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Day 05
41. S01, 2 stars. Men abduct pretty girls that don't love them, live happily ever after.
42. S02, 2 stars. Poor kid turns pirate, rumors claim he croaked.
43. S03, 2 stars. Dumb kids run away together, get lost immediately.
44. S04, 3 stars. Lovers are discovered after exhausting themselves and oversleeping.
45. S05, 2 stars. Two men try to abduct the same girl, but one is her brother.

Word: "I had entered a milieu in which, while religious and regionalist bigotry were wholly absent, our ancient national gift for fissiparousness had found new outlets."

1. factious, tending to break into pieces
2. causing division or fragmenting something
3. of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two

Day 04
36. S06, 2 stars. Secretly married couple have prophetic nightmares.
37. S07, 2 stars. Lovers get it on in the park, until some sage does them in.
38. S08, 1 star. Rich kid holds his breath to death because girl doesn't love him.
39. S09, 2 stars. Husband feeds wife her lover's heart, she jumps out window.
40. S10, 3 stars. Lover of doctor's wife drinks opiates, she assumes he's dead and dumps the body.

Day 04
31. S01, 2 stars. Jealous creepy father takes revenge on daughter and her lover.
32. S02, 2 stars. Criminal priest tricks dumb broad into bed with an angel.
33. S03, 2 stars. Young couples run off to live in sin, some shank each other.
34. S04, 2 stars. Lovesick penpal decides to steal his ladyfriend, or die trying.
35. S05, 3 stars. Brothers murder sister's lover, she keeps his head in a planter.

Day 03
26. S06, 2 stars. Jealous wife thinks she's sleeping with her cheating husband.
27. S07, 2 stars. Misidentified man is murdered, the real guy is unrecognizable in a different shirt.
28. S08, 3 stars. Abbot drugs/tortures yokel to get in his wife's pants.
29. S09, 2 stars. Husband abandons wife, she gets knocked up in disguise.
30. S10, 2 stars. Ignorant young girl is taught to serve god by a perv.

Day 03
21. S01, 3 stars. Horny nuns take advantage of new gardener.
22. S02, 2 stars. Lowly groom plots to have his way with the queen.
23. S03, 3 stars. Bored wife tricks priest into sending messages to hunk of her dreams.
24. S04, 3 stars. Pious man doesn't satisfy wife, his monk friend volunteers to help her.
25. S05, 3 stars. Lovesick man trades horse for chance to flirt with other man's wife in private.

Wiki: "...and contained her most secret treasures: a photograph of John Gielgud that had been signed..."

Day 02
16. S06, 3 stars. Alleged widow loses sons, raises deer, gets taken in by kind family.
17. S07, 3 stars. Beautiful woman get abducted/molested around the world.
18. S08, 2 stars. Count flees false charges with kids, places them with rich families.
19. S09, 2 stars. Man orders wife killed after rival claims he boned her.
20. S10, 2 stars. Old man puts too many restrictions on making love to his young wife.

Day 02
11. S01, 3 stars. Jokester is beaten and tortured for pretending to be crippled.
12. S02, 3 stars. Robbed man nearly freezes, horny widow saves him.
13. S03, 2 stars. Disguised lady has the hots for traveling companion.
14. S04, 2 stars. Rich guy gambles away money, becomes a pirate.
15. S05, 2 stars. Guy gets robbed by pretty girl, so he goes grave robbing (as one does).

Day 01
06. S06, 2 stars. Man sasses an inquisitor for being uncharitable.
07. S07, 1 star. Professional chatter offended he hasn't been offered gifts.
08. S08, 1 star. Rich guy gets roasted so hard his personality changes.
09. S09, 1 star. Weak king gets roasted so hard his personality changes.
10. S10, 2 stars. Young ladies mock a lovesick old man, get gently told off.

Day 01
01. S01, 2 stars. Wicked man lies his way to heaven on his deathbed.
02. S02, 2 stars. Jewish man converts to Christianity in spite of the sinful clergy.
03. S03, 2 stars. Sultan butters up moneylender by asking him which religion is best.
04. S04, 3 stars. Monk tempts abbot with a cute girl that's DTF to escape punishment.
05. S05, 2 stars. Lady dissuades horny king with a feast of only chicken dishes.

11. The Herb of Death, 3 stars. Entire dinner party is poisoned with foxglove, young girl dies.
12. The Affair at the Bungalow, 3 stars. Overly complicated jewel theft stumps all
13. Death by Drowning, 3 stars. Marple has a friend investigate the person she suspects is responsible for a pregnant girl's death.

07. The Blue Geranium, 3 stars. Hysterical wife takes psychic's warning to heart, husband disapproves.
08. The Companion, 3 stars. Two ladies on holiday get themselves in trouble, only one returns home.
09. The Four Suspects, 3 stars. Man is pushed down the stairs after receiving suspicious letters in mail.
10. A Christmas Tragedy, 3 stars. Marple knew husband was planning to murder his wife, lacks proof.

04. The Blood-Stained Pavement, 3 stars. Artist observes a husband introducing his new wife to the same old friend twice.
05. Motive vs. Opportunity, 3 stars. Grieving uncle's relatives are concerned he's being taken for a ride by psychic.
06. The Thumb Mark of St. Peter, 3 stars. Unhappy wife is suspected of poisoning her husband.

07. The Red Chamber, 2 stars. Man claims boredom drove him to become a prolific serial killer.
08. Two Crippled Men, 2 stars. Sleepwalker worries he'll commit crimes with no memory of doing so.
09. The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture, 2 stars. Old man on train tells fellow passenger about his older brother.

Wiki: "...for they all seemed perpetually unexpressive and motionless, like Japanese Noh masks."

Wiki: "The curse of the charabanc, I suppose. No matter how narrow the lanes leading down to them no picturesque village is safe."

01. The Tuesday Night Club, 3 stars. Three people get food poisoning, one dies. Later investigation reveals the death was murder.
02. The Idol House of Astarte, 3 stars. Sacred grove blamed for stabbing death and assault at fancy dress party.
03. Ingots of Gold, 3 stars. Man heading up salvage mission for Spanish gold gets mixed up in modern wreck theft.

04. The Cliff, 2 stars. Man and woman discuss the events leading up to the start (and end) of their marriage.
05. The Hell of Mirrors, 2 stars. Guy is obsessed with mirrors, spends money on them, is nuts.
06. The Twins, 2 stars. Jealous younger twin murders older twin for money.

01. The Human Chair, 3 stars. Female writer receives a letter from a cabinet maker detailing his creepy furniture design.
02. The Psychological Test, 2 stars. Smartass student plans & executes what he thinks is the perfect crime, leaving his friend on the hook.
03. The Caterpillar, 3 stars. Woman takes pleasure in abusing her helplessly crippled husband.

Wiki: "As discovered by the famous Judge Ooka, in the colorful days of eighteenth-century Tokyo..."

19. Connie Willis - Now Showing, 3 stars. Girl bumps into the ex-boyfriend who ghosted her while waiting in line at the movies.
20. Patrick Rothfuss - The Lightning Tree, 3 stars. Apprentice has a busy day of making love, trading secrets, finding/losing carrots.
21. George R.R. Martin - The Rogue Prince, or, a King’s Brother, 4 stars. [2019]

17. Lisa Tuttle - The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives, 3 stars. Young lady asks newly minted private investigators for help finding her allegedly dead and buried sister.
18. Neil Gaiman - How the Marquis Got His Coat Back, 3 stars. Wannabe cool guy with older brother jealousy issues loses his coat. P.S. I'll find my coat.

14. Garth Nix - A Cargo of Ivories, 2 stars. Thieves-for-a-good-cause bump into other thief during robbery.
15. Walter Jon Williams - Diamonds from Tequila, 4 stars. Character actor's breakout role project is threatened when his beautiful co-star is killed during filming.
16. Phyllis Eisenstein - The Caravan to Nowhere, 4 stars. Trader hires minstrel to distract his addled son on arduous journey.

Wiki: "He’d a hundred times rather look at a nasty old bronze knife out of those humps of ground than he would see the knife Crippen cut up his wife with, supposing he had a chance to."

Wiki/word: "There has always been rather a suggestion of Caesar’s wife about Mrs. Protheroe — a quiet, self-contained woman whom one would not suspect of any great depths of feeling."

1. A public figure whose character should be free from even the suspicion of impropriety

Word: "That last Parthian shot went home."

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Parthia or its people
2. Delivered as if in retreat

Wiki: Parthian shot

1. A military maneuver where archers on horseback turned their bodies back in full gallop to shoot at the pursuing enemy

Word: "There’s been quite a shemozzle about him..."

1. A state of chaos or confusion
2. A quarrel or rumpus

Wiki: "My wife’s name is Griselda — a highly suitable name for a parson’s wife."

11. Daniel Abraham - The Meaning of Love, 4 stars. Devoted friend of naive exiled prince plots to rescue his lady love.
12. Paul Cornell - A Better Way to Die, 2 stars. Certain branches of British government are uncomfortable with the King's enthusiasm for multidimensional technology.
13. Steven Saylor - Ill Seen in Tyre, 3 stars. Old poet purchases ancient supposedly magical scrolls, samples potion.