Invisible is the first book in the Ivy Malone Mystery series by Lorena McCourtney Ivy follows the Miss Marple/Jessica Fletcher tradition of being a little old lady sleuth. However, instead of being seen as an investigator, she, like other ladies of a certain age, has become invisible. Sales assistants etc just don’t see little old ladies.… More Invisible
As you settle back on your sofa to watch the latest murder mystery, do you ever think that you could be solve the case as well as the detective could? Do you often find that you have guessed who did it long before anyone else has a clue? Then put your skills to the test… More Put your skills to the test
The unforgettable Jessica Fletcher Winner of four Golden Globes and nominated for 12 consecutive Emmy awards for Best Actress in a Drama, Angela Lansbury starred as Jessica Fletcher in the murder mystery series Murder, She Wrote. Quick to outwit both criminals and cops when it comes to solving a murder, Jessica used her considerable intellect, charm,… More Murder She Wrote
As you might expect from a website called magnum-mania, the top place in the list of America’s Top Sleuths goes to Thomas Magnum, the main character in Magnum, P.I. The show, which starred Tom Selleck as Magnum, ran from 1980 to 1988. Magnum was a private investigator in Hawaii. He lived in the guest house on Robin Masters’ estate, as security for… More Thomas Magnum
An open and closed case? A murder mystery requires a unsolved crime. It also requires an investigator to unravel the mystery. Someone to put the clues and evidence together to catch the criminal. There are two ways this can be approached – Open and Closed. Closed The classic ‘whodunit’. Neither the audience nor the investigator… More Lt. Columbo and the “open” murder mystery.
On a very hot summer’s day in 2018, my team of newly promoted detectives traveled back in time to the winter of 1967…… Chief Superintendent ‘Nipper’ Read had received an unexpected phone call. After years of trying desperately to put Ronnie and Reggie Kray behind bars, the pair had been found murdered! ‘Nipper’ Read needed our help… More CluedUpp
It was a hot afternoon as we emerged from Leicester Square underground station, on our way to see Ruthless! The Musical at the Arts Theatre in London. The show was an all female musical with music by Marvin Laird and book and lyrics by Joel Paley that parodies Broadway musicals. It tells the story of the beautiful and talented 8 year old Tina… More Ruthless and Agatha Christie in one afternoon
A film about a murder mystery party Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game night gets kicked up a notch when Max’s charismatic brother, Brooks (Kyle Chandler), arranges a murder mystery party, complete with fake thugs and faux federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it’s all part… More Game Night
‘Murder Mystery’ A married couple, on a vacation to Europe to give their marriage a second chance, get framed for the murder of an elderly billionaire. Adam Sandler plays a New York cop who has long-promised a European trip to his wife, played by Jennifer Aniston. A chance meeting on a flight with a mysterious… More A European trip that ends in murder
Having highlighted the film “The Happytime Murders” in my other blog a number of times, I was a little shocked at its content when the trailer was released. I expected something along the lines of “Who framed Roger Rabbit?” Sadly this new film is definitely NOT family friendly. The Plot The movie is set in a world… More Not so happy about the Happytime Murders