Hardboiled detectives aren’t just found on the mean streets of Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles…….They can also be found in the parochial Welsh town of Aberystwyth…….. Well at least that’s where Malcolm Pryce’s hardboiled detective can be found. This Aberystwyth is run by shady Druids. There are whelk-stalls as well as sexy dancing girls. And even an… More Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Taking wedding day stress to a new level “Better Off Wed” is the first book in the Annabelle Archer cozy mystery series by Laura Durham. This book also won the Agatha Award for the Best First Novel. Laura based her wedding planner mysteries on her 20 plus years of planning society weddings in Washington, DC. She… More Annabelle Archer
It is Chicago. It is 1923. It is the time of prohibition. Danny ‘Diamond’ Ditali, the infamous rum runner and gang boss has a problem. Last night he ordered 8 hits by eight members of his gang. But now he hears that one of his victims is now in the hands of the FEDs, and… More St Valentine’s Day Masquerade
Aristide Leonides, a wealthy and ruthless tycoon, has been poisoned…. It appears that someone laced his regular insulin injection with eserine from his eye drops……This is the premise for Agatha Christie’s Crooked House. The old mans grandaughter, Sophia, is convinced he has been murdered by a member of their idiosyncratic family. She hires her ex-lover, a spy-turned-private-detective to… More Killed by Eye Drops!
Grab & Go the classic Cluedo game. Check out the suspects. Who could have done it? There are rooms with secret passages to investigate. Keep track of the clues in your detective notebook to solve the case. Store all the cards and parts in the all-in-one game unit – until the next murder. Get your… More Play Cluedo On The Go
Ever wanted to throw a murder mystery themed party that is so good that your guests love it and rave about it for months afterwards ? Do you ever start planning a party then worry about your guests enjoying themselves? It’s only natural to want everybody to have a good time. And that includes you, as host,… More How To Throw Murder Mystery Party Your Guests Will Love.
Watching a TV quiz show, I was surprised by a question asking which author was set on fire while playing cricket at Lord’s. I correctly guessed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but wanted to know more of the story about the man behind Sherlock Holmes. First Class Cricket Sir Arthur Conan Doyle played for MCC until 1907. He finished with… More “Couldn’t get you out — had to set you on fire.”
Widely considered to be one of her greatest works, A Judgement In Stone is a 1977 novel by Ruth Rendell. This is a psychological thriller that concerns the murder of four members of the Coverdale family. George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles all died in the space of fifteen minutes on the 14th February, St Valentine’s Day. They were shot… More A Judgement In Stone
There are two types of murder mystery An open murder mystery and A Closed murder mystery A murder mystery requires a unsolved crime. An investigator (protagonist) has to unravel the mystery by putting the clues and evidence together to catch the criminal. There are two ways this can be approached. The two story types are… More Open and Closed Murder Mystery
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The question was – how did he die and who killed him? This drama begins as a murder mystery in Victorian London. It offers a glimpse into the backstories to the characters described in Charles Dickens works. Dickens created around 989 named characters and many of… More A murder mystery in Dickensian London