The Ominous World of Murdle

Plus more puzzles and books for fans

Have you discovered Murdle yet? We're obsessed with this murder mystery puzzle but one game a day just isn't enough! So we were pretty excited to discover that creator G. T.  Karber has compiled several books packed full of these ingenious logic games. Now we can play to our heart's content! Each compilation contains 100 elementary to impossible mysteries to solve using logic, skill, and the power of deduction. Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available now and you can preorder Volume 3.

If you still crave more mystery puzzles, logic games, and stories, check out these ominous options. (By the way, have you seen our newest MoodMark™?)

Portentous puzzles

Wile away these darkening days with one of these prescient pastimes that can be enjoyed in solitary or shared with a circle of fiends (I mean friends).

• Horror Word Search—70 themed word search puzzles and facts about haunted locations and classic horror films to keep your brain on edge.
• Poe Word Search—84 puzzles referencing Poe's most famous works, like The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart, plus hidden messages about Poe's publishing career and life.
• Who Done It? Puzzles—Anagrams, cryptograms, visual puzzles, word search, and crossword puzzles based on true crimes and investigation.
• The Great Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Book—Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all with this collection of over 130 fiendish puzzles and enigmas.
• Sleuth & Solve—20 compelling mystery puzzles with clever details and crafty twists. Perfect for all mystery lovers, ages 8 and up.
• Murder Most Puzzling: The Missing Will 500-Piece Puzzle
• The World of Agatha Christie 1,000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
• Edward Gorey 1,000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

Dark diversions

These Murdle-esque logic games offer a variety of sinister scenarios and perilous plots perfect for eerie evenings and gloomy gatherings.

• The Mark of Cthulhu: An Escape Room Adventure Book—Are you ready to dive into the ruthless world of Lovecraft? The reader must explore different rooms, look for clues, and solve puzzles to get out alive.
• The Jane Austen Escape Room Book—This elegant book gives fans a chance to experience the world of Jane Austen in a whole new way.
• Pride & Prejudice Puzzles: Ingenious Riddles and Vexing Dilemmas—"Really, Mr. Collins," cried Elizabeth with some warmth, "you puzzle me exceedingly."
• Agatha Christie Bingo—the whole family will love this high-stakes game featuring 64 characters and clues from the Queen of Crime.
• The Mystery Mansion: Storytelling Card Game—Follow the corridor through a mysterious country house and build a perpetual panorama with its inhabitants and their secrets.
• Cain's Jawbone: Deluxe Box Set—Published in 1934, this fiendishly difficult literary puzzle that has only ever been solved by a handful of people.
• Maze: A Riddle in Worlds and Pictures—This "genius" maze (in the form of a book) will fascinate and mystify players of all ages.

Foreboding fiction

Sometimes all we really want to do to crack the case is just turn the page. These books offer the experience of riding along on a mind-twisting mystery.

• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin—There's a lot at stake in this puzzle-knotted Newbery Medal winner about sixteen people invited to the reading of a will.
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman—A laugh-out-loud whodunit about four septuagenarians who form an unlikely bond as sleuths.
• Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie—In Miss Marple's last case, she turns ghost hunter and uncovers the shocking evidence of a perfect crime.
• The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill—A twisty literary adventure about the nature of friendship and the danger of words.
• The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk—A librarian's quiet life is turned upside down when a priceless manuscript goes missing.
• A Botanist's Guide to Flowers & Fatality by Kate Khavari—1920s London. Someone is killing women with poisonous flower deliveries. Good thing brilliant botanist Saffron Everleigh is on the case.
• Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang—When a wealthy man dies, his three adopted children gather to learn that his will stipulates that his estate will go to the heir who solves his murder.
• Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson—When this family reunion turns deadly, literally everyone is a suspect.

If you're someone who loves to solve mysteries, or even just read about others solving them, you may find something to love here in these perplexing titles. Let us know if you have any to add to the list.

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