As school restarted, it was time for a school themed murder mystery. And this was no ordinary school. This was Hogweeds, a magical school! Hattie Blotter and the Chamber of Suspects (Harry Potter Tribute) The City Adventurers headed to Southampton for another MurderedforMoney dinner show murder mystery. This event took place at the Concorde Club.… More Hattie Blotter and the Chamber of Suspects
The City Adventurers love a good mystery so we signed up to play The Good, The Bad and The Dead by Red Herring Games. This was a two day online murder mystery adventure. During the day they arrange a variety of activities and each evening you take part in the interactive murder mystery show. Heading… More The Good, The Bad and The Dead
The Turn of the Key is a gripping psychological thriller. THEIR DREAM HOUSE WILL BECOME HER WORST NIGHTMAREWhen Rowan comes across the advert, it seems too good to be true: a live-in nanny position, with an extremely generous salary. What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare – one that will end… More The Turn of the Key
This is quite a long book at 576 pages but don’t let it put you off reading it. Esecially as the author is Stuart Turton, who wrote the amazing “The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle”. It has been described as including touches of Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles mixed with Pirates of… More The Devil and the Dark Water
The Windermere Witness is the first book in the Lake District Mysteries cozy crime series by Rebecca Tope. Plot Following a personal tragedy, florist Persimmon ‘Simmy’ Brown has moved to the beautiful region of the Lake District to be nearer her charismatic parents. Things are going well, with her latest flower arrangements praised and Simmy… More Windermere Witness
The Plot A quick trip to the capital goes horribly wrong when Blotto and Twinks get accidentally involved in London’s criminal underworld . . . It starts innocently enough at the intimate review ‘absolutely everyone is talking about’, Light and Frothy, where its glamorous star, Frou Frou Gavotte, has rather taken the fancy of Blotto’s school… More Blotto and Twinks
Part of the Alex cross series, this book is written by James Patterson. The Plot A scandalous double homicide opens the psychological case files on Alex Cross… When a glamorous socialite and a high school principal are found murdered, the shocking double homicide dominates tabloid headlines. Detective Alex Cross knew both victims well, especially Kay… More Deadly Cross
A short break on the English Riviera exploring places associated with the life of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, has been on my bucket list for a while. I haven’t managed it yet, but if it is on your bucket list too, you may want to check out the Agatha Christie Festival, which returns… More Agatha Christie Festival
Not only is “The Fine Art of invisible Detection” the no. 1 ebook from the Sunday Times bestseller but it was also the BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick in 2021. It was written by Robert Goddard The Plot Umiko Wada has recently had quite enough excitement in her life. With her husband recently… More The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
Murder at the Black Cat Cafe and Why did the Well Wheel Creak? by Seishi Yokomizo This was chosen as a book for book club. It actually contains two books in one. Both can be described as classic Japanese mysteries, from the author of The Honjin Murders. Seishi Yokomizo has been called ‘The Japanese Agatha Christie’.… More Murder at the Black Cat Cafe – Review