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Mystery Man

The Mystery Man is back! And more devious than ever...

The Mystery Man (who could also be a woman, it's a mystery after all) has kidnapped eight characters from the stories of Agatha Christie. Trouble is, we don't know who he's kidnapped!

In an email to the official Christie Community, the Mystery Man has revealed that beginning Thursday, July 7th 2011, he will allow one character per week the chance to speak.

And this is the place to put your theories and ideas to the Christie community, or just to browse to catch-up on all the latest events should you not want to use Twitter to follow the game. 

Victim 2

Moderator2 05 Jul 11 at 12:50 p.m. GMT

Whatever you do, do not name the character in the forum, it will ruin the game for other players! Though feel free to help others along, just don't make it too easy for them. Anyone guilty of making it too easy will find themselves bumped off! (and banned from entering the competition).

All four messages from Victim 2 have now been released, they were:

"I never trust the ‘non-British’"

"Always enjoyed my stints in India"

"I do like smoking my pipe"

"I was John Armstrong’s best friend"

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116 replies

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mikepaoki 27 Aug 11 at 2:51 p.m. GMT

got it

ErkutSoyer 29 Jul 11 at 5:29 p.m. GMT

I found Victim 2.Oh yes!

ErkutSoyer 29 Jul 11 at 5:26 p.m. GMT

I found Victim 2.Oh yes!

ErkutSoyer 29 Jul 11 at 5:25 p.m. GMT

I found Victim 2.Oh yes!

Moderator2 27 Jul 11 at 12:48 p.m. GMT

Hi anne_mtsuki, we've just updated the text above with all of this victim's messages, the same for Victim 3 also. Thanks for playing!

anne_mtsuki 27 Jul 11 at 11 a.m. GMT

can someone please tell me all of victim 2's clues till date? i'm having a hard time finding all of them.

anne_mtsuki 27 Jul 11 at 11 a.m. GMT

can someone please tell me all of victim 2's clues till date? i'm having a hard time finding all of them.

SocksDaventry 25 Jul 11 at 2:49 a.m. GMT

LittleMissMurder

What if you haven't yet read the book in question?!?!?!? I am doing vigorous searches in order to obtain the identity of this victim! I'm so far behind! And my mom won't let me get another AC until I finish my summer reading for school! :( I'm reading as fast as I can, but can anyone help me until then?

I got an out of order victim on my thord try. Although, some one in the forums had given a clue leading to it, though it didn't match the victim's clues...

I haven't read all the books either, LittleMiss, nor many of the short stories, so I'm hoping the victims are only from the novels. I only managed to find Victim 1 from a hint in the forum (from Agathasmykid, I think) that led me to the relevant book, which I hadn't read before. Can't help you with your reading homework, but I can express sympathy as a fellow passenger on this thrilling ride. Hope this leads you to the correct victim!

LittleMissMurder 24 Jul 11 at 4:59 p.m. GMT

SocksDaventry

SilverTyne

No one was unsporting. Everyone [as far as I know] who has discovered a later victim has done so by accident while making guesses at Victim 1 or Victim 2. You don't seriously think people are randomly entering hundreds of AC character names in the hope of chancing upon a later victim do you?

SocksDaventry

Game-makers, thanks for taking down the future victims' pages; it was really rather unsporting of players to make impatient guesses rather than try to solve the mystery from the clue tweets. 

Not hundreds, SilverTyne, but a couple of players did say they've found, or know someone who's found, seven or all eight victims. With a thousand characters in the Christie bibliography, one would have to have entered dozens of names to arrive at the correct victims. Neither am I saying they were deliberately trying to discover all the names, but the way they were playing the game did contradict its spirit, which is not to make guesses but to use the clues on Twitter and in this forum. I'd call that unsporting.

So, moderators, thanks for levelling the playing field a little. I'm enjoying how this game is bringing me back to the stories!

I got an out of order victim on my thord try. Although, some one in the forums had given a clue leading to it, though it didn't match the victim's clues...

LittleMissMurder 24 Jul 11 at 4:57 p.m. GMT

GKCfan

Victim 2 - I was John Armstrong’s best friend. #agathachristiegame http://goo.gl/wdAS0

As long as you've read the book in question, this should be the clue that helps you find Victim 2 (if you haven't already).

What if you haven't yet read the book in question?!?!?!? I am doing vigorous searches in order to obtain the identity of this victim! I'm so far behind! And my mom won't let me get another AC until I finish my summer reading for school! :( I'm reading as fast as I can, but can anyone help me until then?

sergio 22 Jul 11 at 5:16 p.m. GMT

GOT IT

SocksDaventry 22 Jul 11 at 3:46 p.m. GMT

SilverTyne

No one was unsporting. Everyone [as far as I know] who has discovered a later victim has done so by accident while making guesses at Victim 1 or Victim 2. You don't seriously think people are randomly entering hundreds of AC character names in the hope of chancing upon a later victim do you?

SocksDaventry

Game-makers, thanks for taking down the future victims' pages; it was really rather unsporting of players to make impatient guesses rather than try to solve the mystery from the clue tweets. 

Not hundreds, SilverTyne, but a couple of players did say they've found, or know someone who's found, seven or all eight victims. With a thousand characters in the Christie bibliography, one would have to have entered dozens of names to arrive at the correct victims. Neither am I saying they were deliberately trying to discover all the names, but the way they were playing the game did contradict its spirit, which is not to make guesses but to use the clues on Twitter and in this forum. I'd call that unsporting.

So, moderators, thanks for levelling the playing field a little. I'm enjoying how this game is bringing me back to the stories!

martop72 22 Jul 11 at 12:53 p.m. GMT

got it

Pupperegi 22 Jul 11 at 11:58 a.m. GMT

Ha, I found the first two victims in half an hour!

Syanne 22 Jul 11 at 9:53 a.m. GMT

Gosh, this is really easy, once one stops complicating things and just looks at the facts. :)

miss_mystery 22 Jul 11 at 6:46 a.m. GMT

only got the this one after the last clue, had 3 books in mind knew i was looking in the wrong book and remember it was in a book that i have read more than 3 times

squareeggs 21 Jul 11 at 7:35 p.m. GMT

This one was easy for me but that's because this is probably one of my favourite books from Christie and I must have read it about 5 times now!!!

SilverTyne 21 Jul 11 at 5:45 a.m. GMT

No one was unsporting. Everyone [as far as I know] who has discovered a later victim has done so by accident while making guesses at Victim 1 or Victim 2. You don't seriously think people are randomly entering hundreds of AC character names in the hope of chancing upon a later victim do you?

SocksDaventry

Pat_september

Moderator2

Our apologies! We have now deactivated any victims not in play, and have also named them Victim 1, 2, 3, etc so you know who you've found.

Oh  and I thought that all the victims were there in order to confuse us. Thinking of the game ahead i envisaged the following finale: that only having the victims in the correct order can the "code" be broken. Something like that.

I think that's brilliant idea, Pat_september.

Game-makers, thanks for taking down the future victims' pages; it was really rather unsporting of players to make impatient guesses rather than try to solve the mystery from the clue tweets. The ones for Victim 2 were indeed "subtle," but the final clue clinched it. Thanks to everyone on the forum who helped, too, especially MrS.

stephaniepina 21 Jul 11 at 4:25 a.m. GMT

Ack!  I solved Victim 1 right away, but Victom 2 took me much longer!  Finally got it though :)  Now onto Victim 3

christie_greece 20 Jul 11 at 7:56 a.m. GMT

The 4th clue proves me right and I'm also glad that the victims are numbered! Thanks a lot I can't wait for the next victim to speak!!!!

I really like this game and I would like to thank the people who orginized all this and also the AC fans because, even though I have never met them, I feel that I know them... And of course all this happened thanks to Christie. She not only wrote amazing stories, but also achieved to bring together people from different countries, with different language or age.

Well, I'm a little off topic but I really enjoy this game and i can't help smiling whenever a new clue is on