The City Adventurers were in Edinburgh, birthplace of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. So it was only fitting we help Conan Doyle’s greatest creation, Sherlock Holmes, in solving a mystery. And so it was that we found ourselves investigating A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery……. We joined the mystery maestros from the Highly Suspect theatre for an interactive murder… More A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery
Don’t you love that new detective series “Isolated crimes” with Inspector Corner? He introduces the details of a case, then asks the audience “was it an accident or was it murder?” His latest show involved a Mystic Murder. A fortune teller, Mystic Myrtle, was plying her trade at a local fairground when Laura Dent decided… More Mystic Murder
We’ve spent over a year watching the cast of Murdered For Money kill each other. Now it was time to meet the people behind the masks. Over afternoon tea at the Concorde Club in Eastleigh we got to interrogate the cast about themselves and the characters they have played. Murdered For Money was started by Bridget Wilkinson,… More Meet the M4M cast over afternoon tea
Murder in the Dark by Kerry Greenwood is Book 16 in the Phryne Fisher series. I came across it the other day while browsing for a new book and was drawn to the title. It wasn’t until I got it home I realised it was part of the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries that are being shown on… More Murder in the Dark
The Curse of Blackwood Hall This is more than just a jigsaw puzzle. It is a murder mystery to solve, as well as a spot the difference puzzle. This puzzle is by artist Lena Pigareva and has a cozy murder mystery style to it. As with a lot of murder mystery jigsaws there is a mystery story… More White Mountain Mystery Puzzles
Described as “A classic that needs to be read” I ordered a copy of The Poisoned Chocolates Case. This murder mystery was originally published in 1929 and admired by such people as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers. The book is famed for offering multiple solutions. Written by Anthony Berkeley, (a pen name of Anthony… More The Poisoned Chocolates Case
The Orient Express Mystery Jigsaw Can you piece together the evidence and catch the Orient Express killer in time? This is a murder mystery jigsaw puzzle where you read the story, complete the jigsaw and solve the murder. First, read all about Detective Hercule Poirot’s voyage to Istanbul and the shocking and suspicious death of… More Hercule Poirot Murder Mystery Jigsaws
With summer comes the annual village show and this year the City Adventurers decided to visit the Killington Annual Village Fete and Vegetable Show. As always the village people were keen to show off their gardening skills and this year the competition was even more intense as there was to be a large cash prize… More Killing Thyme
When I saw a “Murder Mystery Workshop” advertised on Eventbrite I was intrigued. So I booked my ticket and joined one other person for what turned out to be an interactive workshop, not the talk-by-author I had been expecting. I suppose I should have realised it would be interactive. I was a “workshop” after all.… More Deadly Distractions host a Murder Mystery Workshop
In June The City Adventurers went time travelling back to the 1920’s again to help solve a murder from 1929. That was the year when something terrible occurred at Thornbury Manor, home of the Maltravers family. Lies, deceit, treachery and fraud……and even a dead body! (Well this was a Murdered For Money production so what… More Sudden Death at Thornbury Manor