Looking for an unusual card to give someone? Why not send them a Puzzle Card? Produced by the Puzzle Card company “Murder on the line” is more than a greetings card. It’s also a quick-to-solve murder mystery. The story begins when the five carriage Wensley Express train leaves the station carrying a group of suspicious… More A Murder Mystery Greetings Card
If you are feeling in need of a little baking lift, check out this seasonal short story – The Christmas Bake Off. Sabotage at the Cake Contest. This book offers a quick read about the residents of Skipley village and their annual Christmas bake off. Winning means a lot, so although they lack Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood… More The Great Christmas Bake Off
To start with you need three characters. murder victim murderer investigator(s) First you need the murder victim. And with this character, by default, you need the murderer. Unless your denouement shows it was all an accident or suicide. And the third character you need is the person (or persons) searching for the murderer. You’ll need to keep your… More What are some of the basics of a murder mystery?
Let me start by saying this is a mystery book not a murder mystery. The Cuckoos’ Egg is a book about tracking a spy through the maze of computer espionage. Written by Clifford Stoll when the internet was in its infancy, it still packs a punch all this time later. Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned… More The Cuckoos Egg
Watching a TV quiz show, I was surprised by a question asking which author was set on fire while playing cricket at Lord’s. I correctly guessed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but wanted to know more of the story about the man behind Sherlock Holmes. First Class Cricket Sir Arthur Conan Doyle played for MCC until 1907. He finished with… More “Couldn’t get you out — had to set you on fire.”
There are two types of murder mystery An open murder mystery and A Closed murder mystery A murder mystery requires a unsolved crime. An investigator (protagonist) has to unravel the mystery by putting the clues and evidence together to catch the criminal. There are two ways this can be approached. The two story types are… More Open and Closed Murder Mystery
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The question was – how did he die and who killed him? This drama begins as a murder mystery in Victorian London. It offers a glimpse into the backstories to the characters described in Charles Dickens works. Dickens created around 989 named characters and many of… More A murder mystery in Dickensian London
Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of #Sherlock Holmes, was born in Edinburgh on 22 May 1859. He died of a heart attack on 7 July 1930. Trained as a doctor at Edinburgh University in 1881, Arthur Conan Doyle divided his time between medicine and writing. His career included being a writer and a journalist, as well as being a surgeon on a whaling… More Arthur Conan Doyle
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Do you ever wonder who is hosting a murder mystery event? Check out photos from murder mystery events around the world at https://www.pinterest.com/itmgames/solve-the-murder-mystery/ Photo by Edyta Kozlowska