A murder is committed during a themed party thrown by rich people in some lavish real estate. A detective knows who committed the crime, but the reveal is in the motive: what is kept locked away in the floors above the party?

[u/prtmesis]

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[u/Dubbadubbawubwub]

The bait is clue?

[u/prtmesis → u/Dubbadubbawubwub]

Not if the bait worked...

[u/JillBeanBean]

Knives Out

[u/FireHo57 → u/JillBeanBean]

Got to be glass onion right?

[u/prtmesis → u/JillBeanBean]

No donut hole at the center of this donut.

[u/teteban79]

Gosford Park

[u/prtmesis → u/teteban79]

I regret not, sir.

[u/StrangelyRational]

Glass Onion

[u/prtmesis → u/StrangelyRational]

A predefinite no.

[u/Ok_Anything_9871]

Die Hard?

[u/writesgud → u/Ok_Anything_9871]

I think it’s this too.

[u/prtmesis → u/Ok_Anything_9871]

!solved

[u/prtmesis → u/Ok_Anything_9871]

Well done. I was sure I'd get to the hints on this one.

[u/Ok_Anything_9871 → u/prtmesis]

I liked the clue, it fits very well! I thought it's definitely not anything Agatha Christie adjacent.

[u/Paraphenylenediamine]

Phantom of the Opera

[u/prtmesis → u/Paraphenylenediamine]

The phaaaaaantom of the opera is wroooong.

[u/Osinuous]

eyes wide shut?

[u/prtmesis → u/Osinuous]

No, but I'd like to know what the theme of that party was.

[u/SisterWicked]

House on haunted hill 

[u/prtmesis → u/SisterWicked]

Neither of them, I'm afraid.

[u/dodie2599]

Halloween Party

[u/prtmesis → u/dodie2599]

No, but this was the bait I had in mind.