This is a list of the Inspector McClue murder mystery dinner party games.
Available as boxed game kits on Amazon US and UK.
With all you will need to easily host-your-own classic murder mystery night!
Including party planner, guide and extra helpful tips.
Suitable for tweens, teens and adults. Most of these games are for 6 to 8 players. And two for 10 players.
For some cool casino themed dinner mystery games, see my list of posts below.
Update: A Cuban Killing new on Amazon, see below for details.
Inspector McClue Games List
Publisher: Paul Lamond Games | Format: Boxed dinner party game kit including CD.
Each kit includes: Party planner with game rules. Recipes, music suggestions and decorating tips. Booklets for each of the characters. Including each character’s description, background info and a few tasty secrets! And a summary of events and solution to the crime.
1. Inspector McClue: Death By Chocolate
Setting: 1900, Paris | Age rating: Teen+ | Number of Players: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: In Death by Chocolate, it’s Easter Sunday 15 April 1900 and Paris is the centre of world attention. As millions of visitors arrive for the opening weekend of the International Exposition. Amongst them is an elite but diverse group of individuals staying at the Hotel Paradiso. As they gather for dinner, however, the peace of the hotel is rocked by an explosion. Billy Bonka, the foremost chocolate manufacturer in America, is found dead in his room, having apparently been killed by an exploding Easter Egg! Suspicion falls on the people around this table. Your task is to discover who that killer is. Fortunately the famous amateur detective Hercule McClue is on hand to assist your investigations. [Source: Amazon]
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
2. Inspector McClue: The Champagne Murders
Setting: 1967, London | Age rated: 12+ | Number of Players: 8 to 10 players.
Plot: In the Chelsea home of Lord Michael Jagged, a select group of fashionable young things have spent the weekend drinking champagne and partying. As the guests gather for dinner on Sunday evening, however, they are met not by their host but by Scotland Yard detective Austin McClue, who brings them shocking news: Lord Jagged has been murdered! And they are the principal suspects in the policeman’s enquiries! Your task is to help McClue catch the killer. Or to avoid being caught! [Source: Amazon]
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
For more sixties mystery game, you might also like: 5 Cool 1960s Murder Mystery Games!
3. The Diamonds, Dagger and One Classy Dame
Setting: 1942, Morocco | Age rating: 13+ | Number of roles/players: 10 to 12 players.
Plot: Everyone’s a suspect when murder is on the menu! Inspector McClue’s The Diamonds, the Dagger and One Classy Dame provides everything you need to serve up the perfect murder mystery dinner party! Set in 1942, the Mayor of Casablanca has been murdered… and now the killer is coming to dinner! [Source: Amazon]
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
4. Inspector McClue: The Red Rose Murders
Setting: 1950s, Hollywood | Age rating: 13+ | Number of Players: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: In Red Rose, it’s 1950s Hollywood there’s only room for one top-dog – and he’s the cigar-chomping agent to the stars, Rich Toad. So when he’s found dead in suspicious circumstances, floating face-down in the swimming pool of his mansion, surrounded by a hundred scattered red roses, the whole film world is shocked to its core. There’s no business like show business, they say, but when it comes to murder, a suspect is just a suspect. And one, or more, of Rick Toad’s illustrious clients is about to get fingered for killing the most powerful man in entertainment. Your task is to discover who that killer is. Fortunately the famous Inspector McClue is on hand to assist your investigations. [Source: Amazon]
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
5. Inspector McClue: The Monte Carlo Murders
Setting: Glamorous 1950s Monte Carlo | Age rating: Teen and up | Number of roles: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: Set amidst the glitz and glamour of Monte Carlo in 1951, as Europe recovers from the Second World War… but there’s foul play afoot.
When the body of a beautiful young woman is found on a private beach which can only be reached through the palace of Prince Reynard, suspicion falls on him and his glamorous house guests.
Who is this mysterious woman? Why would anyone want to kill her? And what is her connection with the shadowy sisterhood of Sibyl? [Source: Amazon]
For more details, see my post: Inspector McClue: The Monte-Carlo Murders.
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
6. Inspector McClue: Pasta, Passion and Pistols
Setting: New York | Age rating: Teen+ | Number of Players: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: At La Speranza, New York City’s most popular Italian eatery, restaurateur Pepi Roni has been shot in the back with his own pistol. Tonight his family and friends will gather to pay their respects to poor Pepi, but one of the guests won’t be shedding any tears.
For more details, see my post: Inspector McClue: Pasta Passion and Pistols.
*Available on Amazon UK and Amazon US.
7. Inspector McClue: A Slice of Murder
Setting: Cooking weekend at a country manor | Age rating: Teen+ | Number of roles: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: Everyone’s a suspect when murder is on the menu! Set at Panton Place, an 18th century house built by Sir John Panton, in Rutting-on-the-Rise, a beautiful if isolated corner of Norfolk. Panton Place is just location to spend a couple of days on a cooking holiday – a Weekend Mini-Bake as it is advertised. However, the rural tranquillity is shattered when celebrity chef Francis ‘Franny’ Craddock is found dead late on Saturday night… particularly when it turns out he has been murdered! [Source: Amazon]
For more details: Review of Inspector McClue: A Slice of Murder from University Games.
*A Slice of Murder is available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
8. Diamond’s Aren’t a Girls Best Friend
Setting: 1919 | Age rating: Teen+ | Number of roles: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: It’s 1919 and the world is still reeling from the shock of the Russian Revolution. For those inside Russia, the political upheavals. Are matched by personal tragedies. And nowhere is this more true than within the royal family.
The Tsar, his wife and children are all dead. The surviving royals are anxious to escape the same fate… A stowaway discovered on board HMS Winston. Found face-down in one of the lifeboats. A jewel-encrusted dagger stuck in is back! Who is this mystery man? Who killed him? And what does any of this have to do with the assassination three years earlier of the mad mystic, Rasputin. [Source: Amazon]
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
9. Inspector McClue: Designer Shoes and Handbags
Setting: Modern day, a small town in Essex | Age rating: Teen+ | Number of roles: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: In Designer Shoes, the village of Little Hobsbawm in Essex is no stranger to media attention. Hardly a week goes by without one or more of its residents featuring in a glossy gossip magazine. But even this celebrity-packed enclave is shocked to its core by the death of one its most popular residents. [Source: Amazon]
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
10. Inspector McClue: A Vintage Murder
Setting: 1937, French Chateau and Vineyard | Age rating: Teen+ | Number of roles: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: It is 1937 and you have been invited to wine and dine at the luxurious Chateau Deux Chevaux, home of one of France’s finest vineyards. But the promise of a sparkling evening is shattered when you discover that your host, Anthony Burgess-Blunt, has been found dead in one of his own wine vats. One – or more – of the guests gathered around the table is responsible for his death. All have their own secrets and motives, but which one of you fermented the plot. It’s up to you to find out….. [Source: Amazon]
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
You might also like my post: 11 Top Wine Themed Tasting and Murder Mystery Game Kits.
11. Inspector McClue: A Cuban Killing
Setting: 1952, Havana, Cuba | Age rated: 13+ | Number of Players: 6 to 8 players.
Plot: Set in 1952 at The Casa Nova Hotel in Havana where the rich and famous come to play but not everything has gone to plan. Yesterday evening, hotel manager Rico Ricardo was found dead and it turns out he has been murdered! Suspicion falls on the hotel employees and guests but who would have wanted to kill him? [Source: Amazon]
For more details, see my post: Inspector McClue: A Cuban Killing.
*Available on: US Amazon and UK Amazon.
More Casino Theme Party Ideas for Adults
For more murder mystery games featuring a casino theme for adults. You might also like:
Betting on Death, A Printable Las Vegas Murder Mystery for 6 to 60 Guests.
Murder in Las Vegas 10 players Murder Mystery Dinner Game.
Classic Raymond Chandler – Philip Marlowe: The Casino Killers 6 to 8 players.
Paul Lamond The Monte Carlo Murders Mystery Dinner Party Game.
See also my latest: Murder Mystery Dinner Party Games round-ups and reviews.
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