Mystery Puzzle Books

Detective puzzles you print at home or solve on a tablet. One crime, a stack of evidence and a chain of puzzles that ends with the name of the killer.

Good to know: The MurderMysteryTime subscription includes only the online games in the Cases section. Printable PDFs are not included and are sold separately. See the online membership.

Last Train to Edelweiss: mystery puzzle book PDF cover$12.99
Mystery Puzzle Book

Last Train to Edelweiss

24 daily puzzles, 10 to 25 minutes each480-name suspect register plus a suspect tracker

A printable advent calendar with a murder on board. Solve one puzzle a day, cross names off a 480-name register and be left with exactly one suspect on Christmas Eve.

Colour + Printer-Friendly · US Letter + A4

One-time purchase. Not part of the subscription.

Death at the Museum Gala: mystery puzzle book PDF cover$5.29
Mystery Puzzle Book

Death at the Museum Gala

18 clues with a progress check after every third3,000 guests on 50 guest list pages

A gala guest list 3,000 names long, 18 clues and one killer. Cross out every guest the clues rule out until a single name is left. Colour and printer-friendly PDFs.

Colour + Printer-Friendly · US Letter + A4

One-time purchase. Not part of the subscription.

The Midnight Vault: A 45-Minute Murder Mystery: mystery puzzle book PDF cover$5.99
Mystery Puzzle Book

The Midnight Vault: A 45-Minute Murder Mystery

1 to 4 players, ages 12 and up30 to 45 minutes, six linked puzzles

A compact whodunit you solve on paper in about 45 minutes: break a time lock code, decode the keeper's notebook and find out who shut him in the vault.

Colour + Printer-Friendly · US Letter + A4

One-time purchase. Not part of the subscription.

The Saltmarsh Case Files: 25 Detective Puzzles: mystery puzzle book PDF cover$4.39
Mystery Puzzle Book

The Saltmarsh Case Files: 25 Detective Puzzles

25 puzzles in 16 puzzle types, difficulty 1 to 537 pages, Colour and Printer-Friendly editions

A lighthouse keeper vanishes in a storm. Solve 25 puzzles in 16 different types, collect one fact from each, and name the killer. Hints and full answers included.

Colour + Printer-Friendly · US Letter + A4

One-time purchase. Not part of the subscription.

100 Detective Word Search Puzzles: mystery puzzle book PDF cover$9.99
Mystery Puzzle Book

100 Detective Word Search Puzzles

105 word search puzzles: 10 cold cases of 10 puzzles, plus a 5-puzzle finale149 pages, Colour and Printer-Friendly editions, each in US Letter and A4

Ten linked cold cases, 105 word searches from 12x12 to 18x18, two missing words per grid and a hidden message in the leftover letters. Solve them all to find the one name behind every case.

Colour + Printer-Friendly · US Letter + A4

One-time purchase. Not part of the subscription.

How a mystery puzzle book works

Every book is a complete detective story told through puzzles. You read the case, study the evidence and solve one puzzle after another: codes, logic grids, timetables, maps and lists of suspects. Each answer gives you a fact, and the facts together lead to the killer. A full solution at the back explains every step.

The formats are different on purpose. The advent mystery gives you one puzzle a day through December. The name elimination puzzle hands you a long guest register and a set of clues that strike names off until one is left. The puzzle book is a case file in 25 parts, the 45-minute mystery is a short case for one evening, and the word search book hides the clues of ten linked cold cases in 100 grids.

Who they are for

They suit adults and teens 12+ who like logic puzzles and crime stories: solo players with a pencil and a coffee, couples, friends on a game night and families. No outside knowledge is needed, and every puzzle comes with hints.

Print or play on a tablet

Every product downloads as two ZIP files: a Colour Edition that reads well on a tablet, and a Printer-Friendly Edition with light backgrounds that saves ink. Both come in US Letter and A4. Print single-sided, or open the PDF and write on the screen.

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