Article by Ian Thirkettle This blog is not a review, more a double recommendation. First, the mystery story: Death and the Compass. This is a short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. A Rabbi is found dead in a hotel room, stabbed in the chest. The room is filled with Kabbalah texts… More Death and the Compass
The Secrets of Mill House is advertised as “The best new psychological suspense thriller for 2024” and promises a twist you won’t see coming. Written by Anne Wyn Clark, it is the third book in her Thriller Collection. A missing child. A broken community. A horrifying secret. When a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight… More The Secrets of Mill House
As part of World Book Night, The City Adventurers took part in a book reading. The book chosen was Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah. This book had been “Waterstones Thriller of the Month” in August 2023. ‘A small act of malice between suburban neighbours snowballs, bringing tension and terror. Terrific and hugely thought-provoking’… More Those People Next Door
The Solve the Murder Book Club have been reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. This book was winner of the Costa First Novel Award and has been described as a mind bending, time bending murder mystery. Description Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror – the most inventive story you’ll… More The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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
This month The Solve the Murder Book Club are reading The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman. This is the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series. The 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… More Solve the Murder Book Club – what are we reading this month?
The City Adventurers attended a different type of online murder mystery event at Easter. MurderedforMoney now offers a Logical Mystery Night. If you are a fan of logical puzzles like Murdle, you will love these events. First, you’ll need to examine the clues, weapons, and locations to figure out who had what and where. Then,… More Freeze or the Bunny Gets It
The Plot In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams — member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents. Clover’s suicide appears to be more than it at first… More The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons
A Riddle Of A Murder by Amelia Morgan is the 4th book in the Enchanted Bay Witch Cozy Mystery series. Plot Just as donut shop manager and secret witch Meg Walton thinks her sleuthing days are finally behind her, another murder rocks her coastal, Northern California hometown of Enchanted Bay.The case strikes especially close to… More A Riddle Of A Murder
This month The Solve the Murder Book Club are reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. This book has been described as a mind bending, time bending murder mystery. It was the winner of the Costa First Novel Award. Description Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror – the most inventive story… More What are we reading in the Solve the Murder Book Club?