New blog post this week:
Coming soon: The Cousins
I'm always a little bit surprised when I meet a deadline...
#mysteryreaders #newbooks #comingsoon #decemberbooks #murdermystery
#murdermystery
Timothy the Talking Cat in a Locked Room Mystery
“There’s been a MURDER!”
“Where! Who! Why!”
“Here! I don’t know! I don’t know that either!”
“Oh no!”
“Oh yes! A despicable and yet most mysterious murder!”
“I know I said ‘where’ already but can you be more specific?”
“Behind this locked and bolted door, within the windowless room which has no means of entry OR exit!”
“But then there’s no way the murderer could get in!”
“Exactly!”
“And no way the murderer could escape!”
“Exactly! It is a locked room mystery!”
“We’d better open the door then.”
“We can’t! The KEY HAS GONE!”
“Oh no!”
“Oh yes. Not only is the door locked from the outside but the key is missing!”
“Wait…how do you know the key is missing?”
“I threw it out of the window.”
“It was you who locked the door wasn’t it?”
“Of course! That is why it is all SO mysterious. I locked the door so how did the murderer get in while I was out here all the time!”
“That is a mystery…but wait, if the door is locked and the key is missing, how do you know there was a murder?”
“Well the guy inside was dying and shouting ‘murder’ and ‘your murdering me’ and ‘I can’t breathe'”
“This is an air tight room…”
“Yes, completely. Which makes it even more mysterious!”
“You locked somebody in an airtight room and threw away the key?”
“Yes but now there has been a murder.”
“Oh, I’m pretty sure I know who the murderer is…”
“Who???”
“It was you Timothy…you murdered who ever you locked in that air tight room.”
“How was I supposed to know that people need air to breathe!”
“Well, you would know because I can see that on your iPad you still have a web page open entitled ‘How to Suffocate Your Victims By Locking Them in an Airtight Room'”
“Gasp! But I must be innocent!”
“Why?”
“There’s now way you would post a story in which everybody’s favourite purple cat commits a horrible murder!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll just end the whole thing by saying you were having a nightmare or something.”
“Not much of nightmare for me. A big nightmare for the guy in that locked room though.”
“I guess so. Who was it anyway?”
“That’s the BIG TWIST – it was YOU!”
“Nooooo!!!!!!!!! Wait, I’m fine.”
“THAT”S WHY IT IS SO MYSTERIOUS!”
The #MurderMystery is intriguing, but the investigation makes sense only if you can credit some extraordinary intuitive leaps, which in my humble opinion have always been a weakness in the series. Still, I will happily read the series to its end. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6648170171 #books
The Deadliest Serial Killer of the Wild West
Dennis Fischman's review of The Luck Runs Out (Peter Shandy, #2) https://buff.ly/OVYZkEc #books #fiction #MurderMystery
Bastian Pastewka in seinem Element! 🕵️♂️ Prime Video hat Startdatum und Key Art für die Murder-Mystery-Komödie „Fabian und Die mörderische Hochzeit“ enthüllt.
Ein glückloser Hochstapler landet am 6. Februar 2026 inmitten einer skurrilen Hochzeitsgesellschaft – und einer Leiche. Das wird mörderisch lustig!
Infos zum Film: https://kinofans.com/fabian-moerderische-hochzeit-prime-video-startdatum-pastewka/
#FabianDieMörderischeHochzeit #BastianPastewka #PrimeVideo #MurderMystery #Startdatum
A retelling of another story - November 26, 2025 - While not a direct retelling, the third book of the Lady Sherlock series reimagines the characters of the original Sherlock Holmes series in a refreshing, entertaining way. These books are just plain fun to read.
Rating ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/4
#allisonpicksbooks #bookstodon #bookstodoner #LadySherlock #historicalfiction #murdermystery #detectivebooks
White out, but dark, very dark, inside human hearts. What a Christmas story! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7652132383 #books #fiction #MurderMystery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Review
#KnivesOut #Wakeupdeadman #WakeUpDeadManAKnivesOut #mystery #murdermystery #DanielCraig #JoshOConnor #GlennClose #MilaKunis #JeremyRanner #AndrewScott #KerryWashington #film #filmreview
https://popculturemaniacs.com/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery-review/
I just released my new novel, The Quiet Hand. It’s a contemporary murder mystery and a very different beast from my fantasy novels. Writing it pushed me into new territory in the best possible way.
If you enjoy character-driven tension, sharp twists, and a grounded investigative vibe, give it a look:
DIRECT: https://ruckerworks.com/shop/the-quiet-hand-ebook/
LULU: https://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-s-williamson/the-quiet-hand/ebook/product-dypp8n6.html
My new murder mystery, The Quiet Hand, is now available as an ebook on Lulu.
Three murders in Portland come with easy explanations, but Detective Rebecca Friedrich isn’t buying it. The truth twists beneath the surface, pulling her into something colder—and toward the shadows she hoped she’d left behind.
If you enjoy tense, character-driven crime stories, this one might grab you.
https://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-s-williamson/the-quiet-hand/ebook/product-dypp8n6.html
#MurderMystery #CrimeFiction #IndieAuthor #MysteryBooks #AmWriting
Unsolved Police Cases That Defy Explanation Chilling True Crime Mysteries They Couldn't Crack
https://www.loudscary.com/2025/11/unsolved-police-cases-that-defy.html
#truecrime #unsolvedmysteries #coldcase #murdermystery #truecrimecommunity #truecrimepodcast #crime #serialkiller #paranormal #haunted #murderino #truecrimeaddict #truecrimetok #truecrimetiktok #crimejunkie #unsolved #creepy #horror #scary #ghosts #watcherhouse #blackdahlia #zodiackiller #jonbenetramsey #elisalamlost #hinterkaifeck #boyinthebox #maryceleste #jimmyhoffa
I thought I had spotted the solution early on, and I was almost right, but there was a final twist that threw me for a loop, both intellectually and emotionally. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8078086463 #books #fiction #MurderMystery
Facilities to die for!!!
Ask which UK film production🤓
#Aberfall #MurderMystery #Whodunnit #SetLife #UKFilmingLocation #LocationFilmingUK #LincolnshireNews #UKContentCreation
Facilities to die for!!!
Ask which UK film production🤓
#Aberfall #MurderMystery #Whodunnit #SetLife #UKFilmingLocation #LocationFilmingUK #LincolnshireNews #UKContentCreation
Watch now the recording from Pennsic 52 of our biggest commedia dell'arte show of the year!
Catch all our zany slapstick fun here: https://linktr.ee/PlayersPatchwork
Was the old miser Pantalone unalived at Pennsic 52! If so, which of our commedia dell'arte characters did it? Was it his daughter Isabella for blocking her romance with Oratio? Was it professional soldier Capitano Testosteroné? Was it spurned witch Pasquella and her hungry lion? His betrothed Vittoria will find the culprit - as she was supposed to marry him first!
Investigate "The Unusual Suspects" to find the answers in our biggest commedia dell'arte performance of the year at Pennsic 52 in the Society for Creative Anachronism, a comedic whodoneit murder mystery set in the style of Sixteenth Century Italian Renaissance semi-improvisational farcical theatre!
Starring:
➤ Lord Harald Longfellow as Pantalone
➤ Larisa West as Isabella
➤ Baroness Cael O'Conaill the Leafy Green as Colombina
➤ Lady Alienor de Saint Remi as Arlecchinno
➤ Baroness Edekyn o Fierhie as Vittoria
➤ Lord Aaron of Cleftlands as Brighella
➤ Elio Fidelis as Oratio
➤ Master Johann Steinarsson as Pedrolino
➤ Mistress Aibhilin inghean Daibhidh as Pasquella
➤ Forester James Barkley as Leoni
➤ Lord Heinrich Pfannzelt as Dottore Gratiano
➤ THL Niccolò Bartolazzi as Capitano Testosteroné
➤ THL Avelina del Dolce as Olivetta
➤ April Schultz as Lisetta
➤ Mallie of Bright Hills as Marietta
Original scenario for "The Fraudulent Wedding" by Niccolò Bartolazzi (mka Jess Rudolph). Thanks to Larisa & Elio and Master Dahrien Cordell for providing intermezzo entertainment!
#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #Mystery #MurderMystery #WhoDoneIt
I just finished reading Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford. It's set in an alternate 1920s USA in the state of Cahokia. It's centered on a detective relatively new to the city of Cahokia, so you are learning the city through his coming to terms with it. The start is somewhat grisly, but worth getting past that for experiencing the setting. For my part, I enjoyed the atmospherics more than the story itself, but you may feel different.
Premiering TONIGHT at 7:00pm EST! Watch the recording from Pennsic 52 of our biggest commedia dell'arte show of the year!
Catch all our zany slapstick fun here: https://linktr.ee/PlayersPatchwork
Was the old miser Pantalone unalived at Pennsic 52! If so, which of our commedia dell'arte characters did it? Was it his daughter Isabella for blocking her romance with Oratio? Was it professional soldier Capitano Testosteroné? Was it spurned witch Pasquella and her hungry lion? His betrothed Vittoria will find the culprit - as she was supposed to marry him first!
Investigate "The Unusual Suspects" to find the answers in our biggest commedia dell'arte performance of the year at Pennsic 52 in the Society for Creative Anachronism, a comedic whodoneit murder mystery set in the style of Sixteenth Century Italian Renaissance semi-improvisational farcical theatre!
Starring:
➤ Lord Harald Longfellow as Pantalone
➤ Larisa West as Isabella
➤ Baroness Cael O'Conaill the Leafy Green as Colombina
➤ Lady Alienor de Saint Remi as Arlecchinno
➤ Baroness Edekyn o Fierhie as Vittoria
➤ Lord Aaron of Cleftlands as Brighella
➤ Elio Fidelis as Oratio
➤ Master Johann Steinarsson as Pedrolino
➤ Mistress Aibhilin inghean Daibhidh as Pasquella
➤ Forester James Barkley as Leoni
➤ Lord Heinrich Pfannzelt as Dottore Gratiano
➤ THL Niccolò Bartolazzi as Capitano Testosteroné
➤ THL Avelina del Dolce as Olivetta
➤ April Schultz as Lisetta
➤ Mallie of Bright Hills as Marietta
Original scenario for "The Fraudulent Wedding" by Niccolò Bartolazzi (mka Jess Rudolph). Thanks to Larisa & Elio and Master Dahrien Cordell for providing intermezzo entertainment!
#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #Mystery #MurderMystery #WhoDoneIt
The amount of violence is unnecessary: I wanted to skip over pages at a time to get back to the plot. Dennis Fischman's review of Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, #2) https://buff.ly/p0bcGnv #books #fiction #MurderMystery
Client Info
Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst