Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is all about what – or who – we would need for a bookish party. I decided to throw a hypothetical murder mystery party and invite some of my fave authors of cozy mysteries (or mysteries that have that cozy feel if not exactly part of that genre). I also decided to assign ‘roles’ like I would in a murder mystery party. More on that in a minute.
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lynn cahoon
laura bradford
heather day gilbert
vivien chien
tina kashian
V.M. burns
julianna deering/deanna julie dodson
eva gates/vicki delany
amy lillard
connie berry
Every good murder mystery party has assigned roles. I picked the roles themselves based on typical cozy mystery characters. And then I enlisted the help of my husband to make the assignments as random as possible. (He gave me a number 1-10 for each role and I inserted the pre-numbered author that matched.)
the amateur sleuth
Vivien Chien
the begrudging local sheriff
Julianna Deering
the loyal pet
Lynn Cahoon
(sorry, Lynn haha!)
the best friend
Heather Day Gilbert
the murderer
Connie Berry
the victim
Amy Lillard
(really sorry, Amy lol)
the nosy neighbor
Laura Bradford
the business rival
Tina Kashian
the sympathetic suspect
Eva Gates
the quirky coworker
V.M. Burns
What about you? Which authors would you invite to a murder mystery party?
I love your list and would add Amanda Flower, Bree Baker, and Daryl Wood Gerber.
oh yes! excellent choices!
What a great list.
My TTT .
Hi Lydia! thanks 🙂
I’m in awe of Christy Barritt. She does all manner of suspense and mystery and she’s hard to keep up with!
YESSSSSSSS I can’t believe I left off CHRISTY BARRITT!! (In my defense, the last book of hers I read was suspense so that was where my mind was lol)
Ooo-I get to be the murderer??? Yikes. But I’d join the party and come up with a really eccentric method of (pretend) murder.
Well, I just misspelled my own name. Good grief. Now my computer has auto-memorized it.
LOL!!!!
hahahaha i have no doubts 😉
Yes! I’d come be the sheriff. I promise to be extremely begrudging! I’d warn off the sleuth first, saying that she should leave the investigation to trained professionals. Then I’d be smugly delighted when she got herself into trouble I had to get her out of. Then I’d realize she was onto something and (here’s where I’d be really begrudging) try to help her. Then, when she saved me and solved the case, we’d be best friends and I’d invite her to come back anytime. 😀
yes, perfect! You’re ready for your starring role haha
A murder mystery party sounds like so much fun! And who better to invite than authors who write murder mysteries! I love it!
😀 haha thanks!
That was fun! 🙂
yay! thanks 😀
That would be a fun party!
Here’s my TTT list!
I get to bite people. I’m fine. 🙂
HAHAHAHA!!!! best answer ever LOL