The Murder Game
ISBN: 9781804942345
Description
Guests assemble at Hamlet Hall for a New Year's Eve party to remember. They are to take part in a murder mystery game with a 1920s twist, and everyone has their own part to play. But the evening has barely begun when one guest is found dead - killed by an injury to the head.
Reviewed on 17th January 2026
I was a bit dubious going in after not enjoying Hindle's previous murder mystery as much as I had hoped, but luckily I was wrong and this one's great fun.
It's New Year's Eve, and a murder mystery party has been organised to try to drum up some business from the dilapidated local hotel - but everyone's got a challenging life at the moment and are looking for ways to solve it... which may or may not include killing off one of the players.
It's a really clever little classic mystery, with a solid cast of characters with proper backgrounds, connections, and unresolved histories. I liked the various point of view characters, and that we got to spend time in several heads, not just one. The more contemporary setting was nice but didn't detract from a story that feels pretty timeless.
I did manage to spot the conclusion coming, but I don't think that's a negative at all - the perfect mystery is the one the reader solves just before the characters.
