Murder Most Foul
I have, in my time, smothered, knifed, strangled, hanged, shot, poisoned and bludgeoned them to death.I have injected air bubbles into their arteries, dropped them into cellars to starve to death, hired killers to see them off, set up fake suicides, and now I’ve run out of ideas.
I still need to kill off between four and six characters over the space of two books, ideally using ways that you or I could do, or for that matter solve, without needing fantastic skills, special equipment, or untraceable poisons distilled from a mushroom found only in one acre of the Amazon forest.
Common or garden murders, tricky to solve, easy to achieve either remotely or without getting spattered and therefore instantly spotted. Easy.
I got a couple of excellent suggestions and a couple of suggestions I suspect were taking the Michael when I raised this briefly in another blog
but you know what, you ever wanted to murder someone, now's your chance. 
Comments (121)
Science fiction
Set in what time
And geographical location
and no, not going to nonchalantly roll a vat of beer into my story
but you know what, I don't want to limit imaginations and I won't comment on any responses from now on unless they're questions.
Let 'er rip
Red - I worked for a brewery, and even the drivers couldn't always judge which way for sure the vat would roll
Bogie.
Tru, thinking up ways to murder you could be the source of true inspiration
Farm equipment is especially good for that.
Even a common garden pitch fork has its uses.
Suggest to the intended victim (s)he doesn't look well and needs to do something for fresh air and exercise.
Like go golfing....
Yer victim's as dead as Caesar, you betcha!
I've found a diverting evening of impalments really improves my mood also!
Molly, the minute I can have a way of lining up not only my murderer but several red herrings all ambling around carrying farm implements, I've got a go. Hmmmmmm. The Royal Agricultural?
Tru, I have no words
Tru, you could do with an impaling
Tru, you could do with an impaling
Come on, it's a BIT specialized? Hands up who can fly a model airplane? But unexpected airbags could definitely trigger an accident. Ensuring it is fatal ... Okay. Added to the Possible list.
That's the problem with Mick's we got the golf, no worries there, even the rain
I've just offered you a nice death.
I don't think you are getting the whole concept of simple murders set in Scotland
equipped with GPS......
If I have to go find one in the course of research, am I going to enjoy the experience?
But it's still a good idea though. It was just an accident. And you don't need any special equipment .. no pun intended.
I'm horrendously lazy about research. If I can't work out how something is done and have to go learn to do it, it could be a problem - but I think you just showed the future of snipers, and it is scary
They contain digitalis which can cause heart attacks.