Over the last Bank Holiday the City Adventurers took a trip back in time to 1923 and arrived at the home of Lady Rothersfield. It was her birthday weekend and her family were gathering for a family portrait. In attendance were her two children, Lord Anthony and Miss Annabel. Nice but dim Lord Anthony was … More A Brush with Death
William Shaw’s Breen and Tozer Series contains 4 Books – A Song from Dead Lips, A House of Knives, A Book of Scars, Sympathy for the Devil The whole series is available from City Adventurers Solve The Murder Sympathy for the Devil William Shaw’s Sympathy for the Devil is set in London in 1969 and … More Breen and Tozer Series
Another bits and pieces jigsaw where no two pieces are the same. Death in The Desert Mystery Puzzle is designed by Gene Dieckhoner. Can you solve the mystery of this puzzle? Available from Amazon at https://amzn.to/2Xg1qKS
Murder on the Titanic is a jigsaw puzzle with a murder mystery waiting to be solved. Although it suggests you read the story first, the City adventurers dived into completing the jigsaw instead. Assembling the 1,000-piece puzzle was made harder by the picture not being anything like the collage of photographs on the box front. The … More Murder on the Titanic
“If you enjoy curling up with a hot cocoa in one hand and a great who-dunnit novel in the other, you will want to attend the next Writers of Kern Meeting.” said the advertisement. The Writers of Kern had invited best-selling cozy mystery author Dean James, better known to his fans as Miranda James, to … More “How to Kill People for Fun and Profit” (Writing Mysteries)
I recently purchased a jigsaw called “The Da Vinci Code, Mona Lisa Revealed”. What drew me to this one was the description of a mystery jigsaw with a free UV torch. A UV Torch?! Wow, that was different. The Da Vinci Code, Mona Lisa Revealed is a 750-Piece Mystery Puzzle. As with a lot of … More Mona Lisa Revealed Jigsaw
Who can forget the thrills of a classic British seaside holiday? 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 … More Bookin’s holiday park
After an unusual year of dance, things were heating up in the finals of the Ballroom & Latin dance championships. This year, for the first time, the championships were being covered by the local TV station. That wouldn’t stop squabbles over sequins, frenzies over feathers, and a tussle with the tango. You could even say … More Strictly Murder
The City Adventurers were invited to join Bob Roberts and his family for an important family get-together. Bob Roberts, a retired builder and horse breeder, had invited everyone to a dinner cooked by his lovely wife, Sylvia. Unfortunately, despite bags of enthusiasm, she was not the greatest of cooks. In fact the only thing she … More In Custardy!
A couple of months ago we got an invitation to the surprise birthday party of Constance Moaning. For those who don’t know her, Constance is a cranky old bat who gets her fun by spoiling things for her family & friends. This party was to be an extension of that, with the added bonus that … More It’s My Party and I’ll Die If I Want To
