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Natalia Mansoor asked this question about In the Hall with the Knife (Clue Mystery, #1):

this is a copy of One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus, are you ashamed??

Roberta This is a standard mystery plot -- Agatha Christie used it many times in the 1920's and 30's with a group of people isolated in a country house, snowe…moreThis is a standard mystery plot -- Agatha Christie used it many times in the 1920's and 30's with a group of people isolated in a country house, snowed in at a hotel, or famously, stranded on a train. BTW Kirkus Reviews criticized One of Us is Lying, saying that " the author's use of language and the plot border on cliché". (less)

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