The Deformed House is adapted from the work of agatha christie, the queen of detective stories, also known as Monster, and tells the story of Charles Hayward helping his beloved girl Sophia solve the mysterious death of her rich grandfather.
In the detective novel Deformed House by agatha christie, a famous British woman writer in the 20th century, this seemingly happy and harmonious family is actually undercurrent, and people have their own thoughts, even suspicion and hatred.
Except for the young granddaughter Josephine, other members of the family seem to be unable to get rid of the suspicion of the murderer: Josephine's sister Sophia is beautiful, intelligent and capable, and her excellent foreign affairs experience in World War II has made her clear-headed and stable in control.
She is the biggest beneficiary of the death of her grandfather Leonie; Josephine's uncle Roger lacks business skills, which makes catering companies that have been operating for many years go bankrupt frequently. He and his heartless wife Clemencey urgently need a huge sum of money to get rid of the crisis.
Edith, Josephine's aunt and sister of Leonie's ex-wife, is kind and considerate. After the death of her sister, she took care of the family of the "deformed house" wholeheartedly. For the sake of family interests, she has never been married, but she has always been hostile to the current hostess. Josephine's stepgrandmother, Brenda, is Leonie's beautiful young wife. She comes from a humble background, is a bit vulgar and superficial, and feels deeply despised and isolated in her family.
The death of her husband can not only make her rich in one fell swoop, but also restart her romantic love life; Josephine's tutor, Lawrence, is knowledgeable, timid, often teased and ridiculed by students, and crazy about Brenda, the hostess of her class. The existence of Leonie is undoubtedly a huge obstacle to their underground love. Only by getting rid of him can they have their beloved beauty; Josephine's brother Eustace has been neglected in the family for a long time, and his physical disability leads to his paranoia and distorted personality.
Grandpa's death can give him the joy of success and let the whole family see his cleverness. In the whole deformed house, it seems that Josephine is the only one who has nothing to do with all kinds of interest disputes and conspiracy calculations. But is this really the case? Josephine, who calls herself a "big detective", is ugly and eccentric. Compared with her sister Sophia, who is concerned by her family, she is naturally unattainable.
Although Josephine thinks she is smart and mature, in the eyes of adults, she is just an outspoken and neurotic child. When the cloud of "deformed house" was shrouded in murder again and again, people woke up from their dreams: conspicuous remarks and self-righteous detective actions were the only reasons why Josephine was regarded as a thorn in the side by the hidden real murderer.
As the novel draws to a close, the reader just breathed a sigh of relief that the poor little girl was about to escape, and was immediately shocked by the cruel fact that Josephine was the cruel murderer.