Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post, thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s prompt originally had me stumped. Things I’d Have at My Bookish Party. You’d think that at this time in our lives—a time when we’re all fondly remember that thing we used to call “being social”—I’d be extra keen to dream up a bookish party, but I just wasn’t feeling it today…until I started thinking about which characters I would invite to a bookish party.
I quickly realised that many of the people on my list were detectives, which then led to the idea of hosting a murder mystery party! Anyone who’s read a good mystery will know that having a group of people with a variety of personalities is a must for a good murder mystery, so this week I’ve come up with a list of literary detectives AND a list of literary characters who I would host if I were to plan a murder mystery party. So you’ll be getting a DOUBLE list today! Ten detectives and ten literary characters to host at a murder mystery party.
Detectives
Cadfael (Edith Pargeter)
Poirot (Agatha Christie)
Miss Marple (Agatha Christie)
Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Nick & Nora Charles (Dashiell Hammett)
Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Philip Marlowe (Raymond Chandler)
Drew Farthering (Julianna Deering)
Nancy Drew (Carolyn Keene)
Amelia Peabody (Elizabeth Peters)
Characters
Elizabeth Bennet – for her wit
Pride & Prejudice
The Virginian – the original literary cowboy
The Virginian
Mrs Rachel Linde – gossip extraordinaire
Anne of Green Gables
The Raven – a ‘deception specialist’
The Raven
Wilkins Micawber – the impecunious optimist
David Copperfield
Ty Porter – because every party needs a flirt
Meant to be Mine
Emma Mitchell – everyone’s friend
A Match for Emma
Sybill Trelawney – the all-knowing mystic
Harry Potter
Margot De Wilde – mathematical savant
The Number of Love
Sarah Hollenbeck – reformed romance writer
The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck
You’ve certainly got yourself an interesting party there. I’d love to see some write a book with those characters and see what happened.
Here’s my list http://bookwormsanonymous.blog/2020/05/05/top-ten-tuesday-things-people-id-have-at-a-bookish-party/
I wonder what all of those detectives would think of each other?
My TTT .
I would have to add Milo and Amory Ames of the Amory Ames Mystery series.
Love your list! Very creative!
Great list of detectives. I’d add Poe’s C. Aguste Dupin and Spillane’s Mike Hammer. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/05/ttt-050520.html
Ah this is such a cool idea! I’d love to go to a murder mystery party 🙂
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/top-ten-tuesday-262/
This would be such a great murder mystery party! I imagine all the detectives talking loudly as they try to out-do each other, all to the amusement of the rest of the characters.
Oh I would so go to a party with Nancy Drew… Just imagine it was a murder mystery?
My TTT: https://ignorantsouthafrican.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/tuesday-madness-2/
Oh my gosh! This sounds amazing! I LOVE IT!
This is such a cool take on the prompt! Loved it 🙂