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

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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. Thank you, Random House Cornerstone, for a copy of ‘The Murder Game’ I liked the premise of this ‘Agatha Christie’ locked room murder mystery set in a whole hotel with no phone signal, what’s not to love. The arrival of a man who is hated by all heightens the mystery and as the events of the evening progress an actual murder takes place. Rounding up a group of interlinked people in a remote location and slowly revealing their connections and secrets is of course a classic starting off point for a whodunnit filled with twists and turns.

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On the other side, Nigel Cobb, local contractor currently employed by White on the renovations on the lighthouse. Whilst I had figured out who the murderer was it did not take away the enjoyment of seeing this Cluedo story play out.

Honestly I contemplated DNF several times and I've just thrown the book aside at the epilogue as I just couldn't be bothered to read on. Having enjoyed last year’s “A Fatal Crossing” by Tom Hindle, I was keen to read his latest murder mystery. Tom Hindle's A Fatal Crossing was one of my favourite new discoveries within the genre last year, and the author's second novel is even better.

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It won't escape fans of Horowitz that there is something of a "Midsomer Murders" feel to this story too. Tom Hindle is originally from Yorkshire and now lives in Oxfordshire, where he works for a digital PR agency. 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. Everyone was just anxious to find the murderer, me being one of them, and then 2 o'clock came around and shit hit the fan. After reading and thoroughly enjoying the author’s first novel, A fatal crossing, I was delighted to read this next offering.I had guessed the killer about halfway through the book and although the final twist was one I didn’t see coming, it stretched my credulity somewhat. There are clues, there are red herrings and there are the usual suspects and the ever present motives. There are deep lies and discoveries that intertwine between past and present and Hindle has really set a stride with this one.