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Six members of an exclusive London club are presented with a deadly puzzle: a box of poisoned chocolates and a murder already committed. Each man proposes his own brilliant-and contradictory-solution. Only one can be right.

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When Joan Bendix dies after eating poisoned chocolates intended for someone else, Scotland Yard declares the case unsolvable. Enter the Crimes Circle, a gathering of London's most ingenious amateur detectives, who take it upon themselves to crack what the professionals cannot.

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Graham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that eighth wonder of the modern world, a happy marriage. But into the middle of it drops a box of chocolates. Joan Bendix is killed by a poisoned box of liqueur chocolates that cannot have been intended for her. The... Read Full Overview

Berkeley's work stood out for its focus on the psychology behind crime, often highlighting moral ambiguity and unreliable narratives. Unlike traditional mysteries where the detective solves the case through logic, Berkeley was more interested in exploring multiple possibilities,... Read Full Overview

When Joan makes a bet with her husband for a box of chocolates, no one imagines that winning will cost Joan her life. The seven she eats poison her and the two her husband eats nearly kill him. The Sheringham Crime Circle finds the case baffling, but its members eventually come... Read Full Overview

Graham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that eighth wonder of the modern world, a happy marriage. But into the middle of it drops a box of chocolates. Joan Bendix is killed by a poisoned box of liqueur chocolates that cannot have been intended for her. The... Read Full Overview

Sir Eustace is a cad of the first water, with a specialty in other men's wives, and the list of people who might want to do him in could fill a London phone book. But which of them actually sent the chocolates with their nasty hidden payload? Scotland Yard is baffled. Enter the... Read Full Overview

A box of poisonous chocolates created by the Bendix family, the crime research association. The tricks and sophistication made the police shake their heads motionless. Based on the dark exploits, six criminologists with six research methods discovered and discovered the successful... Read Full Overview

"The poisoned chocolates case" by Anthony Berkeley stands as a masterful example of classic detective fiction, inviting readers into a labyrinthine whodunit that has captivated generations. This ingenious mystery plunges into a perplexing scenario: a box of chocolates, innocently... Read Full Overview

"The poisoned chocolates case" by Anthony Berkeley stands as a masterful example of classic detective fiction, inviting readers into a labyrinthine whodunit that has captivated generations. This ingenious mystery plunges into a perplexing scenario: a box of chocolates, innocently... Read Full Overview