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Murder à la carte - Death in Venice
     
 
  6 - 8 players
  ages 13 +
     
 £ 14.99
 RRP:  15.95
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It's September 1946 and following a wartime break, the Venice Film Festival is once again being staged, attracting the biggest stars of world cinema to Northern Italy, and bringing a touh of glamour back to this most romantic of European cities.
Romeo Bechini, the young head of an old wealthy Venetian family, has invited a mixed group to dinner. Unfortunately one of his house-guests, Leonardo-di Capulet, the bright new hope of Hollywood, has just been found dead in his bath. When it turns out that he didn't die of natural causes, only one conclusion can be drawn; one or more of the guests has killed him!

Suspects (guests) :
Romeo Bechini - a captain in the Italian army, he has recently inherited the fabulous Bechini family fortune and is known as the most eligible bachelor in Venice.
Alessandra Macaroni - the sister of Romeo Bechini, she is a young widow, having lost her husband in the war, and looking for a career in politics.
Madonna Medici - the most famous and glamorous film star in Italy, she is hoping to break into international cinema.
Sam Gelding - the ultimate Hollywood power-broker, his word can make or break a career, even if his word's don't always make sense.
Sylvester Burlesque - an American of Italian extraction, he is a business man who has come to Italy to help in the post-War reconstruction.
Marlene Matrix - glamourous and decadent, she made he rname in the pre-War world of Berlin cabaret before fleeing to America.
Judy Graceland - an ex-child star who is now struggling to establish an adult career in Hollywood, this festival could be a turning-point in her life.
Frankie Coward - one of the few stars of teh Music Hall in Britain to make it on the international stage, his witty if camp style has a wide spread appeal.


Contents :
party planner (with game rules, recipies, music and decorating tips), character booklets, including their roles, background information and a few tasty secrets, place cards, party invitations and envelopes, 6 secret clues, CD (with introduction, scene setter, summary of events and solution to the crime)



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