The Sentence is Death is the second in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series of murder mysteries.
Having been struck down with Covid again, there was little I could do except sleep and read. So I turned to the next instalment of PI Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick. … More The Sentence is Death
Liar Liar by James Patterson and Candice Fox is the third novel in the Detective Harriet Blue series. This book was sitting on my pile of books to read, when my husband started it. Normally I fly through James Patterson books, although I struggled to read 18th Abduction , so I thought he’d get through it quickly and hand… More Liar Liar
t a murder mystery. You know from the beginning who killed Gabriel. What you don’t know is why…….and as the murderess remains silent, no-one else knows why either.… More The Silent Patient
Don’t you just love hearing Christmas carols such as “Ding Dong Merrily on High”? Or how about the “Carol of the Bells”? And what about Jingle Bells? One of the best-known songs in the world, it was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title “The One-Horse Open Sleigh” in the autumn of 1857. Although it… More DING DONG MERRILY AND DIE!
The City Adventurers spent a lot of time solving online murder mysteries over the Christmas and New Year holidays, in addition to solving live murder mystery events. Things kicked off with “Who Sleighed Santa?” by Murdered For Money Santa appeared to have a problem with logistics. Luckily there was help on hand. Or was there?… More Online Christmas Murders
In September we were invited down to the English village of Marshtown and a meeting of the local cocktail appreciation society. The group were facing a potential change in their leadership committee and tensions were running extremely high. Some members were visibly shaken by events taking place. Others were stirred into action by threats of… More What’s your poison?
Strolling along the prom. Paddling bare foot in the surf. Lining up for donkey rides. Hunting for crabs. Burying your dad in the sand. Spending time in the arcades. Riding the dodgems. Posing for family photos. Grabbing ice-creams, donuts, chips or jellied eels and pickled whelks as the mood takes you… The City Adventurers were… More Who can forget the thrills of a classic British seaside holiday?
This blog has appeared on City Adventurers One hot evening the City Adventurers were mysteriously invited to a fancy dinner party. The host was a man called Butler. He knew all of us guests, but we had not met each other before. Well, some of us had, as two of us were playing Mr and… More The Butler is Dead!
Movies Mobsters and Murder Last week City Adventurers were whisked back in time to Hollywood in the 1920’s…..To a time when the studios were just moving from silent films to the new talkies. We had been invited to an extravagant house party, hosted by the notorious Katsby. With stars of stage and screen on the… More Murdered For Money
Although there was one team of City Adventurer Investigators at “Sudden death at Thornbury Manor”, we missed that event. So we were looking forward to fielding two teams at Murdered for Money’s next production. The Gateau from the Chateau Starting on 17th June 2020, the murder mystery was a comedy tribute to the TV series ‘Allo,… More The Gateau from the Chateau