Death In the Desert
April 6, 2021
Another bits and pieces jigsaw where no two pieces are the same. Death in The Desert Mystery Puzzle is designed by Gene Dieckhoner. Can you solve the mystery of this puzzle? Available from Amazon
What Happened Next?….At The County Fair
April 4, 2021
What Happened Next? At the country fair is a mystery jigsaw from Marks and Spencer. The box depicts an idyllic day out at the county fair and you are asked to imagine what happens next. Or, more importantly, what happens when something unexpected happens…… So you have some idea of the picture you are building,… More What Happened Next?….At The County Fair
Who Dun It – Final Curtain
March 28, 2021
Who Dun It Final Curtain is another jigsaw in the same series as Murder at Pelham Castle Again we were required to read the short mystery story then assemble the puzzle and solve the crime. The only indication on the box is the cast of suspects to the grisly crime. This time the action was set in a… More Who Dun It – Final Curtain
Glenmore Haunting
March 25, 2021
We found this at the back of the cupboard. I couldn’t remember doing it before and it soon became clear why not…….. The story is OK. A couple win a trip to a haunted castle and arrive to find they are the only (non-related) guests. Everyone else has arrived for a reading to find out… More Glenmore Haunting
Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band
March 23, 2021
I received the Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band jigsaw as a Christmas present. While I have come to like the mystery puzzles, where you don’t know the picture in advance, the Bepuzzled ones tend to be uncolourful. As in, all the pieces are the same colour. So it took me a while to get… More Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band
The Trail Series
March 15, 2021
There are five books in The Trail Series by AA Abbott. The first book in the series I got on Kindle. It leads nicely into the Kat White series. The Bride’s Trail Kat’s fake weddings made big bucks. But now the money’s gone and a killer wants her dead…… Glamorous Kat is the flatmate Amy… More The Trail Series
Indigo Tea Shop Mysteries
March 8, 2021
Four Indigo Tea Shop Mysteries can be found on City Adventurers Solve The Murder There are at least 21 Tea Shop Mysteries Books written by Laura Childs. Her investigator is Theodosia Browning who owns the shop, assisted by a colour array of regular characters. I’ve been reading my way through the series, not always in… More Indigo Tea Shop Mysteries
Heather Wells Mysteries
March 1, 2021
Size 12 Is Not Fat is the first book in the Heather Wells Mysteries series by Meg Cabot. I bought the first book when I was size 12…..and by the second book I was also size 14. i wondered how many books there would be in the series and how large Heather was expected to… More Heather Wells Mysteries
The Thursday Murder Club
February 25, 2021
I’ve just listened to The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. I don’t normally listen to books, but I enjoyed listening to this one. Joyce is the newest member of the retirement village Thursday Murder Club. She begins the story of how they meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. The other members… More The Thursday Murder Club
The Word Is Murder
February 25, 2021
The Word Is Murder starts when an elderly woman goes into an undertaker’s, arranges her own funeral……and is murdered 6 hours later. This is the first book in the Detective Daniel Hawthorne series by Anthony Horowitz. The story started as a simple murder mystery. The first chapter sets the scene, describing a lady making arrangements… More The Word Is Murder