In response to the tremendous success of Agatha Christie Made Me Do It, Houstonians Eddie Cope and Carl Williams concocted a zany plot about murder near "Big D," Dallas to non-Texans. The 2-act tongue-in-cheek humor generated by the odd assortment of exaggerated characters results in Texans poking fun at themselves, a selling point for out-of-staters to join the crowd. It seems as though Agatha Christie just can't escape murder and mayhem, even thousands of miles from her native England. In this spell-binding tale of intrigue, our heroine travels to distant Texas to assemble notes for her latest novel. She comes face to face with far worse than armadillos and rattlesnakes when the scream of her maid alerts the household to a brutal murder. In this countryside manor well away from the bustle of the city crowds, Agatha comes to a chilling conclusion—the killer has to be one of the guests. In a home full of visitors, each with more than his share of skeletons in the closet, there is only one certainty—this time the butler didn't do it.

The action takes place in the living room of a large country estate; modern clothes.

A sold-out Schulenburg Chamber of Commerce dinner-theatre performance resulted in a follow-up in a neighboring town to benefit Hospice of South Texas.

Other Cope plays: Airport 1904, Don't Print That, Frankenstein's Centerfold, The Invisible Man, The Last Tango in Pango Pango, Without a Clue

See also: Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem