murder mystery plot hook? needs work?
So, writing a stageplay for my high school this year. I have the plot and everything fully mapped in my mind, so there's no issue with writing itself.
The thing with this play is it's never about who did it, but about how the innocents are going to get out. It's very obvious who the killer is from the beginning to the audience, but the characters don't know, and the play is about them finding that out.
For context, it's a 1920s noir taking place in a Chicago mansion, heavily inspired by the social game Mafia, even named after it, and draws from Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None".
Please let me know if I should somehow make it a whodunit instead? I'm not sure if it's going to be engaging enough as is and would like an expert opinion, or at least an opinion more expert than mine. I'm more experienced with writing poems and novels.
Thanks.