Reverend Hugh Blessing
A man of the cloth. And, rather curiously, the allotment.
“Asleep by ten, Inspector. Proverbs has a great deal to say about sloth, but nothing against an early night.”
Everyone's lying.
Pass the scones.
A cosy British whodunnit where you question the villagers in your own words. Mind your manners. Mind your tea.
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VILLAGE SHOW IN SHOCK
Champion vegetable ‘Gerald’ found nobbled on eve of Village Show. Women's Institute furious. Police ‘at a loss’, and also at lunch.
At 7:30 this morning, the village awoke to a scandal of almost horticultural proportions. Mrs Pemberton's prize marrow lay wilted beneath the bunting.
Everyone has an alibi. Everyone has a secret. The only reliable witness is a parrot who repeats things terribly out of context.
GERALD, pictured in happier times.
Three suspects. One vegetable. A remarkable number of opinions.
A man of the cloth. And, rather curiously, the allotment.
“Asleep by ten, Inspector. Proverbs has a great deal to say about sloth, but nothing against an early night.”
WI chair. Eleven-time champion. Gerald's devoted grower.
“Gerald was family. Well, Gerald was a vegetable. But he was family-sized.”
Retired, distinguished, and still discussing the hedge dispute of 1987.
“The war? No, no. The hedge. Entirely different campaign.”
Four steps. Twenty sips. Try not to accuse the parrot.
Poke around the show tent, vicarage and wherever gossip gathers.
Ask what you like, in your own words. They'll answer in character.
Notice the little giveaways. Then decide what they really mean.
Name the culprit, motive and clue before the tea goes cold.
Type your own questions. Suspects reply out loud in their own voices.
Sweat, teacups, twitching moustaches. A tell is a clue, though hardly a confession.
Repeat what someone said. Invent a little bluff. Watch word travel round the village.
Charm them and they overshare. Be rude and the shutters come down.
The clock is a pot of tea. Solve the mystery before it goes cold.
Name the culprit, motive and key clue. Then share your detective's result card.