BOOK 11 - DEATH BY CANDLELIGHT
Chapter 1 - The White Elephant Murder
Mr. Boddy asks his guests to help him
prepare for a white elephant sale and he tells them that, for helping, they can
help themselves to any one treasure including a very valuable ivory elephant.
However, by the end of the day the elephant still has not been found so during
the night a guest comes down and finds it. The normal exchanges take place until
someone in a blur bathrobe finally steals it. WHO WAS THE FIRST THIEF IN
THE BLUE BATHROBE? WHO IS THE LAST THIEF IN THE BLUE BATHROBE??
Chapter 2 - Boddy's Byte
Mr. Boddy has installed a new security system which means that everyone will
have a unique password and must enter that password to enter a room. He gives
everyone their password. However, Plum repeats his password in a loud voice
which is overheard, Scarlet and Mustard agree to tell each other their password,
but one lies and Mr. Green writes his password down in a little book which is
stolen. Now Mr. Boddy is happy that his newly acquired Solid Gold Coin is safe
but it still manages to get stolen and hidden!! WHICH THIEF HID THE
COIN...AND WHERE??
Chapter 3 - Creature Features
Mr. Boddy suggests an evening of watching classic horror films. Mrs. White makes
popcorn with different toppings for the guests. When Mr. Boddy leaves to go to
bed, his pocket watch falls in the bowl of popcorn topped only with salt. Soon,
the watch is being passed backwards and forwards and disappearing into different
bowls of popcorn. WHO HAS BODDY'S GOLD POCKET
WATCH??
Chapter 4 - The
Fake Fruit Frolic
Mr. Boddy has acquired a rare bowl of fruit made of glass. The guests start
helping themselves to various items of fruit until an argument ensues resulting
in the Revolver being fired and the bowl of fruit being shattered.
WHO SHOT THE BOWL OF FRUIT??
Chapter 5 - I'm So
Board
Mr. Boddy gets his guests to help him put up a fence around the Mansion by
telling them that they will do it in two teams and the team that put the most
boards up will win a bucket of solid gold nails. WHO
WON THE CONTEST? HOW MANY BOARDS DID EACH TEAM NAIL??
Chapter 6 - Saved
By The Radio
All the guests their own particular favourite radio station. They all go to
different rooms in the Mansion to listen to their choices. Suddenly, one guest
runs through the Mansion warning of an approaching storm.
WHICH GUEST, WITH WHICH WEAPON, IN WHICH ROOM, WARNED THE
OTHERS OF THE STORM??
Chapter 7 - The
Midnight Snack Death
Mrs. White dishes up dinner but it is so disgusting no one can eat it. Later,
the guests sneak down to the Kitchen to have a midnight snack and discuss
getting rid of Mrs. White - permanently!! WHO
MURDERED MRS. WHITE??
Chapter 8 - Hats
Off
Mr. Boddy brings out a box of hats, but not just ordinary hats. They belonged to
Cleopatra, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth, Charlie Chaplin
and Mr. Boddy's own Mother. He gives everybody a hat but no one seems to be
happy with the one they have got! WHO IS WEARING
WHICH HAT??
Chapter 9 - In The
Swim
In the middle of a heat wave, everybody meets at the Boddy Mansion pool. Mr.
Boddy accidentally falls in and unfortunately cannot swim. In trying to rescue
him, everyone rushes around having accidents at the poolside until there are
quite a few in the pool. WHO WAS NOT IN THE WATER??
Chapter 10 - Death
By Candlelight
Mr. Boddy has everyone together on their last night at the Mansion to say how
disappointed he is in all the robbery going on and that he was going to draft a
life insurance policy but did not know who to name as his beneficiary. He tells
them he will keep his eye on them for the rest of the night before he decides
who he will name. However, Mr. Boddy is murdered during the night and someone
forges their name on to the policy!! WHO KILLED MR.
BODDY? WHO USED WHAT WEAPON AND ENDED UP IN WHICH ROOM WITH THE INSURANCE
POLICY??