Murano the game is set in Murano the place with Murano being a small group of seven islands near Venice that&s well-known by tourists for its glassmaking As in Venice the islands of Murano are separated by canals so gondolas & transportation are at the heart of this game The game board depicts the islands of Murano with the islands being divided up into building sites & walkways Surrounding the islands is a series of action spaces with gondolas being present in some number of them at the start of play On a turn you move one of the gondolas in the direction of play to an empty space then take the action shown there You can&t pass another gondola while moving or land in an occupied space but for a coin you can move a gondola that&s in front of the gondola you want to move & you can pay to move multiple gondolas if needed Some actions place shops on the islands with shops coming in different types You mark a shop to show ownership & when tourists show up later they will shop at various stores depending on their proximity & the goods they offer You also need to take actions to move your personal gondolas to islands so that you can take actions there Why are you doing all of this activity? To score victory point cards in hand & actions on the board will let you gain additional VP cards to give you direction to your actions or let you profit from what you&ve already done You can also use some of the buildings to create glassworks & those glassworks come into play on the VP cards through tourist sales & via an action space shown at the bottom of the game board image that lets you sell different types of glass for money ...

Mass murderers may not have much by way of careeer skills but Kuroko Koumori seems to have landed her dream job as a hitwoman for the Tokyo police! A license to kill other killers? That&s some serious job satisfaction right there! Meet the Author Yoshimurakana is the creator behind the delightfully twisted Murcielago ...

In order to save Nanami Kuroko has infiltrated the Virginal Rose a group of women who have isolated themselves from the outside world Surrounded by dozens of lovely ladies who have no interest in men Kuroko might end up becoming a permanent member! But could there be a darker side to this group? As Kuroko loses the will to resist her fate may depend on the ninja skills of " Stealth Hinako" About the Author Yoshimurakana is the creator behind the delightfully twisted Murcielago ...

A rich old man has transformed his mansion into a twisted & deadly fun house His goal to make a sport of slaughtering Japan&s criminal population! Can Kuroko Koumori psychotic murderer-turned-hired gun for the police manage to escape? Or will she be taken out by the most perilous of foes—a personal maid with a penchant for dismemberment? Meet the Author Yoshimurakana is the creator behind the delightfully twisted Murcielago ...

A young girl is abducted in the rain & found strangled to death The police completely stumped call ex-mass murderer Kuroko Koumori for help As more & more girls disappear can Kuroko solve the case & take down the perp? About the Author Yoshimurakana is the creator behind the delightfully twisted Murcielago ...

As a former mass murderer Kuroko Koumori knows a thing or two about how killers think A string of deaths points straight to an ex-con-turned-business mogul who used to skin the faces off his victims But could it be a red herring? As chaos unfolds at the local amusement park it might just be Kuroko&s partner Hinako who&s closest to the truth! About the Author Yoshimurakana is the creator behind the delightfully twisted Murcielago ...

Now under Kuroko&s care Rinko has just transferred to Hinako&s school & things are already off to a bad start! A sudden explosion rocks the school & Kuroko is called in to catch the one responsible for the attack But before she can get started the culprit turns herself in voluntarily! Is this girl really the bomber or is there something even more sinister behind the scenes? About the Author Yoshimurakana is the creator behind the delightfully twisted Murcielago ...

The English country house is an iconic setting for some of the greatest British crime fiction Short stories are an important part of this tradition & writers from Agatha Christie to Margery Allingham became famous for the intricate cases which their detectives unravelled in rambling country houses These stories continue to enjoy wide appeal driven partly by nostalgia for a vanished way of life & partly by the pleasure of trying to solve a fiendishly clued puzzle This new collection gathers together stories written over a span of about 65 years during which British society & life in country houses was transformed out of all recognition It

Includes:: fascinating & unfamiliar twists on the classic 'closed circle' plot in which the assorted guests at a country house party become suspects when a crime is committed In the more sinister tales featured here a gloomy mansion set in lonely grounds offers an eerie backdrop for dark deeds as in Arthur Conan Doyle's ' The Copper Beeches' & W W Jacobs' ' The Well' Many distinguished writers are represented in this collection including such great names of the genre as Anthony Berkeley Nicholas Blake & GK Chesterton As with his previous anthologies in the Crime Classics series Martin Edwards has also unearthed hidden gems & forgotten masterpieces among them are a fine send-up of the country house murder ' The Murder at the Towers'; a suspenseful tale by the unaccountably neglected Ethel Lina White; & a story by the little-known Scottish writer JJ Bell

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With the dreaded Family Reunion looming over her head
- & a broken heart to boot
- Augusta Josephine Burnette takes matters

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The sixth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime
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