeadMontage: Poor [[spoiler:Gwenda Vaughan]] of ''Literature/OrdealByInnocence'' is given one of these after her murder, showing her blissfully smiling in a loving embrace with her husband-to-be (who subsequently rejected her).
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation:ReallyDeadMontage: Poor [[spoiler:Gwenda Vaughan]] is given one of these after her murder, showing her blissfully smiling in a loving embrace with her husband-to-be (who subsequently rejected her).
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* SiblingSwitchSquick: Sort of. In the book of ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'', Colonel Easterbrook has a wife named Laura, who is young enough to be his daughter. In the 2005 version, Colonel Easterbrook's wife does not appear and it's established that he has an estranged daughter named Laura.
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* PhoneyCall: In the adaptation of ''Literature/FourFiftyFromPaddington'', Lucy Eyelesbarrow is on the phone to Miss Marple, explaining what she has discovered so far. When one of the family approaches, she pretends to be having an inconsequential conversation with her 'aunt', before saying that she is terribly busy and had to go and hanging up.
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* BritishBrevity: Six seasons over nine years, each with only four stories (three for the last), totalling to 23 episodes. BBC acquiring the rights to adapting Agatha Christie's novels brought the series to a close.
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* SummationGathering: In ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced''. It plays out somewhat differently from the original novel, with the killer being confronted in the gathering rather than being caught making another murder attempt outside the room.
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* SummationGathering: SummationGathering:
** In ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced''. It plays out somewhat differently from the original novel, with the killer being confronted in the gathering rather than being caught making another murder attempt outside theroom. room.
** ''Murder is Easy'' adds one to the climax, likely due to the massive changes to the plot and characters. The book revealed the killer in an AloneWithThePsycho scenario.
** In ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced''. It plays out somewhat differently from the original novel, with the killer being confronted in the gathering rather than being caught making another murder attempt outside the
** ''Murder is Easy'' adds one to the climax, likely due to the massive changes to the plot and characters. The book revealed the killer in an AloneWithThePsycho scenario.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Inverted in ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced''; Mitzi is toned down considerably.
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* AdaptationalSeriousness: Mitzi is toned down considerably in ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced''.