Movie Story : When crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate the day after his 85th birthday, the charming and sharp-witted detective Benoit Blanc is quietly brought in to look into the case. Blanc works his way through a household of squabbling relatives and loyal staff, untangling a maze of misleading clues and self-serving lies. As he digs deeper, he must separate the red herrings from the truth about how Harlan really died.