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It is fiesta night in the little village of Adios, Mexico and a group of party revelers are gathered on the outdoor patio at the Hasta La Vista Cantina. In the darkness and noisy confusion of a fireworks display, Senora Margarita Spencer is fatally stabbed with a small dagger. Recently widowed, the beautiful and charismatic Margarita had returned to the village of her birth to invest her multi-million dollar inheritance and develop Adios into a world class travel resort. Not everyone was excited about Margarita's return. One of the guests at the cantina had murder in mind!

The suspects are: Don Juan Diablo, Senorita Bonita, Warren Peace, Kay Pasa and Rusty Pick, Xochitl ('Desert Flower')

This mystery is set in the wine region of Napa Valley, California. Five years ago, Barry Underwood, owner of the prestigious Underwood Wine Estates, mysteriously disappeared during the valley's annual wine festival. A massive search as the time failed to turn up any clues and the case has been in the FBI's unsolved files since then.

Now, five years later, it is once again the annual wine festival in Napa Valley. Last night, family and friends gathered at the stately Underwood mansion to celebrate. At midnight, a minor earthquake shook the mansion, causing an old wooden floor in the wine cellar to buckle. Barry's well preserved body was discovered under the cedar planks. It is a clear case of murder and you are one of the suspects.

The suspects are: Tiny Bubbles, Otto Von Schnapps, Marilyn Merlot, Ralph Rottingrape, Hedy Shablee and Papa Vito.

The headline reads "MURDER!" when newspaper mogul "Monty" Montague is found poisoned in his own bed. Who wrote the final edition of this ruthless media baron's last hour? You and five guests have been invited to Montague's Headline Hall on the night he is killed. You all are summoned to discuss the future of his newspaper empire, but his untimely demise makes that conversation a dead issue. This is a tale of hot news and cold-hearted killers that mixes printer's ink and poison in a deadly combination that puts publisher Monty Montague on the paper's obituary page.

The suspects are: Leonora Lacey-Draws, Marie Mee, Colum Inches and Hurry Montague

The year is 1937. You have been invited to dine in the sumptuous halls of Chateau de Reims in the lush wine country of France. But the promise of a sparkling evening is shattered when you discover that your host, St. John Sedgwick-Smythe, has been murdered. All of the guests, including you, were capable of masterminding his death. You all wished for his untimely demise. Which one of you fermented the plot for his murder? It's up to you to solve this crime before its time.

The suspects are: Desire De Bouze, Yves Le Concoction, Henri L'Able and Rose Chintsey-Curten.

This mystery takes place in a tiny Las Vegas wedding chapel surrounded by glitzy gambling casinos. Two young lovers have eloped here in defiance of the bride's father, Blackjack White, wealthy owner of the Pearly Gates Gambling Emporium. Blackjack had refused to give his daughter's hand in marriage to her betrothed, a burly biker with a bruising personality.

As the happy couple stands at the alter ready to take their vows, Blackjack bursts into the chapel in a violent rage, determined to stop the wedding. In the ensuing scuffle a gunshot rings out and Blackjack White drops dead to the floor with a bullet in his heart. Who fired the shot? Don't bet on the obvious… anything can happen in Vegas. It is a clear case of murder and you are one of the suspects.

The suspects are: Virgen White, E.Z. Ryder, Ruby Lipps, Rock King, Dee Vorst and Rev. Hal Fyre.

It is 1993 in San Francisco, California. Wealthy widow, Mrs. Emily Boggs, is gathering her friends and servants for a special dinner to celebrate the miraculous return of her long-lost daughter, Ashley. Ashley was kidnapped as an infant twenty-five years earlier during a riot in Hong Kong.

Mrs. Boggs' has a long-standing custom of serving her dinner guests special fortune cookies containing personalized prophecies for each. Knowing this, the killer poisons Mrs. Boggs' cookie with deadly potassium cyanide and leaves her a fortune predicting, "Death will come uninvited". She dies instantly after eating the cookie. It is a case of premeditated murder and you are a suspect.

The suspects are: Chew Chow, Penny Sylan, Axel Dent, Lai Low, Him Wong and Anita Mumm.

It started as an evening of good cheer for friends gathered at Dex's Place, a popular neighborhood pub on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive. The year is 1994. It is an August Saturday night and the crowd has been dancing and romancing for several hours. Suddenly, the lights go out and a gun shot explodes in the dark. Moments later, Dexter Doyle, owner of the bar, is found slumped on the floor, dead from a bullet wound to his heart. He has been murdered in cold blood and you are a suspect.

The suspects are: Phil Muggs, Marlena, Willy Krash, Dolores Delgatto, Marshall Hartz and Ginny Tonick.

Four days ago restauranteur Guiseppe (Pepi) Roni was found murdered in the kithen of his renowned New York City eatery, La Spenrenza. Pepi had been shot in the back with his own pistol. Tonight, his family and friends have gathered to pay their respects to poor Pepi and to eat a feast of Italian food in his honor. One of them is a murderer.

The suspects are: Rocco Scarfazzi, Tara Misu, Mama Rosa, Marco Roni, Angel and Bo Jalais. Other guests include: Father Alfredo and Clair Voyant.

It is the wild west in the year 1872. On a clear July morning, dawn is just breaking over the tiny frontier town of Drygulch when a single gunshot rings out. The townsfolk rush to the scene and are horrified to find their sheriff, Take Noble, sprawled in the dust, dead from a gunshot wound. He was bushwhacked from behind and you are a suspect.

The suspects are: Juan Bandito, Sally Forth, Rowdy Azell, Miss Patience, Doc Mallard and Bibi Gunn.

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