“The Avenging Chance” by Anthony Berkeley
Number 8 of 27 Great British Short Stories
Premise: A murder is committed with a box of chocolates – (you never know which one you’re going to get). By whom? Why?
Review: Great fun! Doesn’t outstay its welcome. Is plausible enough (for the genre).
Outa ten: 10
Keywords: crime, murder,
Quotes: none
Words:
Kirsch– Kirschwasser (/ˈkɪərʃvɑːsər/, UK also /-væsər/, German: [ˈkɪɐʃvasɐ] ⓘ; German for ‘cherry water’), or just Kirsch (German: [kɪʁʃ] ⓘ; the term used in Switzerland and France, less so in Germany), is a clear, colourless brandy from Germany, Switzerland, and France, traditionally made from double distillation of morello cherries. It is now also made from other kinds of cherries. The cherry stones are included in the fermentation process, not removed beforehand.[1] Unlike cherry liqueurs and cherry brandies, Kirschwasser is not sweet. It is sometimes distilled from fermented cherry juice.[2]
Maraschino – Maraschino (/ˌmærəˈskiːnoʊ, -ˈʃiː-/ MARR-ə-SKEE-noh, -SHEE-, Italian: [maraˈskiːno]) is a liqueur obtained from the distillation of Marasca cherries. The small, slightly sour fruit of the Marasca cherry tree (Prunus cerasus var. marasca), which grows wild along parts of the Dalmatian coast in Croatia, lends the liqueur its unique aroma.
Minim
- British•Music a note having the time value of two crotchets or half a semibreve, represented by a ring with a stem.
- a small bronze or silver ancient Roman coin.
- Minim (unit), a small amount of fluid, essentially a standardized drop
Look up: none
Afterlives of the story/connections to other stuff: xx
Is it online? Yes
marchudson.net 
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