A letter from Richard Coles from Bookshop.org When I moved from central London to my parish in rural Northamptonshire, a friend asked if I wouldn’t miss the challenges of ministering in the inner city, and quickly tire of fêtes and beetle drives and dog shows. There was a murder in my first week. Anything can happen anywhere, … More Murder Before Evensong
We were lucky enough to see the Highly Suspect Murder Mystery in person last summer. The previous year they had been staging events online. This included an interactive online murder mystery during Spring 2020. Appropriately they called it “THE SOCIAL MEDIA MURDER!” … More A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery
Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi is his first novel. Named The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, the City Adventurers were keen to read it. The plot The book concerns a book editor who wants to publish an obscure novel of short story mysteries. The obscure novel, entitled The White Murders, was written years ago … More The Eight Detectives
Time for another online murder mystery by Femme Fatalities. As it’s holiday season, this one is set on the Costa Del Death.
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The City Adventurers had been summoned to London County Hall. Leonard Vole stood accused of murdering a widow in order to inherit her wealth. The stakes were high. Could he and his lawyers convince the jury of his innocence, or would he face the hangman’s noose? … More Witness for the Prosecution
The world’s longest running play, The Mousetrap, is a true British classic. A tale of intrigue and suspense that entertains audiences now as much as it did 70 years ago. To mark the 70th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller the play will be going on tour … More Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap Platinum Anniversary Tour
The City Adventurers gathered a stash of chocolate ready for the latest adventure from Murdered For Money company. Death By Chocolate – The Plot It’s not all sweetness and light at the world-famous, but very exclusive, chocolate company “Fountain Chocolate”, and when, not long after a major announcement, a body is found in the soft … More Death By Chocolate
This Easter the City Adventurers were looking forward to a few chocolate eggs, when they chanced upon “The Rotten Egg”. Not an out-of-date egg, but a murder mystery from the team at Murdered For Money. This time it was a race against time to solve the crime as we only had 12 hours to watch … More The Rotten Egg
The City Adventurers headed to Wonderland, where the Mad Hatter had invited us to a secret party to launch his new selection to teas…… Although we had been sworn to secrecy as the Queen of Hearts hasn’t been invited, her majesty turned up. This threw the White Rabbit into a panic. Well, even more of … More Murder in Wonderland
The City Adventurers were delighted to be invited to Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced at The Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells. A wonderful evening out. … More Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced
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