We started to add mystery kits last summer and our holds are pretty good. I'm now adding puzzle/murder mystery game books. We have a Sherlock Society program every other month. I'm hoping to build it. We get a steady 6-9 people attend. The circulation numbers for us on the kits are enough to warrant continuing it. People love murder mysteries. One kit was only added a few months ago and has gotten 7 holds. Jake Rynicki Head of Adult & Support Services Romulus Public Library “Some books leave us free and some books make us free.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson From: "Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org> To: "Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 3:05:35 PM Subject: [Michlib-l] Library Murder Mystery Party Hello All, A few weeks ago we held our first Murder Mystery Party at our library and it went great! We created the mystery from scratch and called it Murder in the Stacks . We recruited volunteers with community theatre experience to be our suspects and let the attendees play detective and interview all of them. There was a puzzle element for each suspect which made it similar to an escape room. We had around 30 attendees and hosted it on a Saturday, after close, for about 2 hours. Pre-event registration allowed us to have personalized detective badges for all attendees, as well as completion certificates at the end. We offered appetizers and lemonade. Having the entire library free allowed us to use the whole space and spread out the suspects. If we had to change one thing, we would either have made the program a bit longer (2.5 hours) or reduced the puzzles/suspects to 4 or 5 rather than 6. We worked so hard on the event that we want to share it with other libraries! Here is the link for Google Drive folder featuring everything you need to host your own Murder in the Stacks ! Please take a look. Feel free to email amerritt@richlandlibrary.org for any specific questions. [ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_ENFoQt0IO-EXAZxCwYbs8w35Sv_Lat1?usp... | MailScanner has detected definite fraud in the website at "drive.google.com". Do not trust this website: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_ENFoQt0IO-EXAZxCwYbs8w35Sv_Lat1?usp... ] Anna Merritt Assistant Director Richland Community Library 8951 Park Street Richland, MI 49083 (269) 629-9085 [ https://www.richlandlibrary.org/ | https://www.richlandlibrary.org/ ] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by [ http://www.efa-project.org/ | E.F.A. Project ] , and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org https://mail3.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
