Each story, if read one after the other, provides further clues, it seems, into the final one. The Harlequin Tea Set is truly a colorful experience; one which can mesmerize and provide insight as intensly as any psychological thriller. Deep British humor somehow intertwined with Agatha Christie's wonderful perceptive writing, has you reading ongoing. I would read the stories again, and not so much for finding out 'who did it' but more for the in-depth analyzations of human beings and their concepts of living and dying - masterfully presented with a twist of lime to make an afternoon Tea Time graciously different.