With the holidays here and the Christmas spirit filling every mall and store, it’s also the time for your nerves to skyrocket. It can be exhausting to find the perfect present for your loved ones. For book lovers, any good book will do. We can all testify to this fact. But if you want to go further in the gift-giving department, what would you give them? If your friend is a mystery lover who seeks the chilling thrills of solving a murder, then you’ve come to the right place. Here are some gift-giving ideas to spark your friend even further into their mind-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail.
Sherlock Holmes Dress-Up Kit
One can’t love the mystery genre without reading the most famous detective series ever to have existed. (Unless they think Sherlock Holmes is overrated.) To feel like the greatest detective in literary media, dress up like him. Sherlock Holmes is iconic for his deerstalker cap and wooden pipe, and this dress-up kit includes two colored hats and a magnifying glass. This ensemble will complete the look your friend will love to impersonate.
If It’s Not a Thriller Mug
Get your friend or close relative this cute ceramic mug stating their reading preference. With their favorite drink, they can cover themselves with a blanket and suspense themselves in horror and thrilling mysteries. With a bold statement to complement the sweet cursive, “I don’t want it,” perfectly matches the tense mood of your friend’s reading time.
Masquerade Themed Murder Mystery Game Kit
If your friend loves hosting murder mystery parties, why not buy them this elegant masquerade ball-themed game kit? With the Carnival season starting in 1755 Venice, everyone in the city has their faces covered, which is the perfect disguise for murder. A figure in red is the poor soul whose life was stolen, found on the floor dead with broken glass beside the body. With no one knowing who this mysterious red figure was, it falls on the party to reveal who killed them. It’s the perfect gift if your loved one loves to dress up. The opportunity to live out elegant Venice with a mystery is guaranteed fun!
Six-Mystery Sherlock Holmes Bundle
If your friend or relative is a Sherlock Holmes fan, this is for them. If you buy them this gift, your friend will receive mailed letters from Sherlock Holmes. For six months, your friend will receive letters from Sherlock and his sidekick, James Watson, challenging them to solve a case with a new letter each week. The letter comes in a legit envelope with clues to help solve the case. This gift will stimulate your loved one with weekly anticipation if they’re known to agonize and obsess over every detail!
Listen For the Lie by Amy Tintera
If you want to give your mystery enthusiast a trusty book, no worries — this book will draw more than just their attention. Listen For the Lie follows Lucy and her dark past. Ten years ago, Lucy was discovered walking in her small Texas town covered in her best friend’s blood. Lucy and Savvy were the stars of the city, and everyone was jealous of them. But with Savvy’s death and Lucy’s apparent bloody hands in the crime, her reputation is tarnished. With a podcaster looking into Lucy’s forgotten memories of that night, will she want to know whether or not she did kill her best friend? Mystery lovers say “yes” to solving the case.
Danganronpa Decadence on the Nintendo Switch
If your person loves playing video games, get them this interactive murder mystery. The setting is Hope’s Peak Academy, the exclusive school where talented students are destined to become Japan’s hope for the future. When a group of students are suspiciously held in the the school by the deranged teddy bear Monukuma, it’s up to them whether or not to enact the bear’s killing game. But with freedom on the line, the students will do whatever it takes to leave, even murder. Protagonist Makoto Naegi will step up to solve the crimes to stay alive. Guessing the wrong perpetrator is a guaranteed death for the whole class. This game will test patience, but solving who’s the murderer will be worth it.
I hope this gives you more ideas for what to give this holiday season! If you come up empty, there’s always a plethora of true crime podcasts and books to give to your loved ones!
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