4.1. Whodunnit

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A whodunit or whodunnit (for "Who has done it?") is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime. The reader or viewer is provided with the clues from which the identity of the perpetrator may be deduced before the story provides the revelation itself at its climax. The investigation is usually conducted by an eccentric amateur or semi-professional detective. Clue is a whodonit of sorts.

Here are four famous whodunits. Match them with their plot summaries.

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In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Ten people are invited to an isolated island, only to be killed one-by-one. Could one of them be the killer?

Hercule Poirot has a set of murder suspects on a boat in the Nile after a rich heiress is killed. Can he find the culprit before they reach port ?

A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder...a theory that he plans to implement.

 

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One of them is not a whodunit. Do you know which one?

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