SUSPEK - Murder in New York

47,000 suspects. 17 clues. 1 killer.

East Harlem, 11:48 PM. Restaurateur Stella Cataldo lies dead in her own kitchen. Fifty years of New York pass through her reservations book, table by table. The killer's first name is on one of the pages. You have to find it.

Detective Hartmann pulls seventeen clues from the scene. He hands you the book. The eighteenth clue never made it to the file. You'll work it out on your own.

How this murder mystery puzzle works

• 47,000 suspects. Every first name in the book is a possible killer.
• 17 written clues. Each one strikes some suspects off the list. This is a logic grid puzzle: you cross out the innocent until two names survive.
• 1 implicit clue. Hidden in the case file. The reader figures it out.
• 1 killer. The seventeen clues narrow it to two. The eighteenth tells you which.

Bring a red pen. Cross out the innocent. Name the killer.

What you get

• Hundreds of pages of investigation across seven New York neighborhoods, dawn to midnight.
• Detective Hartmann's case file, written like a real police notebook.
• A logic puzzle that takes 4 to 8 hours to solve. Solo or with friends.
• A companion website where you can submit your verdict and learn the killer's full motive.

For fans of

If you loved Murdle by G. T. Karber and The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, you'll find SUSPEK in the same shelf neighborhood. And anyone who's ever wanted to be Sherlock Holmes for a weekend, you're home.

SUSPEK also works as:

• A logic-grid puzzle book with a narrative wrapper
• A mystery novel that puts the reader in the detective's chair
• An adult activity book for travel, vacation, and quiet evenings
• A mystery gift book for the puzzle solver in your life

Case №02 of the SUSPEK series

New York is the second case. New victim, new city, same detective. Read it standalone. Or start with Case №01: Murder on Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles).

One pen, one book, one killer.

Open the file. Find the name.