The Murder Game: A gripping murder mystery from the author of A Fatal Crossing

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The Murder Hame by Tom Hindle is published today by Cornerstone (an imprint of Penguin Random House) and you can now buy a copy from your favourite local book shop! I loved how the game was constructed and how everything went down hill when a murder happened during the murder mystery party. My main reason for DNFing is because the premise is inaccurate, although my knowledge of this only comes from my career. Essentially, there's upset in a Devon village when the lighthouse is to be developed by a local developer who left for London as a teen and has returned; he is hugely unpopular because he 'stole' the planning permission for development from a popular local who also runs the tourist information. I'm a Town Planner and it's impossible to steal a planning permission, it belongs the building, not to a person. My other issue, that the local council is believed to have been bribed by the developer to give him the planning permission, comes across as lazy plotting that bashes 'corrupt' councils. Anyone can apply for planning permission, for any building, but only the person who owns it can implement that permission, if approved, and undertake the development.

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I was looking forward to reading The Murder game after reading the authors first novel The fatal crossing and enjoyed it. But it seems that someone wants to play a different game. There is going to be a real victim and a real murderer with a very real motive. I enjoyed what I read of this more than the A Fatal Crossing, because it felt more focused and more clearly plotted. However, there are a lot of characters and perspectives though, which I was struggling to keep on top of, but this may have improved had I continued to read.

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The mystery itself is an intriguing one. It is possibly not the most original but sometimes it's great to just relax and enjoy a story that has a traditional feel to it. It's like settling down to watch a classic murder mystery on a Sunday evening. There are a few twists and turns, the odd red herring and a few reveals around events that happened in the past. I did see some of the reveals coming but there were a few surprises in there too. Tom Hindle hails from Leeds and lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, a cat and two surprisingly cunning tortoises. He is the author of A Fatal Crossing and now The Murder Game - which have both been inspired by masters of the crime genre such as Agatha Christie and Anthony Horowitz. Poor plot with a most uninteresting twist. Weak characters with no depth left me not caring what happened to any of them. Terrible prose and narrative. I'm still getting over 'the smile slipped off his face like grease' and 'she felt panic skirting across her face'.

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Most of the characters are unlikable but that did not spoil the story at all if anything it only added more suspects to my list. From the despised to the pitied they are not only well-developed but realistic. There is some authentic-feeling portrayal of PTSD in the story and it was a clever idea to focus the narrative mostly on the viewpoint s of the four younger (early 20s) – all very different – characters: Lily, heiress to and daughter of the murdered man; Will, organiser of the event but struggling with long-term trauma; Theo, actor in the game and aspiring actor outside it; and Justin, local journalist, desperate for a big story to break him out into the big papers. This book was actually such a fun book to read, it was a bit slow at some places, but I think it has the perfect amount of tension and cliffhangers between each hour of the night were delectable I was at the edge of my seat whenever I finished a part and had to sleep because I had to wake up early the next day. I love a good closed circle murder mystery so this was right up my street and so well done. There's a small(ish) cast of not especially likeable characters, some secrets from the past, a few grudges and a lot of twists and turns.A lot is riding on the first murder mystery party being held at Hamlet Hall. Organiser Will Hooper wants to prove himself and right certain wrongs from the past. And Ian Davies, the hotel's owner, desperately need money to keep the Hall running. He's willing to give anything that can draw in the locals out of season a try and has put a lot of money and effort into making the first event a roaring success. Book Genre: Boarding School, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, School Stories, Teen, Thriller, Young Adult who wouldnt want to go to a murder mystery evening but before the night is over there will be a murder and with the perp looking as though they are one of the guests fun times ahead for those waiting to go home