Mr Briggs’ Hat : A Sensational Account of Britain’s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun On 9 July 1864, businessman Thomas Briggs walked into carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train. A few minutes later, two bank clerks entered the carriage – but as they sat down, one of them noticed blood pooled in the … More Britain’s First Railway Murder
There are five books in The Trail Series by AA Abbott. The Bride’s Trail The first book in the series I got on Kindle. It leads into the Kat White series. Kat’s fake weddings made big bucks. But now the money’s gone and a killer wants her dead…… Glamorous Kat is the flatmate Amy dreamed … More The Trail Series
We found this at the back of the cupboard. I couldn’t remember doing it before and it soon became clear why not…….. The story is OK. A couple win a trip to a haunted castle and arrive to find they are the only (non-related) guests. Everyone else has arrived for a reading to find out … More Glenmore Haunting
Who Dun It Final Curtain is another jigsaw in the same series as Murder at Pelham Castle Again we were required to read the short mystery story then assemble the puzzle and solve the crime. The only indication on the box is the cast of suspects to the grisly crime. This time the action was set in … More Who Dun It – Final Curtain Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle
I received the Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band jigsaw as a Christmas present. While I have come to like the mystery puzzles, where you don’t know the picture in advance, the Bepuzzled ones tend to be uncolourful. As in, all the pieces are the same colour. So it took me a while to get … More Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band
Size 12 Is Not Fat is the first book in the Heather Wells Mysteries series by Meg Cabot. Size 12 Is Not Fat Heather Wells Rocks! Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two — and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, … More Heather Wells Mysteries
I’ve just listened to The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. I don’t normally listen to books, but I enjoyed listening to this one. Joyce is the newest member of the retirement village Thursday Murder Club. She begins the story of how they meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. The other members … More The Thursday Murder Club
This is the first book in the Detective Daniel Hawthorne series by Anthony Horowitz. The story starts when an elderly woman goes into an undertaker’s, arranges her own funeral……and is murdered 6 hours later. The story started as a simple murder mystery. The first chapter sets the scene, describing a lady making arrangements for a … More The Word Is Murder
Murder at the Museum is another Bits and Pieces jigsaw by Artist Gene Dieckhoner. As with all Bits and Pieces puzzles, this jigsaw offers a variety of interesting and non-repetitive puzzle shapes. Although a mystery jigsaw, the picture on the box is also the picture on the puzzle. So you can do this as an … More Murder at the Museum
As featured in Shortlist, The Evening Standard and The Mirror “A Mystery in the Life Artois” is a 4-6 Player Murder Mystery Set in Luxurious Chateau d’Estelle. The game is designed by award-winning Red Herring Games (includes instructions, invitations and envelopes, character booklets, four folded clues, an envelope containing the solution, “making the most of … More A Mystery in the Life Artois
