The Twelve Days of Murder
Killing the Rich: Why Privilege Has Always Been at the Heart of the Whodunnit
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For more than a century we’ve been addicted to a particular flavor of murder mystery story. A group of wealthy, upper-class people are gathered together in a country house. There’s a butler, people dress for dinner and talk about fox-hunting or how frightfully vulgar Lady Stuffington’s necklace is. And then someone dies. It’s a trope…