Description
ARE YOU READY TO BE A DETECTIVE?
In this choose-your-own-story murder mystery, at the end of every chapter, YOU choose what to do next...
***A Top Ten Kindle Bestseller***
'Clever, intricate...highly entertaining'
Guardian
'A wonderfully intriguing mystery that tests your powers of investigation!'
G. T. Karber, bestselling author of Murdle
'This is just glorious! An interactive crime novel where YOU sleuth-for-the-truth!'
Janice Hallett
You arrive at Elysium, a wellness retreat in an English country manor, to investigate a murder. You find the body of a local businessman on the lawn, with a rose placed in his mouth.
When you examine the body, you learn that he fell to his death from the balcony above. But that balcony can only be accessed through a locked door – and the key is missing.
Everyone in Elysium is now a suspect, but who will you interview first? Be careful what you choose, because every decision you make has consequences, and some of them will prove fatal…
Do you have what it takes? Can YOU solve the murder?
Experience a gripping new type of story, unlike anything you’ve read before, from Antony Johnston, award-winning crime author and veteran games writer.
Everyone is talking about Can You Solve the Murder?
'Guys, this book was SO much fun! I had the best time playing detective and trying to figure out who the murderer was!' FIVE-STAR reader review @Laurajadeslibrary
'This was amazing! I adored it.' FIVE-STAR reader review
'Oh how I loved this book. Just brilliant!' FIVE-STAR reader review
'A great gift for murder mystery fans' FIVE-STAR reader review
'Keeps the genre fresh' FIVE-STAR reader review
Top Ten Kindle Bestseller, July 2025
In this choose-your-own-story murder mystery, at the end of every chapter, YOU choose what to do next...
***A Top Ten Kindle Bestseller***
'Clever, intricate...highly entertaining'
Guardian
'A wonderfully intriguing mystery that tests your powers of investigation!'
G. T. Karber, bestselling author of Murdle
'This is just glorious! An interactive crime novel where YOU sleuth-for-the-truth!'
Janice Hallett
You arrive at Elysium, a wellness retreat in an English country manor, to investigate a murder. You find the body of a local businessman on the lawn, with a rose placed in his mouth.
When you examine the body, you learn that he fell to his death from the balcony above. But that balcony can only be accessed through a locked door – and the key is missing.
Everyone in Elysium is now a suspect, but who will you interview first? Be careful what you choose, because every decision you make has consequences, and some of them will prove fatal…
Do you have what it takes? Can YOU solve the murder?
Experience a gripping new type of story, unlike anything you’ve read before, from Antony Johnston, award-winning crime author and veteran games writer.
Everyone is talking about Can You Solve the Murder?
'Guys, this book was SO much fun! I had the best time playing detective and trying to figure out who the murderer was!' FIVE-STAR reader review @Laurajadeslibrary
'This was amazing! I adored it.' FIVE-STAR reader review
'Oh how I loved this book. Just brilliant!' FIVE-STAR reader review
'A great gift for murder mystery fans' FIVE-STAR reader review
'Keeps the genre fresh' FIVE-STAR reader review
Top Ten Kindle Bestseller, July 2025
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
359 pages
Language
English
Published
Jun 5, 2025
Publisher
Transworld Digital
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
1529946263
ISBN-13
9781529946260
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It was a fun story. It wasn't quite like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, as there really only one solution and proper ending but it was fun. It was set up really well. I wish there had been a few more interactive elements besides just choosing who to interview. The cypher was my favorite part, but that wasn't really until near the end. Also, I wish they would have madethe main character in 3rd person, or more ambiguous, as I can safely say I am not a middle-aged male cop and it was weird being thrust into that role. Honestly you could have removed some of his backstory, and the gender (just have them call him officer or detective LAST NAME) and it would have been fine.
August 17th 2025