7 Characteristics of a Mystery
The Clues
The Characters
Something's Fishy
The Small Stuff
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This person has to match wits with the detective.

What is the opponent?

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The odd requests made for Ms. Hunter by Mr. Rucastle.

What is she must cut her hair and wear a blue dress while sitting in a chair in the living room.

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The woman who asked Sherlock Holmes for help.
Who is Violet Hunter.
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The reason Mr. Rucastle offers Mrs. Hunter a lot of money.
What is she is a perfect match for his daughter and wants to make sure she takes the job.
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This is what Violet Hunter is doing now.
What is she is the head of a private school?
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Clues put in the story to throw off the detective... and the reader.
What are red herrings.
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This is found locked in Ms. Hunter's drawer.
What is a coil of hair.
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The man who wants to hire Violet Hunter.
Who is Mr. Rucastle?
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The reason Mrs. Hunter must cut her hair.
What is she must fit the description of Alice Rucastle?
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This is what has happened to Alice Rucastle at the end of the story

What is she ran away with Mr. Fowler, was married, and is living happily on an island?

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This is usually death or theft.

What is the crime?

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Mr. Ruscastle uses this explanation for the shuttered window.
What is he has taken up photography and that is his dark room.
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The woman who finally tells everyone the secret of Alice Rucastle.
Who is Mrs. Toller?
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This is what Ms. Hunter sees outside the window in the sitting room.

What is a man in a grey suit watching her or Mr. Fowler

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The name of the trees outside the house.
What are the Copper Beeches?
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These must be introduced early in the story.
What are the suspects.
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The man in the grey suit is...

Who is Alice Rucastle's fiance OR Mr. Fowler?

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Alice Rucastle's fiance
Who is Mr. Fowler?
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This is Mr. Rucastle's reaction when he sees Ms. Hunter in the forbidden hallway.
What is his a oddly calm and then grows angry and threatens to throw her to the mastiff?
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The reason Sherlock wants to know the disposition of the child in Ms. Hunter's care.
What is his disposition gives him information about the parents?
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This must be logical and make sense.
What is the Solution?
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The odd thing Ms. Hunter saw under the only lit door down the forbidden hallway.

What is a shadow moving.

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Mr. Rucastle's hidden daughter
Who is Alice Rucastle?
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The reason the mastiff is kept hungry.
What is Mr. Rucastle wants him to attack tresspassers.
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The reason Ms. Hunter believes that Mrs. Rucastle has a "secret sorrow".
What is she has caught Mrs. Rucastle crying silently and lost in thought with a sad look on her face, many times.
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