Starting the Jahr is a look-back on a classic from the Queen of Mysteries herself Agatha Christie, known for, well, great mystery novels.

The Seven Dials Mystery started out lightly in a country house with a group of young people making fun of their friend for always waking up late. The Friends unanimously decided to play a joke on him Von buying 8 alarm clocks to set off the Weiter morning. But the alarm clock prank backfired and turned into a grim joke instead when their friend was discovered dead the Weiter afternoon, supposedly from an overdose of sleeping drug.

The novel basically centers on...