Book cover for Can You Solve the Murder?: An Interactive Crime Novel by Antony Johnston

Can You Solve the Murder?

An Interactive Crime Novel

2025 Released
304 Pages
5-6 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
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Penguin BooksISBN 9780593513026

“Follow leads, find clues, and interrogate suspects in this intricately crafted page-turner! Will you make the right calls and catch the culprit, or will they slip through your fingers?” —G. T. Karber, author of Murdle

A LUSH WELLNESS RETREAT FULL OF WEALTHY SPA-GOERS. ONE DEAD BODY. SIX SUSPECTS. CAN YOU SOLVE THE MURDER?

You arrive at Elysium, a wellness retreat set in an English country manner, where you find the body of a local businessman on the lawn. It appears he was stabbed with a gardening fork and fell to his death from the balcony above. You quickly realize that the balcony can only be accessed through a locked door—and the key is missing. . .

YOU are the lead detective, and only YOU can solve the mystery. Your job is clear:

  • Investigate the crime scene
  • Choose which guests, employees, and local figures to interview
  • Decode the cryptic text messages
  • Examine the clues you find along the way
  • Decide who to accuse as the murderer

Test your sleuthing skills to see if YOU have what it takes to uncover what each suspect is hiding. There are dozens of pathways to pursue: Will your choices catch the killer—or will they be your downfall?

Solved the murder? How did YOU score?

  • Track your notes in the blank pages at the back of the book
  • Record Clue Numbers along the way
  • Determine your Detective Score

Did YOU rank as an Amateur or a Master Detective? Play against friends to see who solved it best!

Antony Johnston

Antony Johnston's career has spanned books, award-winning video games and graphic novels including collaborations with Anthony Horowitz and Alan Moore. He wrote the New York Times bestseller Daredevil Season One for Marvel Comics and is the creator of Atomic Blonde which grossed over $100 million at the box office. The Dog Sitter Detective was the winner of the Barker Fiction Award. Johnston can often be found writing at home in Lancashire with a snoozing hound for company.

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