Could You Survive Midsomer?

Could You Survive Midsomer? - Simon Brew

Description

CAN YOU AVOID A BIZARRE DEATH IN ENGLAND’S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTY?

All is not well in the beautiful county of Midsomer. On the eve of its first Villages In Bloom competition, a man lies slain, smelling of damson jam. Who could have done it? Well, that's where you come in. Step into the shoes of Midsomer CID's newest recruit, choose your own path and decide which way the story goes. Could You Survive Midsomer? sets off on an engaging pick-your-own adventure format to challenge the reader to solve a crime or succumb to the county's suspiciously high death rate. Set in television’s most celebrated and murderous county, the book allows readers to see if they can get to the bottom of the mystery and bring the perpetrator to justice, avoiding an untimely, and possibly bizarre death, along the way. Your task is to make the right choices, solve the case and – most tricky of all – stay alive!

Review

This book is certainly a very clever concept.

I'm not a big a fan of the TV series Midsomer Murders, I've only seen it a few times. However, I do like a challenge and thought I would be able to pull off solving a murder.

How wrong I was! I failed miserably and my report card was marked as "still alive, not much of an asset" and it didn't read much better further on.

The book is laid out so that you begin to read and then very quickly have to make a judgement about which course to follow from those suggested to you. A number is allocated to your choice and you find that in the book and carry on until you are told it's the end. You then read your fate at the end of the book, of which there are many and varied.

A real twisty red herring tale that had me guessing until the end. Of course because I didn't solve it I still wanted to know "whodunnit" in which case you can either retrace your steps or a sneaky shortcut can be made.

Hats off to the author for planning all this out, it must have taken a very long time.

I've giving this book 4 out of 5 stars. My thanks to Random Thing Tours for a copy of the book to review.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Simon Brew is the former editor and founder of Den of Geek - the popular culture news and reviews website. He is the author of three books including Movie Geek, TV Geek and The Secret Life of the Movies. Simon is also the founder of the magazine and podcast Film Stories.

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