Plays by Genre - Murder and Mystery Plays

Dead Reckoning

Eric Chappell

Josef Weinberger

3 Male 1 Female

++ 25% DISCOUNT ++ In this gripping psychological thriller, a renowned artist finding himself caught up in a maze of chilling mind games and deceit When the mysterious Mr Todd arrives at painter Tony Reed'...

$11.25

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Steven Canny & John Nicholson from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Nick Hern Books

3 Male 0 Female

++ 25% DISCOUNT ++Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover ... When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still e...

$11.99, $9.59 (20% off)

The Haunting

Hugh Janes from Charles Dickens

Nick Hern Books

2 Male 1 Female

Adapted from the ghost stories of Charles Dickens, a new spine-chilling classic for the stage, steeped in the history of classic Victorian tales of the supernatural, set to rival The Woman in Black ... In ...

$18.99, $14.24 (25% off)

The Veil

Conor McPherson

Nick Hern Books

3 Male 5 Female

May 1822, rural Ireland ... The defrocked Reverend Berkeley arrives at the crumbling former glory of Mount Prospect House to accompany seventeen year-old Hannah to England She is to be married off to a M...

$14.99, $11.24 (25% off)

Hound of the Baskervilles

Tim Kelly from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Samuel French Inc

5 Male 5 Female

Literature's most spine-tingling mystery has been adapted to a modern setting laced with plenty of suspense, humor, and terror Sir Henry has become heir to the vast Baskerville fortune It's a legacy that...

$9.99, $7.49 (25% off)

Imagine Drowning

Terry Johnson

Methuen

4 Male 2 Female

++ 25% DISCOUNT ++ A journalist disappears while covering a protest at Sellafield ... When his wife sets out to find him two weeks later, she stays at the same guesthouse and encounters the same bizarre c...

$11.99

Death by Fatal Murder

Peter Gordon

Josef Weinberger

4 Male 4 Female

++ 25% DISCOUNT ++Inspector Pratt's record of crime detection at Bagshot House isn't enviable His two previous visits - chronicled in Murdered to Death and Secondary Cause of Death - the body count moun...

$9.75

Darker Shores

Michael Punter

Methuen

2 Male 2 Female

A Victorian ghost story which manages to be playfully intelligent, emotionally resonant and very scary Its ghoulish atmosphere, biblical fanaticism and dark wit results in a piece which is both menacing and...

$17.99, $13.49 (25% off)

Judgment Day

Christopher Shinn from Ödön von Horváth

Methuen Drama

You lie there in the dark and the thoughts won't stop – you think of everything you could have done better…A meticulous and respected stationmaster struggles to overcome his guilt when he finds himself sudde...

$14.99

The Book of Darkness & Light

Adam Z Robinson

Playdead Press

2 Male 0 Female

Three chilling talesTwo ghostly performersOne thrilling nightLegend has it that many years ago a book of terrifying tales was foundAnd now you are invited to discover the secrets of The Book of Darkness &amp...

$14.99

Shivers

Adam Z Robinson

Playdead Press

2 Male 0 Female

A trio of terrifying original ghost stories, set to the haunting sounds of the violin One thing is certain - these stories will give you the shivers The three ghost stories are filled with terrifying folklo...

$14.99

Murder at Sea

Chris Shelstone

Cyberpress

5 Male 4 Female

A Comedy Murder Mystery Event ... The Happy Wanderer and its hapless crew are about to set sail for a one-night taster cruise to promote its recent refurbishment But the Captain makes a few enemies when he r...

$7.99

The Other Side

David Hawley

Cyberpress

6 Male 2 Female

Boston 1929 Spiritualism is all the rage Irish Kevin, and British Stan are two postgrad students of Freud’s new psychology, studying the craze by setting up as a “medium” and his assistant, relaying message...

$7.99

The Monkey's Paw - A Victorian Ghost Story - PDF

Paul Thain from W. W. Jacobs

Cyberpress

3 Male 2 Female

The Monkey's Paw is a famous supernatural short story by W. W. Jacobs It tells the macabre tale of an ordinary family given three wishesThe wishes are grantedBut they come at a terrible costFor almost 120 ye...

$7.99

Come Die With Me

Chris Shelstone

Cyberpress

5 Male 3 Female

This Comedy Murder Mystery Event takes place at the arrival/departure lounge of chirpychirpycheepcheep.com, a budget airline company at a local airport Blossom and Petunia, experienced air hostesses and chec...

$7.99

Murder in the Library

Chris Shelstone

Cyberpress

5 Male 2 Female

A book signing has been arranged at a local Library for Ray Bentos, a well-known authorUnfortunately, he won't be there in body because he's just been murderedBut his soul is alive and well and although he c...

$7.99

Mac Beth

Erica Schmidt from William Shakespeare

Dramatists Play Servce

0 Male 7 Female

After school, seven teenage girls convene in an abandoned lot to perform a play They drop their backpacks, transform their uniforms, and dive into a DIY retelling of Macbeth As the girls conjure kings, warri...

$9.99

Wednesday’s Child

Mark St Germain

Broadway Play Publishing

2 Male 5 Female

Susan and Martin Merrit are unable to have a child on their own, so they hire Becca Connor to serve as a surrogate When Becca is found dead, a police investigation explodes the lives of everyone who knew her...

$15.99

The Deception of Kathryn Vask

Mark Steensland

Broadway Play Publishing

3 Male 2 Female

Blaming herself for her son's death in an accident, a grief-stricken woman wants to hold a séance to get his forgiveness from beyond the grave. But when her husband conspires with the family pastor to hire ...

$15.99

The Haystack

Al Blyth

Nick Hern Books

3 Male 4 Female

‘Yes, we’re geeks, yes, we sit at computers all day, yes, we barely leave Cheltenham, but we are still, when it comes down to it, spies’ Neil and Zef are two twenty-something computer whizzes with questionab...

$19.99