Murder Mystery Game Books and Detective Puzzle Books

Every puzzle reveals a fact; put the facts together and name the killer.

Word Searches, Logic Grids, Secret Codes and More, Every Puzzle Reveals a Fact

Murder Mystery Puzzle Book

4 complete cases, 100 puzzle files16 puzzle types, difficulty 1 to 5148 pages, 8.5 x 11 inTwo hints for every file, full answers

Four villages, four victims, four killers. Each case is twenty-five puzzle files: word searches, logic grids, Morse code, letter sudoku, number locks and more. Solve a file and it gives you one fact about the case. Collect all twenty-five, fill in the case form and name the killer. Difficulty rises from 1 to 5 in every case, with two hints for every file and full answers.

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Detective Word Search Books →

Word searches with a story: linked cases and a hidden message in every grid.

100 Detective Word Search Puzzles book cover

$14.99

Mystery Puzzle Book for Adults, 10 Linked Cold Cases

100 Detective Word Search Puzzles

100 puzzles plus a 5-puzzle finale10 linked cold casesGrids from 12x12 to 18x18Hidden messages and full solutions

A word search book with a plot. Ten linked cold cases in the town of Brannock, ten puzzles each, set in the places where the crimes happened. In every puzzle two words are missing from the grid: they answer the questions about the case. The letters you never circle spell a hidden message, and the ten case results lead to a finale where one suspect is left. Grids grow from 12x12 to 18x18, with full solutions at the back.

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Holiday Murder Mystery Books →

An advent calendar with a murder inside it: one puzzle a day until December 24.

$12.99

A Christmas Advent Calendar Murder Mystery Puzzle Book for Adults

24 Days to Catch a Killer

2 mysteries, 24 days eachOne puzzle a day, 10 to 25 minutes98 pages, 8.5 x 11 inHints, answers and a sealed solution

An advent calendar with a murder inside it. Two separate mysteries, Silent Night at Hollybrook and Last Train to Edelweiss, each run from December 1 to 24 with one puzzle a day. Every puzzle gives you a clue, every clue crosses people off a register of about 500 names, and on December 24 one name is left. Play one this Christmas and save the other for next Christmas, or split into two teams and race.

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Elimination Puzzle Books →

A long guest list, a set of clues and a pencil: cross out names until one is left.

$13.99

A Murder Mystery Elimination Puzzle Book for Adults: 2 Cases, 6,000 Guests, One Name Left

Find the Killer

2 cases, 6,000 guests18 clues a case, 3 locked behind puzzles130 pages, 8.5 x 11 inProgress checks and a solution for each case

Two murders and two guest lists of about 3,000 names each. Read the story, the 6 statements and the 3 pieces of evidence, then work through 18 clues and cross out everyone who does not fit. Three clues are locked behind small puzzles, and progress checks tell you how many names should be left. The last name left is the killer. Pencil only: no internet, no app, no scissors.

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Solve the case on paper

Our books turn a murder mystery into a game you play with a pencil. Instead of reading about a detective, you are the detective: every puzzle you solve gives you a piece of evidence, and the evidence names the killer. There is no app, no internet and nothing to cut out.

Each book is written and tested by the team behind the Forgotten Mystery detective game. The cases are cosy crime with no gore, made for adults and teens, and they work just as well for one solver on a quiet evening as for couples and friends on game night.

Looking for something to print at home tonight? Our printable mystery games are instant PDF downloads.