Guest Blog by Ian Thirkettle – I just read the second book in the Joe Kurtz series by Dan Simmons. I enjoyed the second as much as the first and I am looking forward to reading the third.… More From Parker to Joe Kurtz
A Monster Smash is a virtual murder mystery challenge for Halloween by Red Herring Games. This production is performed in support of Life After Cancer and Macmillan Cancer Support. Tickets are available for £6 per household (plus booking fee) Monstrous mayhem and murder with the De’Bodies family at Halloween. In a suburban district of Westfield New… More A Monster Smash
Withering Heights The formerly plump girl turned Thin Woman may now be happily married and a mother, but Ellie Haskell has not lost her wit, her weakness for Gothic romance, or her knack for solving crimes. So when her young cousin, Ariel, suddenly turns up on Ellies doorstep asking her to investigate some mysterious happenings… More Withering Heights
RESORT TO MURDER is a Miss Dimont Mystery by TP Fielden This is the second book in the Miss Dimont series, but not having read the first book was not an issue. The story is set in Temple Regis, Devon during the late 1950s. It begins with a body found on the beach which turns… More Resort To Murder
On 1st August City Adventurers traveled back in time to solve the case of Murder In The Grand. Al Scapone , Godfather of the infamous Scapone family, had been found dead in his office at his club known as “The Grand”. There was no doubt Al Scapone had enemies, but it seems his murder may… More Murder In The Grand
I’ll admit I have seen lots of Sherlock Holmes films and TV shows, but not actually read a Sherlock Holmes book. So I have no idea how the first non-Doyle Sherlock Holmes story, written by Anthony Horowitz, compares to those of the great man himself. The House of Silk, published in 2011, was the first… More The House of Silk
For August Bank Holiday, the City Adventurers were whisked off to the heart of London’s Mayfair……..well virtually whisked off anyway. We were visiting The Ratz Hotel, a beacon of luxury and tradition. The hotel had been under going a refurbishment and would offer relaxing rooms, designed by a Feng shui expert, where energy forces harmonize… More Murder at the Ratz Hotel
Last year the City Adventurers had fun at a Moneypenny Productions event in September. So I was keeping a look out for another event this year. I stumbled upon “Murder at Kilgrave Manor”. The Professors dinner parties are the talk of the town. But it’s never a question of what he serves but rather who… More Moneypenny Productions
Cyanide in the Speakeasy was the last Moonstone Murders play-a-long murder mystery event. the cast traveled back in time to the 1920’s and found themselves at a Speakeasy favoured by stockbrokers. John Hartsby had been found dead at his desk, a glass, smelling suspiciously of bitter almonds, by his side. Could he have been poisoned, and,… More Cyanide in the Speakeasy
Having read the first two books in the Louie Knight series – Aberystwyth Mon Amour and Last Tango in Aberystwyth – it took me a while to read the third book in the Aberystwyth Noir series – The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth. Plot of The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth: There is nothing unusual… More The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth