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
We made our way to Harrogate for a few days at The Old Swan Hotel. The hotel exudes romance and mystery and boasts a beautiful glass-ceiling in its Restaurant. We were travelling in the footsteps of Agatha Christie and could just image her turning up amid a cloud of mystery in December 1926…….. It was to… More Agatha Christie in Harrogate
The book club chose Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie as our next read. The Plot Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life – so who did kill her? According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence… More Ordeal by Innocence – review
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
The Mousetrap is the world’s longest-running play of all time. But just ‘whodunnit’ ? The City Adventurers needed to know….. What happens in The Mousetrap? Five guests arrive at a remote Monkswell Manor during a blizzard and worse is to come. Detective Sergeant Trotter arrives on the hotel doorstep and informs the hotel guests of a… More The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie was Radio 4 Book of the Week The Plot ‘Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.’ Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was ‘just’ an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn’t? As Lucy Worsley says, ‘She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern’. She went… More Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley
The City Adventurers had been summoned to London County Hall. Leonard Vole stood accused of murdering a widow in order to inherit her wealth. The stakes were high. Could he and his lawyers convince the jury of his innocence, or would he face the hangman’s noose?… More Witness for the Prosecution
The world’s longest running play, The Mousetrap, is a true British classic. A tale of intrigue and suspense that entertains audiences now as much as it did 70 years ago. To mark the 70th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller the play will be going on tour
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The City Adventurers were delighted to be invited to Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced at The Assembly Hall Theatre Tunbridge Wells. A wonderful evening out.… More Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced
On Sunday 16th December 2018 Channel 5 are screening a murder mystery based on the Agatha Christie’s Crooked House. The plot Charles, the son of the assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard returns to London after WW2 from Cairo and discovers his ex-lover’s grandfather has been murdered. Sophia, the old mans grandaughter, is convinced he was murdered by… More Agatha Christie’s Crooked House