Why You'll Love It
Complete kit + free party app
Scales to suit your guest list
Host at the table or online
A different culprit every play
Host guide, characters, clues & audio
The kit does the hard work for you
Vendor:Masters of Mystery
Digital Edition
Why You'll Love It
Complete kit + free party app
Scales to suit your guest list
Host at the table or online
A different culprit every play
Host guide, characters, clues & audio
The kit does the hard work for you
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The Art of Murder - An art Heist Murder Mystery Game Kit
1.5 - 3 Hours
Medium
London Art Gallery
Flexible
The Kit
Everything in your kitThe Guest List · The Art of Murder
Every guest becomes a character. Choose your edition by how many join the party — the bigger the night, the deeper the cast.
Want every suspect at your table? Pick the 4–20 edition.
Free with every game — never required
Every kit is complete on its own — and every game now includes a free app. Use it, and it sends cinematic invitations, slips each guest their secret script, and quietly casts the killer.
Cast your guests and the app sends each one a cinematic invitation — their character, their costume brief, and an RSVP that fills your table for you.
Before the party, each guest steps into the green room — their character portrait, their backstory, their costume, and lines only they can see.
One tap, and someone in the room becomes the murderer. Only their phone knows. They read the guilty lines; everyone else plays it straight. Nobody can spoil it — not even the host.
Tap-to-examine evidence lands each round, the Detective's recordings set the scene, and when it's time, a synchronized countdown unmasks the killer on every phone at once.
More ways to play
Snap a photo in costume and it becomes your character's face — on the ballots and at the reveal.
Every guest's photos and videos collect in one shared party album — to relive the morning after.
Run the night as the Detective, or play a character yourself and let the app's recordings narrate.
Vote on the honours — Best Detective, Best Costume, Best Liar — and crown them together at the end.
If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, within 24 hours on weekdays.
Delivery & Downloads
Your digital game is delivered instantly — the moment your order is confirmed, your full kit is ready to download. There's nothing to wait for and nothing posted. Physical boxed kits are dispatched within 1–2 working days.
Hosting Support
Every game comes with a step-by-step Host Guide, so you're never on your own. Still stuck? Our team are real mystery enthusiasts and reply within 24 hours on weekdays.
FAQs
Player numbers, timings, how to host virtually — most questions are answered on our Help & FAQs page. Take a look before your big night.
Contact Us
Prefer to talk it through? Send us a message any time and we'll help you choose the perfect mystery for your group.
Host A Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Suspects
Pick the game version that suits your guest list, whether you’re planning a small murder mystery dinner party or a larger Art Heist-themed gathering.
Invitations
Invite your guests and send each person their character details and costume ideas before the party begins.
The Scene
Add dinner, drinks, costumes or decorations to create the perfect Art Heist atmosphere. Keep it simple or go all out.
The Case
Start with the Detective’s opening statement, then let guests introduce their characters, mingle, gossip and begin uncovering secrets.
The Murderer
After the first round, the murderer is secretly selected, meaning the mystery can unfold differently each time you play.
Investigate
Follow the host guide through rounds of motive, opportunity and method as guests question each other, reveal clues and try to catch the killer.
Accuse
Everyone makes their final accusation before the murderer confesses. End the night with awards for best detective, best costume, best performer or most suspicious guest.
Plan a night to remember
Match the mystery to the guest list. Compare themes, player counts and languages, then choose the games for your next occasions.
Choose by theme and group size
Build your bundle
Buying it for someone else? After checkout, send it straight to their inbox as a gift — with a personal message, scheduled to land on the big day. They open a cinematic reveal, unlock the game, and the night is theirs to host.
Birthdays, Christmas or a date night in — it arrives ready to play, with.
Welcome to our dedicated section for all things murder mystery! Here, you'll find everything you need to create an unforgettable and immersive experience for your guests. Whether you're looking for menu ideas to tantalize taste buds, curated playlists to set the perfect mood, costume ideas to bring characters to life, or decoration tips to transform your space, we've got you covered.
Planning to host this game at a paid or ticketed event, a corporate away-day, a pub or restaurant night, a team-building session — or anywhere it forms part of a business? You'll need a Commercial License.
It gives you the rights to run our mysteries for profit — at your venue, for your clients, or streamed publicly — professionally and fully covered. Add it to any game from £165. Already bought the game on its own? Purchase it again with the license and we'll refund your original order.
Please read our FAQs page to find out more.
No — every kit is complete on its own, and you can run the whole night from the booklets alone. The free app is a bonus that adds cinematic invitations and a spoiler-proof secret killer draw if you'd like it. Use it for every guest, just a few, or nobody at all.
Overall rating: 4.5 / 5 from 54 reviews.
It was our first time holding a Murder Mystery Party. It was a great success, and everyone is asking when we will hold the next one. We are planning on holding another one before Christmas.
I turned my house into an art gallery. I designed my own Black Iris painting, dressed up a dummy as Sir Reginald, and recreated the inspector script into a video with AI. It was AWESOME.
The game was great as is and it was very easy and worked- we had a great time.
Our group definitely enjoyed the night!!! I do think it’s a bit overpriced, since I had to pay to print it all and put it in folders and make it cohesive throughout… but we enjoyed gameplay. I do think some answers were made in a way so it’s not to hard to figure out who the murderer is because you can look at the other part of your script and see what it says if you were guilty. Things seemed similar for some guilty responses. I suppose because there’s only one guilty. Overall I do think I would have another murder mystery party.
Very well written murder mystery. We are experienced in the genre and thought this was the best one we had seen. Multiple story lines and activities for participants. The highlight were three hilarious movies produced for the game. There was quite a bit of prep work, but was worth it. Made for a very memorable and fun party!
Loved the murder mystery game!
We had great fun. Mitchell Angelo went all out with his costume including the fake Italian police ID! The instructions were easy to follow and the concept of picking the murderer on the night was genius. It meant I could enjoy the evening and take part as much as everyone else. The scripts could be a little less heavy on the ink - too much black (I managed to avoid printing all but one of those pages - and that one got so wet, it shredded in my printer). We’ll definitely do another game in future.
The game was so much fun, would definitely purchase again!
Who dunnit?! The Murder Mystery Dinner was such a fun way to get through a chilly winter weekend! We got to dress up, eat all the yummy food, and have a lot of laughs with good friends! We definitely plan to make this a new tradition! I made a slideshow with the downloaded clues, sound bites, and sequence of events to help keep the game running smoothly. Loved it!
We did this for my mom’s 60th birthday celebration! It was her first murder mystery and she had a blast! The rest of the family also really enjoyed it and we went all out 😃
My major complaint is the huge amount of black ink used in printing all of the play Could you please less black ink due to all the murder mystery advertising etc Other than that The murder mystery is a great success on out yearly gathering
Really great game! Decently easy to play and you can use it multiple times. I would recommend they make a smaller booklet per character too, I have reformatted it into pamphlets to make it a bit easier to digest for players, but really fun game!
We loved the game! We played with 8 people and had a great time despite a couple of issues. It was easy to set expections for dress and to get folks in the headspace to really play their character. The game itself, rated medium difficulty, was easy to set up and follow along for the most part. I wouldn't recommend this for a group that's been drinking. It does require quite a bit of focus and mental effort. The game is set up so that the host can also play. I heavily recommend the host NOT be a character as it was very difficult to keep the game moving, clarify instructions and also interact as the character. It was our first time with this brand of game so we were learning as we were playing and it was pretty difficult. It's also unclear where all the other 42 characters came into play. We still haven't solved that mystery. The last note- the printable version of the booklets wasted so much ink with ads, fully black pages, and unnecessary content. A basic, no frills printable version of the booklets would be greatly appreciated! Overall, we'll still play again. We had a great time dressing up, being in character, and planning our night around the game. We love that we can replay the same game, and we know it'll be smoother sailing the next time through.
The evening was fun but the extra characters and information in the booklet meant answering lots is questions during the game. Sometime references to characters not even part of the 8 game is confusing.
Truly so so so much fun! I did it for my 30th birthday and it was a great night! Everyone loved the scripts, and how organized + thorough it was
I really liked the concept and the detailed scripts. The guests really committed to their parts! I wish the instructions for the host had been included in the detective script so it would have felt more seamless and easier to prepare for. Overall happy with it.
So fun and awesome you can use it over and over again with different people, amount of people, and outcomes. There can be a small learning curve the first time, but once you get it - it's great!
Seller was very responsive to additional questions we had about game set up. Out Murdery Mystery dinner was a huge hit and a fun time was had by all who attended! Thanks for the communication and for providing such a quality product!
2 stunden pure Spannung!
I did not realize people would need their guides in front of them for the game, so plays was a bit challenging ,
We had so much fun! Would do it again.
13 teenagers were really into it and had a great time!
Fun story line, loved the recordings. Some of the characters didn't mesh the best .
Nice! Leuke karakters
bought this for a group of friends to celebrate my birthday with and we had the best time!!
Good fun!
The character Lisa Mona did not have a character guide so that was a bit disappointing for my friend that had chosen to be the mistress. I also don’t know if the guilty and innocent answers are distinct enough. The clues don’t really seem relevant to the mystery. And I was a bit disappointed that all of the characters had the same rumors.
While a great way to get friends and family together, the fact that the murderer isn't known until the end of Round 1 means that all the information they get about characters up until then is actually useless, as anyone could be the killer. I did it twice with 2 different great, enthusiastic crowds, and noone guessed the killer either time, meaning that there really wasn't enough evidence to figure it out, and characters weren't well-developed Next time I'll look for a better written 'mystery', though we had fun overall. loved the art theme.
Pretty good but needs improvement
Great game thanks
I was nervous that this would be complicated but it was pretty simple to follow. If you aren’t buying the kit for max amount of people you won’t be able to use every character. The character options decrease. So don’t assign characters until you have printed off everything and see which ones your kit includes
Our family game day was next-level fun and involved by buying the murder mystery!
The the art of murder an art heist kit made hosting really easy. The theme worked perfectly for our group, and I would definitely choose another theme.
Everyone enjoyed and played their characters well. This was definitely a hit!
Had a great time playing the Art of Murder! I’ve played murder mysteries before that have been cheesy, but this one wasn’t. Will definitely do another one!
The the art of murder an art heist kit was a hit with our group. The story kept everyone involved, and the whole night felt special. The 4-14 players version suited us well.
We had such a good time with the the art of murder an art heist kit. There were loads of laughs. A few costumes made it feel even better.
You need to have someone copy edit it - lots of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Overall a good experience tho :)
it was such a fun experience that was very straightforward and easy to play!
The Art of Murder - An art Heist Murder Mystery Game Kit - 4 - 14 Players / English
So much fun. We chose the the art of murder an art heist kit and the mystery kept us talking all night. The 4-14 players version suited us well. The printable materials helped us keep everything organised.
