Standalone Non-Fiction
The Guest Who Lied
A Solve-It-Yourself Murder Mystery — 42,118 Suspects, 20 Clues, 1 Killer
About this book
42,118 SUSPECTS. 20 CLUES. 1 KILLER. CAN YOU FIND THE GUEST WHO LIED?
Winter, 1962. An avalanche has sealed the Hôtel Belmont-Glace. The telephone line is dead. A quiet accountant named Edmund Vance lies murdered in his bed, and his killer is still inside: one of the 42,118 guests in the hotel register printed at the back of this book.
Edmund left no accusation. He left twenty clues, twenty checkable facts about the killer's name. Cross out every guest who breaks a rule until forty-two thousand names fall away and only one remains.
HOW IT WORKS
Learn the method on a short practice case with twelve suspects.Apply each clue to the register and cross out every name that breaks it.Unlock the story. Each clue opens another page of the Vance Dossier: a thirty-year lie, a fire, a stolen name.Name the killer, then open the sealed Final Dossier and read what really happened that snowbound week.
INSIDE THIS MURDER MYSTERY PUZZLE BOOK
42,118 uniquely named suspects, checked for duplicates20 fair, logical clues with exactly one solutionA complete whodunit that unfolds as you solveA sealed final reveal you open only when you have earned itA bonus case, The Second Key: 600 suspects, 10 clues
Pencil-and-paper deduction for long evenings, screen-free and quietly addictive. A gift for the puzzle lover who has read every whodunit and wants to solve one.
