How to Host a Murder
How to Host a Murder

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Publisher: Decipher

Published: 1990-06-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781878875068

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In Episode 6, Hoo Hung Wu, you have received an invitation to join the Family Hoo at their summer home on Hoo-Hung-Wu Islands to celebrate the Festival of the Autumn Moon. Suspense and intrigue abound as the 8 guests try to learn who murdered Hoo. Come in costume and assume the role of one of the suspects; Hoo Li-Gan (head of the prominent large Hoo family -- 3 wives, 6 concubines and at least 11 children), General Shang Hai-Shek (fearsome warrior, noted swordsman and close friend of Hoo Li-Gan), Hao Dee-Doo (a man of impeccable moral character, favored by the emperor), Pen Ta-Gon (nationally reputed scholar and author of the philosophical treatise The Way To Con Fu-shun), Wee Ping (beautiful well-provided for young widow of Wu Wun), Wu Pi (well educated, beautiful eldest daughter of Wu family), Hoo Ting (young second wife of Hoo Li-Gan, competent and efficient manager of the Hoo households), or Ding Ling (niece of the famous General of the Empire, beautiful young poetess). Imagine your home is an eighth-century Chinese mansion, as you and your guests enjoy hours of suspense and intrigue -- but mainly humor -- as you solve the crime over hot tea, spring rolls, wonton soup, Hoo House marinated pork roast...with plum wine and Chinese beer.

How to Create Your Own Murder Mystery Party
How to Create Your Own Murder Mystery Party

Author: Joseph J. Franco

Publisher:

Published: 2007-07-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781419663635

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How To Create Your Own Murder Mystery Party will guide you through writing your own custom murder mystery party games. What sets these games apart from the store bought 'boxed' type of murder mystery games is that the party is designed by you and around the people coming to the party. After all, who knows your friends better than you? The other major and most fun difference is that the murderer is one of the guests. They know they are the killer and will be trying to protect themselves by lying, hindering others' progress, etc, while keeping their identity a secret. The book is a step-by-step guide, including many completed examples and a quick start game. The book covers how to get started, how to generate story ideas, choosing a murder weapon and body, how to choose who plays the murderer, generating ideas for puzzles and clues and the difference between the two, timing during the game, setting difficulty levels, keeping people involved and having fun and ending the game.

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered

Author: Karen Kilgariff

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2019-05-28

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1250178967

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The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, the voices behind the hit podcast My Favorite Murder! Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation. In Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, Karen and Georgia focus on the importance of self-advocating and valuing personal safety over being ‘nice’ or ‘helpful.’ They delve into their own pasts, true crime stories, and beyond to discuss meaningful cultural and societal issues with fierce empathy and unapologetic frankness. “In many respects, Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered distills the My Favorite Murder podcast into its most essential elements: Georgia and Karen. They lay themselves bare on the page, in all of their neuroses, triumphs, failures, and struggles. From eating disorders to substance abuse and kleptomania to the wonders of therapy, Kilgariff and Hardstark recount their lives with honesty, humor, and compassion, offering their best unqualified life-advice along the way.” —Entertainment Weekly “Like the podcast, the book offers funny, feminist advice for survival—both in the sense of not getting killed and just, like, getting a job and working through your personal shit so you can pay your bills and have friends.” —Rolling Stone At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Tragical Mystery Tour
Tragical Mystery Tour

Author: Neal Shusterman

Publisher: Decipher Incorporated

Published: 1999-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781878875761

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In Episode 13 (our newest) Tragical Mystery Tour, you are part of the tuned-in, turned-on hippie crowd. You've been invited on a cross county road trip to Beefstock with the coolest rock singer of the time: Hedda Leiss. While you're hanging out at Hedda's love pad -- POW -- an explosion rocks the house! The psychedelic love bus is dust...with Hedda on board. Come in tye-dye and bell bottoms and assume the role of one of these hip chicks or dudes; celebrated playboy and record founder Philip Mabong; rasta party girl Jamaica Bomblast; mind expansionist and spiritual guru Timothy Bleary; Miss America runner-up Enya Goddard-Daveeda; NASA's golden boy Juan Stepford Mann; consummate groupie/tie-dye inventor Reina Terra; handsome, upstart activist Nate Ashbury; and rising political star Burnette Debrah. Imagine your home as a 'love pad' in the late sixties, with black light and lava lamp as you and your hippie friends enjoy hours of suspense and intrigue (but mainly humor) as you solve the crime over a feast of sun dried tomato hummus, bean sprout salad, wild rice and special brownies. Peace, baby...

Murder by the Book
Murder by the Book

Author: Claire Harman

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0525436154

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Early on the morning of May 6, 1840, the elderly Lord William Russell was found in his London house with his throat so deeply cut that his head was nearly severed. The crime soon had everyone, including Queen Victoria, feverishly speculating about motives and methods. But when the prime suspect claimed to have been inspired by a sensational crime novel, it sent shock waves through literary London and drew both Dickens and Thackeray into the fray. Could a novel really lead someone to kill? In Murder by the Book, Claire Harman blends a riveting true-crime whodunit with a fascinating account of the rise of the popular novel and the early battle for its soul among the most famous writers of the day.

The Darkest Evening
The Darkest Evening

Author: Ann Cleeves

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1250204526

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows—comes the stunning new Vera Stanhope novel, The Darkest Evening. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers."—Louise Penny "As a huge fan of both the Shetland and Vera series of books, I had high expectations for Cleeves’ latest. . . . A stunning debut for Cleeves’ latest crimefighter."—David Baldacci on The Long Call On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the hills. Though the road is familiar, she misses a turning and soon becomes lost and disorientated. A car has skidded off the narrow road in front of her, its door left open, and she stops to help. There is no driver to be seen, so Vera assumes that the owner has gone to find help. But a cry calls her back: a toddler is strapped in the back seat. Vera takes the child and, driving on, she arrives at a place she knows well. Brockburn is a large, grand house in the wilds of Northumberland, now a little shabby and run down. It’s also where her father, Hector, grew up. Inside, there’s a party in full swing: music, Christmas lights and laughter. Outside, unbeknownst to the revelers, a woman lies dead in the snow. As the blizzard traps the group deep in the freezing Northumberland countryside, Brockburn begins to give up its secrets, and as Vera digs deeper into her investigation, she also begins to uncover her family’s complicated past.

An Obscure Grave
An Obscure Grave

Author: Jim Doherty

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-06-17

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781720984955

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A beautiful victim. An elusive criminal. A part time policeman. Three pieces of the mystery that is Jim Doherty's AN OBSCURE GRAVE. Dan Sullivan, UC Berkeley undergrad and part-time cop, is working the tip-line for a missing-persons case that is getting national attention. DeeDee Merryweather, beautiful Cal co-ed, has disappeared. The prevailing theory is that she's been abducted. But one of the tipsters, an anonymous caller claiming psychic powers, believes it's a murder, because, she says, she's sensed DeeDee's corpse buried in a makeshift tomb. If she's right, the Berkeley Police and the FBI are on the wrong track. But will a part-time reservist be able to put them on the right one that leads to DeeDee's obscure grave? And, from there, to her killer? Jim Doherty, author of JUST THE FACTS: TRUE TALES OF COPS AND CRIMINALS, crafts a challenging mystery within this spot on police procedural. AN OBSCURE GRAVE, his first novel, was a finalist for a CWA Debut Dagger Award, competing with hundreds of entries from all over the world.

The Good, the Bad & the Guilty
The Good, the Bad & the Guilty

Author: Neal Shusterman

Publisher:

Published: 2003-10-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781582362298

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In Episode 12, The Good, The Bad & The Guilty, you have been invited to the public hanging of The Malevolent Seven, a gang of most villainous scum. The time is 2nd July, 1881. The territory is Roadkill, Wyoming. Before the festivities begin, a murder is discovered -- Judge Waylon Payne. Come in your chaps and assume the role of one of these Old West characters: the first lady of outlaws, Butch Chastity; the mysterious long gunslinger, P'Elvis Swagarin; strong determined patriarch, Helena Handcart; distinguished leader of the Cowpai tribe, Chief Breaking Wind; proud madam of the best little you-know-what in Roadkill, Elvira-Lynn Fekshin; famous lawman Wyatt Hertz; town preacher and undertaker, Dee Adela Muerte; and dazzling heart-throb gunfighter Elias Truist-Heath. Imagine your Main St. home in the Wild West as you and your guests enjoy hours of suspense (but mainly humor) as you solve the crime over an authentic feast of Prairie Chicken and chipped beef.

How to Write, Plan, Organize, Play and Host the Perfect Murder Mystery Game Party
How to Write, Plan, Organize, Play and Host the Perfect Murder Mystery Game Party

Author: Dean Amory

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-10-12

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1326045490

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If you have ever wanted to host your own murder mystery party game but you did not know where to start, then this book is the perfect guide for you! Whether your guests are old friends or new acquaintances, a murder mystery provides drama and intrigue, encourages participation and helps guests bond through a common goal: to solve the mystery. I present to you a step by step guide for writing, planning, organizing, playing and hosting the perfect professional quality murder mystery party of your dreams. All the ideas and inspiration you could possibly ever need to throw are included in this guide. x creating the plot x guest invitations x casting of characters x Timeline: Checklist from the first idea to the thank you message x host guide with instructions, invitation, confirmation, reminder, guest list, costume suggestions, name tags, general background, ground plan, character profile, public and confidential clues, goals, additional plots, welcome word, ....