 In Chipping Cleghorn, a little town in England, where everyone reads the local newspaper, a murder is announced. An advertisement reads: A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30 p.m.... All the residents of the town expect that it is a murder mystery party at Letitia Blacklock s house, as she lives at Little Paddocks. Little do they know that they ll all show up for it, one by one, only to have the power go out and have shots fired. None of the guests at the party die though; it s the blonde man with a gun that is found in the doorway that has been murdered. Everyone assumes it s suicide, but the police have a different idea...