The Guest Who Lied

About this book

It is not a story to be read. It is a case to be solved.

Winter, 1962. An avalanche has sealed the Hôtel Belmont-Glace, the telephone line is dead, and a quiet accountant named Edmund Vance lies murdered in his bed — the killer still trapped inside, one of the 42,118 guests written into the hotel's register at the back of this book.

Edmund left no accusation. He left twenty clues — twenty cold, checkable facts about the killer's name. Cross out every guest who breaks a rule, one clue at a time, until the forty-two thousand fall away and a single name remains. No tricks. No red herrings. Only the names, the rules, and you.

But here's what no other puzzle does: every clue you solve unlocks another page of what really happened that snowbound week — a thirty-year lie, a fire, a stolen name. Name the killer correctly and the sealed Final Dossier reveals the whole terrible truth. The deduction you love — and the payoff the genre forgot to give you.

Inside this solve-it-yourself murder mystery:42,118 uniquely named suspects — triple-checked, zero duplicates20 honest, logical clues that narrow the field to oneA complete cozy whodunit that unfolds as you solveA sealed reveal you open only when you've earned itA bonus second case to keep the hunt goingCalming, screen-free and quietly addictive — for fans of armchair-detective puzzles, cozy mysteries and long winter evenings. A brain-teasing gift for the mystery lover who has read every whodunit and wants to live inside one.

Find the guest who lied.