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The plot (which probably seems very [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]] given how many things in it have since become overused or overfamiliar tropes) takes place in a guest house called Monkswell Manor run by a Mr. and Mrs. Ralston. One night the Ralstons and several guests are snowed in during a blizzard with the radio announcing that a serial killer is on the loose--one who uses the song "Three Blind Mice" as a [[Leitmotif]]. And the more and more time passes, the more and more reason there is to believe that the killer may be inside Monkswell Manor even as we speak. When one of the guests indeed ends up murdered suspicion starts falling on anyone and everyone in the manor. Suffice to say, there are a ton of twists which unfold slowly over the entire course of the tale. [[Do Not Spoil This Ending|And that's *all* we're going to say.]]

* [[Bluffing the Murderer]]: Subverted. 'Nuff said.

* [[Closed Circle]]: by snowstorm.

* [[Do Not Spoil This Ending]]: To the point that no film adaptation (or any other adaptation, for that matter) can be made while the play is still running. As a matter of fact, [[TV Tropes]] ain't spoiling either. Got that?

* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]: And how!

* [[Meta Guy]]: Type B: Paravinci. He frequently names conventions of the "cosy" crime fiction genre, proving to be quite [[Genre Savvy]]. These include highlighting the dangers of not knowing the guests, commenting on the convenience of the isolation of the characters, and asking Trotter not to spoil the "ending" (reveal the murderer), as the last scene/reveal is always the best scene.

* [[Minimalist Cast]]: Due to the entire play taking place in ''a single room'' in the middle of a snowstorm.

* [[Snowed In]]: During the entire play.

* [[Split Personality]]. Hinted at.