The Murder on The Nile jigsaw puzzle is also known as Murder by the Pyramids. It is a murder mystery story with a jigsaw puzzle attached. In this case, we were treated to a Hercule Poirot story about a trip on a glamorous river steamer on the Nile. With these sort of 1,000-piece puzzles the… More Murder on The Nile Jigsaw
Time for another trip to the Cotswolds for a mystery with house sitting Thea Osborne. Only this time Thea is not house sitting and she is no longer Thea Osborne. Thea and Drew are now married. The newly Mrs Thea Slocombe has moved into a big house in Broad Campden with Drew and his two… More Peril in the Cotswolds
A New Year’s Revelation – A Captivating Murder Mystery Dinner Party Game Step back in time to the end of the Great War, where a family comes together to bid farewell to the old year and embrace the new one. Little do they know that amidst the festivities, a dark secret lurks in the shadows,… More A Murder Mystery for New Year
Mistletoe and Murder is part of the Daisy Dalrymple series by Carola Dunn. Plot In December 1923, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher yields to the demands of her mother and the needs of her writing career and brings her family to an old Cornish estate for Christmas. The estate, occupied by the poor relations of the ancestral… More Mistletoe and Murder – review
A Highland Christmas by M C Beaton is a Christmas read from the Hamish Macbeth Mysteries. This one-off standalone story is a special Christmas read that can be read at any point in the series. The Plot In dark, wintry Lochdubh, Christmas Cheer is about as welcome as a flat tyre on a deserted road.… More A Highland Christmas – review
The Bullet That Missed is the third book in The Thursday Murder Club series Plot It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder… More The Bullet That Missed
Murder at the Museum is another Bits and Pieces jigsaw by Artist Gene Dieckhoner. As with all Bits and Pieces puzzles, this jigsaw offers a variety of interesting and non-repetitive puzzle shapes. Although a mystery jigsaw, the picture on the box is also the picture on the puzzle. So you can do this as an… More Murder at the Museum
On our visit to Northumberland I purchased Holy Island by L J Ross to commemerate our visit to Lindisfarne. Also known as Holy Island, Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England. The Plot Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take sabbatical leave… More Holy Island
I recently picked up a copy of this thriller set on the shores of the Italian beauty spot at a highly exclusive wedding. Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle was Waterstones Thriller of the Month for July 2024. The Plot One happy couple. Two divided families. A wedding party to die for. On the private island… More Murder on Lake Garda
The City Adventurers are quite proud of their detective skills and so we settled down to play “Who Dunnit? – Mystery at the Museum” by YULU. The box said suitable for 2 to 4 players but actually it meant 2 players, or 4 players playing as 2 teams. The story goes that, during a blackout,… More Who Dunnit!