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Review: Knives Out

Courtesy of Lionsgate by Daniel Andrade One of my favorite games when I was a kid was Clue. It was fun trying to piece together all the evidence and figure out exactly what happened. That fascination remained with me when I got older, and I discovered the wonderful world of Murder Mystery dinners, which was like a real-life version of Clue. You had to really be aware of your surroundings and pay attention to everything people said and did, lest you miss out on a valuable hint. And when you finally figured out who did what, how they did it and why, it was such a sense of relief, and an even greater sense of accomplishment if you were able to figure it out completely! What I discovered in those Murder Mystery Dinners is that it is incredibly difficult to craft a compelling, engaging mystery. You have to know your characters and setting thoroughly, and have to be able to make it seem like there are multiple suspects to keep everyone on their toes. There are a lot of moving ...