Adult Groups & Activities

'A Fatal Fete' by Kate Ellis: A Murder Mystery Dinner

Southwold Library
Jun 13, 2025 7:00 PM
Enjoy a delicious meal from Café 51 and test your abilities as a sleuth! This murder-mystery dinner from the pen of bestselling author Kate Ellis is part of the Slaughter in Southwold crime writers festival. No play acting required from participants, just sit back and enjoy the evening!

Tickets are £18 per person. Price includes a two course meal. Available to book online via TicketSource.

Bar provided. This event takes place at Southwold Arts Centre, IP18 6JP.

The year is 1946, a year after the VE Day celebrations, and life is getting back to normal in the small village of Slaughter Parva.  The village is holding its first annual fete since peace was declared but the happy atmosphere is rudely shattered by the discovery of a body. The new curate, the Reverend Charles Smyth has been found, battered to death, behind one of the marquees. For several reasons the Reverend Smyth has already made himself unpopular in the village but there are three main suspects - and an off-duty police inspector attending the fete, DI Addio, who lives in a nearby village, has appointed himself to take charge of the investigation.  Can you identify the murderer?

This event is part of Slaughter in Southwold, an annual celebration of crime and thriller at Southwold Arts Centre. In partnership with Southwold Library and the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA).

This event takes place at Southwold Arts Centre, IP18 6JP.

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