A Fete Worse Than Death by Richard James (Comedy Mystery)

Ray Martin, a television actor famed for playing TV’s Inspector Brady, is invited to open the village fete and soon finds himself at the centre of a real-life mystery. The festivities turn deadly in the produce tent, with ambitions, infidelities, and petty rivalries (“marrow envy”) providing plenty of motives. When a not-so-popular figure is murdered, Ray—far from his scriptwriters—must play detective for real, navigating a cast of eccentric villagers in a race to unmask the culprit.

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A Murder is Announced – A Miss Marple Mystery (Thriller) by Agatha Christie

A Murder is Announced – A Miss Marple Mystery (Thriller) by Agatha Christie

10th - 14th February 2026. When a newspaper advertisement announces that a murder will take place at Miss Blacklock's house at 6:30 PM, curious neighbours gather expecting a harmless parlour game. But when the lights go out and real shots are fired, everyone becomes a suspect in a deadly web of false identities and hidden motives.

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