Kipton: Murder on Stage — Charles Louis Fontenay

Kipton: Murder on Stage begins when Kipton's class at school is performing a play, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. The curriculum includes a study of a dead body, teacher credentials, student oddities, and mass hypnosis. Kipton sticks to her studies and eventually finds a solution to the murder. This novel provides a view of some of the educational practices on Mars and of the student culture that is associated with it. It also raises questions about the extent of national culture which is carried from various countries on Earth to Mars.