This Is Not a Game
A sharp and witty murder mystery featuring an unforgettable crime-solving duo
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Introducing your new favourite whodunnit. Perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls and Knives Out.
'Fabulous, over-the-top fun' The Guardian
'A delightful game of twists' Chris Chibnall
'Slick and witty' Daily Mail
Two unlikely detectives. A killer cocktail of suspects.
A Gibson martini garnished with three silverskin onions is 77-year-old Mimi’s favourite cocktail. It is best served with a crossword puzzle, not as an apéritif at Jane Ireland's extravagant auction party.
But given Mimi has been blackmailed into attending Jane's event, at a grand old mansion on Mackinac Island (Michigan’s answer to The Hamptons), there are worse drinks she could spend an evening sinking.
Thankfully for her, she's roped her granddaughter, Addie – who is escaping the heartache caused by her manipulative ex-fiancé – into accompanying her. While Addie spots celebrities and socialites in the manor's labyrinth of dark rooms and Mimi wonders how to confess the real reason for her presence at the soiree, a scream pierces the air.
Jane is dead.
And when a second body turns up, Mimi and Addie soon become the unlikeliest of sleuths in a race to narrow down the suspects.
In a house that contains as many secrets as the people within it, it’s going to take more than a Gibson to survive the night…
Praise for This Is Not a Game...
'Miss Marple meets Only Murders in the Building. Entertaining from start to finish' Jennie Godfrey
'Agatha Christie brought bang up to date' Clare Mackintosh
'Deliciously twisty' Lucy Clarke
'A thriller with a twist!' Cosmopolitan
'A quirky variation on Golden Age locked room mysteries with a modern zest of eccentricity and humour' Crime Time
‘Locked-room murder mystery at its best’ i Paper
‘…A grand finale reveal Poirot would be proud of’ Woman & Home
'A wonderfully vibrant take on the classic whodunit' Kristen Perrin
'Crackles with wit and cosy crime goodness' Vaseem Khan
Readers love This Is Not a Game...
***** 'LOVED this book so much that I couldn't put it down... Please tell me there are MORE?!!'
***** 'This was a fantastic and fun read!'
***** 'From the moment I started reading I was hooked...'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Mullen debuts with an impressive closed-circle whodunit. Septuagenarian Mimi MacLaine mostly keeps to herself on Michigan's idyllic Mackinac Island, so she's surprised to receive an invitation to an auction at the home of her wealthy neighbor, Jane Ireland. Mimi's surprise turns to shock when she discovers a note inside the invitation threatening to expose an undisclosed secret unless she makes a high bid on a valuable manga. Horrified, Mimi turns to her estranged granddaughter, Addie, for help. A lifelong mystery fan, Addie is the creator of Murderscape, a popular multiplayer video game; Mimi hopes that Addie's passion for puzzles might help loosen her from the jam. Addie agrees to help, but after she and Mimi arrive at Jane's home, they find her dead, and immediately wonder if her blackmail plot has gotten her killed. Soon, a storm traps Addie, Mimi, and several more of Jane's auction guests in her mansion, and the body count starts to balloon. Mullen makes the most of her classic setup, playing scrupulously fair with readers while leavening the bloodshed with dashes of wry humor. It's a promising start.
