Tag: Michael Cain
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Countdown to Mystery: Deathtrap
In our previous installment, I mentioned the meta-aspects of Anthony Shaffer’s Sleuth – a cat-and-mouse thriller about a writer who turns his estate into an interactive mystery in an effort to ensnare the man who’s been sleeping with his wife. Today’s recommendation is Deathtrap (1982), and this time the story centers on playwright Sidney Bruhl…
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Countdown to Mystery: Sleuth (1972)
With a week to go before Prime Stage Theatre lifts the curtain on my new mystery series A Knavish Piece of Mystery, I thought it might be fun to look back at the plays, films, and stories that first got me interested in mysteries. I don’t intend this to be a definitive list of the…