The Killer Went Overboard: A Find-the-Killer Murder Mystery Logic Puzzle Book — 12,600 Suspects, 20 Clues, One Name Left Standing
Product Information
Product Description
12,600 suspects. 20 statements. One name left standing.The fireworks started at 11:38 on the last night of the maiden voyage. Several hundred people on the forward decks watched a man die by strobe light: a figure crossed a closed deck, put a knife in the ship's bosun, and tipped him over the rail. Hundreds of witnesses. Not one clean look. The ocean kept the knife.Every soul aboard was scanned up the gangway at one of 15 ports around the world, against a manifest that records their cabin, their position and where they boarded. Nobody has left the ship since the alarm. I pulled 20 statements out of six days of interviews.So here's the job, partner. Work the statements. Strike the names. One strike takes a suspect off The List. Whoever's left standing is our killer.Inside the file:A 280-page suspect list. 12,600 names (first and surname), one zone of the ship to a page, with each soul's cabin, deck, booking number, position aboard and the port where they joined her.20 statements in plain language. If a statement doesn't fit a suspect, strike them. No traps in the wording.Difficulty: Open-and-shut. The gentlest of Alibi's three tiers, under Cold case and Allegedly unsolvable. Big case, honest work.A world map's worth of evidence: statements that turn on ports from Sydney to Casablanca, with the reference table printed right where you work.A rules page and worked example that teach the whole method in two pages. The file assumes nothing.One verified solution, coded at the back so you can't spoil it by accident. Cheats have to work for it.A find-the-killer murder mystery logic puzzle book for adults, and the right first case if you've never worked one: every check is a glance, every statement means exactly what it says, and the only thing between you and the killer is 12,600 names.The file's on your desk. I've done the legwork. The rest is yours, partner.Grab your copy and start striking names. Read more
