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Agatha Christie meets Edgar Wallace! Ein winterliches Dinner im Kreis der Familie, ein toter König - und die brennende Frage: Wer war es? Wer Mystery-Rätselkrimispannung à la "The Glass Onion" und absurd-komische, aber hochintelligente cosy crime-Krimis liebt, liegt beim humorvollen Krimi "Ein Fall von Majestätsvergiftung" absolut richtig. Der königliche Koch Jonathan Alleyne im eingeschneiten Balmoral Castle den Mord an seinem König aufklären. An Weihnachten besteht der britische König Eric darauf, dass nur seine Familie bei ihm auf Balmoral Castle bleibt; das Personal wird bis auf den Koch nach Hause geschickt.

È il giorno di Natale, la tavola è imbandita e la famiglia reale britannica si appresta a festeggiare. Le tradizioni sono dure a morire. E così, anche quest'anno, nonostante il peggior maltempo che si sia mai visto, la Royal Family è riunita al castello scozzese di Balmoral. Mentre fuori infuria una terribile tempesta di neve, che ha isolato completamente il castello, il vecchio re Eric ospita alla sua lunghissima tavola sette membri del clan dei Windsor.

During a violent snowstorm, the Royal Family gather at Balmoral Castle for a traditional Christmas. As per King Eric's wishes, almost all of the servants have been dismissed. The large castle is inhabited by only eight people—King Eric, his wife Princess Marjorie, his brother Prince David, his two daughters Princesses Emeline and Maud, Maud's husband Thomas Crockley, Maud's sons Princes Matthew and Martin, the royal chef Jonathan Alleyne, and head of security Tony Speck.

At 11 years old, Morgan Sheppard solved the murder of his maths teacher when everyone else believed it to be a suicide. Twenty-five years later... Morgan Sheppard wakes up handcuffed to a bed in an unfamiliar hotel room, with five strangers waking up around him. In the bathroom - a corpse. One of the people in the room is the killer, and Sheppard has three hours to solve the murder. If he doesn't find the killer, they all die.

Una habitación. Un cuerpo. Cinco sospechosos. Tres horas para encontrar al asesino. Una camarera. Una limpiadora. Una actriz. Un abogado. Un estudiante. Todos son sospechosos. Encerrados en una habitación de un hotel, sin escapatoria, y sin ninguna pista de cómo llegaron ahí. En la bañera, el cuerpo de un hombre al que todos ellos conocían. Alguien lo asesinó. Alguno de los que están dentro de la habitación. Tienen tres horas para averiguarlo. O todos ellos morirán.

Shirley Steadman, a 70-year-old living in a small town in the North East of England, loves her volunteer work at the local hospital radio. She likes giving back to the community, and even more so, she likes getting out of the house. Haunted by the presence of her son, a reluctant Royal Navy officer who was lost at sea, and still in the shadow of her long-dead abusive husband, she doesn't like being alone much. One day, at the radio station, she is playing around with the equipment and finds a frequency that was never there before.