Elimination Puzzle Books: Find the Killer by Crossing Out Suspects

A huge guest list, a run of clues and your pencil. Keep striking through names until only one is left.

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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 per case, 3 of them lockedProgress checks after every third clueOne Name Left to close each case

A hotel cashier and a museum keeper, two deaths on two gala nights, and around 3,000 possible culprits for each. You get the story, 6 statements from people who were there and 3 pieces of evidence, then 18 clues that thin the crowd one fact at a time. Three of those clues stay hidden until you beat a small puzzle, and regular progress checks show how many names you should still have. Keep going and the list ends the way the cover promises: One Name Left. A pencil is the only tool you need.

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What is an elimination puzzle book?

Picture a murder with thousands of possible culprits and no idea where to begin. Each clue in an elimination puzzle is a plain fact about the killer, such as an age, a floor or a check-in time. Anyone that fact does not describe gets a line through their name. No guessing is involved, and when the clues run out there is nobody left but the guilty party.

Along the way, progress checks give you the number of names you should still have, so a slip gets caught early instead of spoiling the ending.

Elimination puzzles and logic grids

A logic grid has you match a few people to a few facts in a small table. Here the table is the whole guest list, thousands of rows long, and it gets faster to work through as it shrinks. Read our guide to name elimination puzzles to learn the method, or try Death at the Museum Gala as a printable PDF.