A Darker Shade of Murder (Optional Costume – Standard Party Wear)

You are welcomed here tonight for the official launch of JH Enterprises, headed by the wife of Brendan Hawthorne. Hawthorne Industries previously owned by Brendan ceased trading and is now under investigation. With pensions pots running dry Investors monies swallowed up, and a marriage on the rocks, will investors seek revenge, will relationships become full of suspicion, has a well know face returned to the scene? And will there be Murder tonight?

If Looks Could Kill (Optional Costume – Standard Party Wear)

Welcome to Golden Years Retirement Village where residents enjoy their ‘golden years’.  Firm Foundations are the company who built the village on the back of profits they made trading in the beauty industry. Their Chameleon Cream was a best seller, and it has enabled them to target their core customers in an entirely different way – looking after their wrinkles and providing them with new homes!  William Graham was the founder of the company and having died ten years ago – his wife Joanne, a resident of Golden Years, is about to receive her delayed inheritance.  Tonight, will be a joint celebration as she celebrates a milestone birthday and finally learns what Michael had in store for her… In your Golden Years though, looks can be deceiving – they can even kill!

The Marriage of Vanessa (Optional Costume – 1940s)

Vanessa Tobin lost her husband Gary during the war, but it is now 1945 and the war is finally over. Has she really found true love in dashing hero Captain Sam Hill? We have all been invited to the wedding reception to celebrate with her but who may be jealous of this match and who has been telling terrible lies?

Game, Set & Match (Optional Costume – Tennis Player)

Lorna Davis was the shock winner of the latest ATP ranking event, beating her arch rival Sky Sommerville in the final, which Sky did not take well as she was the clear favourite to win. Lorna is delighted as it has now qualified her for Wimbledon. She is resolute that one day she will win the tournament and this could be her time!!

Lorna burns with a desire not only to win tennis's greatest competition but also to prove a point and to shame some of the biggest names in the tennis world, for Lorna hides a dark secret, a secret she has harboured for some time and is now fixed upon humiliation and revenge. In her eyes no one will get in her way and there is only one result..... Game, Set & Match!!!!

Fearless (Optional Costume – Pirates)

We are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Captain 'Fearless' Falcon’s death. Captain Falcon was a merciless pirate who was responsible for much death and destruction on the high seas. It is rumoured that there was a vast treasure hidden at the Captains house, Talon Hall, but this has never been discovered. The new owner of Talon Hall, Sir Graham Buchannan will also be here tonight, along with members of the Fearless Falcon Society. Is the discovery of an old map key to finding the treasure? And would anybody kill to get their hands on so much money?

Beneath the Mask (Optional Costume – Superheroes etc)

The Killinton Sci-Fi & Comic book Society are holding their annual convention.  This year it promises to be a very special one as the society are planning an exciting visit to the world’s biggest convention in San Diego, California.  Everyone who has paid the £5000 registration fee for this, will tonight have the opportunity to win back that fee and go to the USA completely free of charge… but will everyone get to go or does somebody have alternative plans?

The Betrayers: Final Move (Optional Costume – Standard Party Wear etc)

A group of strangers meet in a castle deep in the wilderness as they compete to survive in the ultimate murder mystery. Hosted by the ever-popular Cornelia Shrinkleman, the show has moved to the hotel this evening for the grand finale – which for the first time will be held publicly in front of specially invited friends and guests.

However, in an act of complete betrayal, the show’s producer is murdered for real – who will be able to solve the riddles and crack this code – before whodunnit was makes their final move?

Penny for Guy (Optional Costume – Standard Party Wear)

It’s been a difficult year for public seating manufacturers Benchcorp.  Earlier in the year, a photograph went viral showing Guy, a homeless man sitting on one of Benchcorp’s benches with the caption, ‘Benchcorp: The number 1 choice for homeless bums’.  Charles, the company founder, is hosting a fireworks party and has invited Cllr Bill Green along with the hope of the council placing a large order for new benches.  Unfortunately, when Guy ends up dead in suspicious circumstances - the party is thrown into turmoil.

Ding Dong Murder on High (Optional Costume – Christmas Party Wear)

The Killinton Bell Ringers Have Had a Very Busy Festive Season And Are Celebrating Their Successes Of The Past Year By Having A Christmas Party Here At The Hotel.  Everyone Is Welcome to Join In The Festive Fun!

Some Of the Bellringers Are Really Hoping To Let Their Hair Down And Enjoy Themselves After Recently Falling Victim To Some Tabloid Filth Published About Them By An Upcoming Local Journalist.  The Journalist Is Discovered Dead Though - And Who Was Responsible?

The Great Christmas Mystery (Optional Costume – Christmas Party Wear)

Alex Holmes, the great, great, great grandchild of the famous Victorian detective has followed in Sherlock’s footsteps and has themselves established a reputation for solving the unsolvable. Tonight is the Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s Christmas ball.  A whole host of VIPs have been invited and of course Holmes and their good friend Dr Watson are on the guest list… however, when the Commissioner is discovered dead in a sealed room deep in the depths of Scotland Yard – Holmes is brought into action once again…

The Strike of Midnight (Masquerade Ball - Black Tie/Ball Gown/Mask)

Tonight, Lord Sutcliffe, famed jewellery designer to royalty, the rich and famous is hosting a glitzy New Year’s Eve party for close friends and VIPs and of course – you are undoubtedly on the guest list!

Guest of honour will be Midnight Chase, once famed for her beauty but after a terrible accident left her disfigured, she became more famous for the porcelain masks she wore in public, and she discovered she had a greater gift to rival her past beauty in the form of her singing voice.  Midnight became an opera diva of world-renowned status.

To honour her, Lord Sutcliffe has decided tonight will be a masquerade ball and he will also be inviting Midnight to show off to the world his latest creation – The Tempest Tiara.

With so much glitz and glamour on display this evening, the New Year will be welcomed in with true finesse … unless somebody has a different idea!