Plots

The 2^nd World War has been savagely fought for three years. It’s 1942 and the Home Guard are doing their bit to protect Flotsam-on-Sea. On a moonlit Saturday night Captain Blathering and his squad of Corporal Punishment and Private Parts are patrolling the area. Sometime in the night Harry Hawker is viciously done to death in the cemetery. The body is found by the knit-for-victory ladies the next morning, when they gather for their knitting circle. Who had the desire and the opportunity to kill him? Come and help the private detective Lida Lott find the murderer, in this latest instalment from Murder Most Fun.

Ludicrus Pompus has been Emperor for two years. He needs a holiday at Villa Pompeii. His retinue of back-stabbing, unsociable, scheming, sex-driven reprobates, gather at the Villa for an informal evening with their unbeloved Emperor. The evening begins with not uncommon Roman entertainment: death by sword. The sword of Sparactacus, the incompetent bodyguard, is found beside the blood-soaked body of Publius Commodus, the Emperor’s hated and feared Private Secretary and Spymaster.

Is Botoxa Buxia, the Vestal Virgin, really an innocent maiden? Is Sextus Severus, the Head Eunuch, really no good with a sword? All of the suspects have motives for murder. Can you help Lida Lotta find the perpetrator?

A Tale of Sherwood Forest

Lord Ivanadelbrayne and Roger of Ruislip, the Sheriff of Nottingham, are on a hunting trip in Sherwood Forest. They are camped in the forest awaiting breakfast, when the famous outlaw, Colin of Croxley, invades the camp. He intends to rescue his beloved Maid Maureen, but she is unaware that she needs rescuing. Colin’s thunder is stolen as the body of the Black Knight is found in the river, by Deirdre Dumpling, the cook. Lady Ivanadelbrayne is strangely grieved by the Knight’s death. With your help Lida Lott must use all her mystery-solving skills to find the killer.