#Locked Room Mystery

[solenoglyph]

First look at MANORQUEST, an rpgmaker visual novel.

In this locked-room mystery, you play the role of the mastermind's reluctant assistant. All you have to do is read your lines and pretend you don't know why the front door won't open. And, if it's not too much trouble, lure one of the subjects into a romantic tryst or to an untimely demise.

The prologue is available for download on itchio now!

I will be updating my progress as a dev here along with more art, gameplay, and story. Please follow or message me if you have questions, comments, or want to get involved as a beta tester!

[marlocandeea]

i love that trope that's like. the ghosts are real AND theyll help you solve this

[irregularscans]

Introducing our newest series - Kaiki Tantei Sharaku Homura, an award winning self publication!

Join Homura and Karate-kun as they solve impossible mysteries in every single case, including locked room murders, footprints in the snow, vanishing corpses, and more!

Here's the Mangadex link, go check it out!

[pitch-and-moan]

Sherlock Holmes: In an Empty World

A dark third installment of the Robert Downey Jr. version of Sherlock Holmes, loosely based on The Adventure of the Empty House. Despite the audience finding out Holmes didn't die in Game of Shadows, this last film is about Holmes and Watson (with Jude Law reprising) solving a locked room murder. The audience finds out in the end that Watson solves the murder on his own, and that Holmes is still missing. The Holmes we see throughout the film is just Watson's fantasy of how Holmes would have solved the case.

[ternasyl]

*click* STATEMENT BEGINS

Hello everyone and welcome to my TWISTED MIND PALACE!! I was dragged against my will onto this website by an anonymous Poster and may or may not Tumble from time to time (that's the verb right?).

I'm a freak about horror and mystery fiction, as well as gay people (being one myself. that's right. i'm one (1) gay people.). I'm currently hugely obsessed with The Magnus Podcasts, as well as Japanese mystery fiction, but my interests go as far as gayass soshage featuring big boys with big bulges, as well as emotional character-driven fantasy novel epics such as Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings cycle. I'm a bit all over the place really.

I also like music.

These old bones have recently been rattling it out to:

For the ones interested in seeing a stranger foam at the mouth about a mostly untranslated folkloric mystery series of novels on a blog with a very obscene title, look no further than my post on Natsuhiko Kyougoku's Hyakki Yakou series:

Look at how cool this guy is. Don't you wanna read a Bulgarian madman's ravings about him?

Sorry i got a bit bored with writing this post so i'll be ending it now i guess. byeeeee

[jackheathwriter]

Out TODAY! 🎉 Thanks to all the incredible people at Allen & Unwin, Audible, and Curtis Brown Australia. In a world where ChatGPT exists, human writers need to focus on quality over quantity, take creative risks, and write from their own experience rather than regurgitating things which have been done before. But I would never have had the guts to write something so deeply personal if I wasn't dead certain that these three fantastic teams would have my back every step of the way, turning this story into the most enthralling version of itself. Thanks also to all the wonderful authors who provided quotes, and most of all to my wife for encouraging me (egging me on, in fact). Find at your favourite bookshop in Australia/New Zealand, in the Audible app, or online at jackheathwriter.com/books . And if you're in Melbourne, Sydney or Canberra, grab a slice of wedding cake at one of the launches: jackheathwriter.com/events . If you have thoughts about the book, I'd love to hear them--tag me in your posts!

[bookishlyvintage]

Someone Else's Life, Lyn Liao Butler

[thoughts here | book sleeve here]

[bargainsleuthbooks]

#AgathaChristie: A Very Elusive Woman by #LucyWorsley #BookReview #AudiobookReview #QueenofCrime #Biography #Writer

" A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural historian Lucy Worsley." #AgathaChristie #LucyWorsley #Biography #Bookreview #AudiobookReview #MysteryWriter #HerculePoirot #MissMarple #2022Books

A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural historian Lucy Worsley. “Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.” Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was “just” an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn’t?  Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley…

[torpublishinggroup]

It’s happy hour somewhere! And by somewhere, we mean right here, with our our video series #HappyHourWithEddie where sci-fi extraordinaire Eddie Robson tells us the evening’s drink of choice, and then cool stuff about his new alien diplomacy locked room mystery Drunk On All Your Strange New Words 👽🍻 

Tonight, we’re asking Eddie, ‘What’s most important about writing aliens?’ so pull up a chair and get comfortable as we sit together under the stars and chat about what moves beyond them 🌌🛸

[mysteryofmurder]

But for all that, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders contains what has to be one of the most baffling and brilliantly-conceived serial killings in all of mystery-writing fiction (if you think you can name me one better, I dare you to try...), and one of the most deviously-hidden culprits of all time.

Check out the rest of my review on The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada below!

[recommendmeanime]

Not even dear Detective Conan is solving murders all the time, but these mystery anime series are all about catching killers.

[jenmedsbookreviews]

The Chamber by Will Dean

Happy publication day Will Dean. The Chamber is out right now and it's one heck of a suspenseful and tense read. @willrdean @hodderbooks @mandie163.mg #books #bookreview #thechamber #publicationday #bookstagram #booksofinstagram

Today I am delighted to be sharing my thoughts on the brand new thriller from Will Dean, The Chamber which just happens to be out today. Happy publication day Mr Dean. And because it’s a special day, Mandie is joining in too with her review. Our thanks to publisher Hodder & Stoughton for the advance copy via Netgalley. Here’s what it’s about: Source: NetgalleyRelease Date: 06 June 2024Publisher:…

[dianereviewsbooks]

The Noh Mask Murder

The Noh Mask Murder has the best conclusion of a golden age locked room mystery that I’ve read since Agatha Christie died. It is brilliant. There are two things that annoy me in this book. First, it spoils the ending of a famous Christie book. Second, it would have been mega helpful to put a cast of characters in the front of the book. The 1970s paperback publisher always added one to their…

[the-worlds-between-pages]

Thin Air by: Kellie M. Parker

Published by: Penguin Publication Date: October 17 2023 This book started so strong. I was so excited only to be let down at the end. First things first there are a ton of characters. I think fifteen? 12 of them are the students that are competing and the other 3 are the stewardesses. Our main character is a 17 year old who is on some seriously hard times. I felt so bad for her. Even after…

[thebestbookrecommendations]

Book Recommendation:

Daisy Darker - Alice Feeney

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense

Keywords: Family Drama, Unexpected Twists, Whodunit, Closed Circle Mystery, Secluded Island

Length: Medium

Rating: 3.5/5

Find on Goodreads:

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Teavent Day 10-Chocolate Mint Roobios Tea

Genre: Locked Room Mystery

[Image Description: A card reads “Chocolate Mint Rooibos Blend, Naturally caffeine-free rooibos blended with chocolate and mint. A holiday favorite.”]

“300 Spooky Hollow Road? That is quite the address,” I say to myself as I read the card on the invitation one more time. The road is a tunnel of trees, and the house looms above me. I’ve been summoned with the promise that “all will be explained,” though I assume that the friend who sent it was trying to build suspense for what would be a run-of-the-mill dinner party. Lightening fractured the sky above me as I wrang the doorbell...