"What's such a coincidence?" Huang Xinjie asked doubtfully.
"The bookstore in front of me happens to have a book exhibition for the book you mentioned." Lei Xiwei answered as he walked into the bookstore.
"Really? If you are interested, you can take a look. The exhibition layout is quite exquisite. I have arrived at the station, so I won't tell you anymore." Huang Xinjie said and moved quickly towards the bookstore, a little impatient.
"Bye!" Lei Xiwei hung up the phone and saw the "murder scene" arranged in the bookstore.
A slightly classical study room layout, desk, fireplace, armchairs, and various furniture can almost be said to be a real study room.
On the armchair, a human figure is reclining, with a Tunisian dagger thrust from behind hidden under his coat.
There were several letters scattered on the ground, as well as several sets of obvious footprints.
The entire scene layout was restored by Yang Chao according to the description in the book, and he even asked Jiang Yuan several times.
This was also the first time Lei Xiwei saw a murder scene recreated in a bookstore for the purpose of selling books, and he couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and take a few pictures.
Because of the time difference, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, so there were not many people in the bookstore.
Lei Xiwei strolled leisurely to the bookshelf where "Roger's Mystery" was placed. Since it was an exhibition bookstore, the stock was quite large and it was in the most conspicuous position.
I picked up a trial copy out of curiosity, as I haven't seen many works by domestic writers in bookstores.
Lei Xiwei already knew the title of the book, so he opened the first chapter and started reading.
Her English level is very good and she has no difficulty reading.
Originally, she was worried that the English version written by a domestic author would have some embarrassing grammatical problems, but after reading a few sentences, she felt that she was worrying too much.
If nothing else, at least the author's English is excellent.
Lei Xiwei gave a fair evaluation and continued reading.
The entire plot unfolds from the first-person perspective of "I", Doctor Shepard, allowing Lei Xiwei to easily be involved in the situation.
The beginning begins with the death of Mrs. Ferrers, and introduces the customs and customs of the village called Kings Albers from Shepard's perspective.
There are only two decent houses in the whole village, one is called Royal Paddock, which was inherited by the deceased Mrs. Ferrars from her husband; the other is called Finley Manor, owned by Roger Ackroyd.
"This old man is going to feel cold too!" Lei Xiwei thought.
Next, each character is introduced through Shepard's perspective, including Roger's stepson Ralph Paton, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, the housekeeper Miss Russell, and Roger's brother's legacy Cecil Acro
Mrs. Yinder, the gossipy Miss Gannett.
After the names of the characters appeared one by one, Lei Xiwei made a definite judgment that the murderer must be among these people.
At the end of Chapter 2, Shepard meets Miss Russell and asks if there are any rare poisons that can escape detection.
Lei Xiwei secretly wrote down this clue. When he was a child, reasoning about anime was not free.
In the third chapter, Detective Poirot has already appeared, bringing the news that Captain Ralph will be engaged to Roger's niece Miss Flora.
At 7:30 in the evening, a dinner was held at Finley Manor. Butler Parker entertained Shepard, and the new character Colonel Brant appeared.
Roger invited me into the study and talked about Mrs. Ferrars' death, during which time Parker sent several letters.
Among them, there is a long blue envelope which is the last letter left by Mrs. Ferrars.
In the letter, Mrs. Ferrars wrote that she was suffering from blackmail from someone whose name was also disclosed in the letter, but I was not able to find out.
Because Roger insisted that this was a letter written to him and could only be read by him alone.
So I left the manor and returned home, but at ten-fifteen I received a call from Finley Manor.
Roger, was murdered!
Reading the fourth chapter in one breath, Lei Xiwei was quite curious and wanted to continue reading.
But it was getting late, and even if the bookstore closed, I might not be able to finish reading it.
After hesitating for a while, he picked up a new book and went to the counter to check out.
In the domestic market, book prices have been driven down by e-commerce, but in foreign bookstores, books are not cheap, which makes Lei Xiwei feel a little sad and hopes that the story can be worth the price.
At the same time, in the Magic City Bookstore, Huang Xinjie's reading progress was about the same as Lei Xiwei's.
As the story continues to advance, Huang Xinjie has taken out a notebook and written down the clues she has discovered.
Before reading, she had already learned from many reading bloggers that this was a work of original reasoning.
Although many reading bloggers say they feel their IQ has been crushed, she firmly believes that as long as she doesn't miss any detail, she will be able to guess who the murderer is.
When "I" rushed to Finley Manor, Parker, who called to tell him that Roger had been murdered, said that he had never called.
All the women in the manor have gone to bed, and Brandt and Mr. Raymond are in the billiard room.
Parker and I were worried and went to confirm Roger's condition. Parker knelt down on one knee and leaned towards the keyhole to peek inside.
Huang Xinjie paused slightly, highlighted the key points, and peeped through the keyhole skillfully. She is a habitual offender!
There must be something wrong, so Huang Xinjie decisively added Parker to the list of suspects.
Then the door was knocked open and Roger was really dead.
Regarding the death scene, Huang Xinjie looked up and took a look at the restored scene in the store. It was exactly the same. She immediately read on with even more excitement. She had a strong sense of immersion.
The police inspector came to the scene and conducted interviews.
I thought I was the last person to talk to Roger. Secretary Raymond said that at 9:30, he heard Roger say intermittently, "You have been asking for money too often lately..."
I've arrived home at half past nine.
Based on this clue, the police inspector believed that the possibility of financial motive was not small.
But then Parker said that Miss Flora also met Roger.
However, despite Roger's warning in advance and not wanting to be disturbed, Parker still brought drinks to the study, which aroused the suspicion of the police inspector.
"It's too obvious!" Huang Xinjie shook her head and crossed out Parker's name on the list of suspects.
In her opinion, this look was a trap set by the author, a smoke bomb.
Then we turned our attention to other characters, Colonel Brant, Roger's friend, who has also appeared several times, and the murder weapon happened to be a gift from Brant to Roger.
As for Raymond, the secretary, the conversation he overheard may have been completely fabricated, and it may not have been intentional to confuse the police.
As for Parker, who was considered a strong suspect by the police inspector, Huang Xinjie had completely ruled him out.
The detective hasn't even appeared yet, so the police inspector looks like a stupid character in a detective novel.
In Chapter 7, Detective Poirot finally appeared again. The compliments from the inspector and the colonel aroused a lot of curiosity in Huang Xinjie.
[I have also heard a little bit about your glorious achievements in the past.]
"Isn't this still a series?" Huang Xinjie guessed that this short detective with a standard mustache had a story to tell at first glance.
After Poirot came to the scene to check, several more clues were added to Huang Xinjie's book.
Based on existing clues, she tries to guess who the murderer is.
But I have no clue, I can't guess at all, and I think anyone could be the murderer.
In another country, Lei Xiwei was sitting at his desk, immersed in a detective story under the lamp. He also couldn't guess who the murderer was, and felt that every character was very suspicious.
In the novel, Poirot also made a similar conclusion, "Everyone involved in the case has something to hide."
