Pictures of the evening of the murder mystery – Deauville

Apéritif with sunset – the characters introduce themselves

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The party continues inside at the table

with a nice ‘plateau de fruit de mer’

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Apparently the gardner had been murdered earlier that week…

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But why would we care…?

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Inspecteur Thouvenel is invited at the table…

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But still, the party goes on in high spirits…a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-193

Untill a loud scream is heard!

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And one of the servants is found dead in the master’s bedroom!a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-196 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-197 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-198

Several guests run up to have a look at the spectacle.

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The guests are invited to go back to the table. After all, it is just a servant, but speculations about why and how are firmly discussed.

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Meanwhile the Inspecteur calls the brigade to get the corpse away. a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-209 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-210 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-211

The distress had an impact on Madam’s hairdo…a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-212

Meanwhile the Inspector’s wife has joined the table…a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-213 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-216 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-217 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-218 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-219 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-220 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-221 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-222 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-223 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-224 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-225 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-226

“So who was not in the room while the servant was being murdered?”, asks Grand Duke Kornilov.a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-227 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-228 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-229 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-230 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-231 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-232 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-233 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-234 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-235 a-few-days-like-no-others-deauville-septembre-1929-236

While the mystery is being solved we keep it a mystery for you, for a next time.