The Unexpected Guest

by Agatha Christie

performed by BTG May 1978

A Play

Michael Starkwedder stumbles in to Richard Warwick's study to find him dead and his wife Laura standing nearby with a gun. The police are puzzled by a set of fingerprints. Do they belong to MacGregor, the man whose child Warwick killed or are belonging to Julian Farrar, Laura's lover whom Laura has lied to protect? After Warwick's half-brother confesses to the murder and then kills himself the case is closed but then Miss Christie produces one of her surprise endings.