1. Choose a crime
A: Dozens of teenaged girls are going missing around the country. The authorities think they are runaways but then one is found murdered.
B: Ten people are lured to an island under different pretexts. One by one they are bumped off.
C: A male corpse, the victim of poisoning, is found in a room in an abandoned house.
2. Who investigates?
A: Two police profilers.
B: Two Scotland Yard officials.
C: A consulting detective with some odd personal habits.
3. Who is the murderer?
A: A man with a pronounced similarity to a popular presenter recently convicted of paedophilia, necrophilia and other unsavoury habits.
B: A retired judge with a lust for blood.
C: A Protestant hunter.
4. What are your clues?
A: The murderer’s identity is initially an outrageous theory by a police officer. As his background is investigated, the murder’s guilt becomes clear.
B: A bottle containing a letter written by the killer.
C: The German word for ‘revenge’ is scrawled on the wall where the victim is discovered.
5. And the ending?
A: Will make you question the justice system, the establishment and your own safety.
B: Will make you sigh with relief that the killer only chose victims who were themselves morally reprehensible.
C: Will make you roll your eyes when the wrong people get the credit for solving the murder.
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