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Can You Solve the Murder?
Investigate your own murder mystery and control the story in this interactive crime novel and puzzle book for adults
2025
First Published
359
Number of Pages

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... '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 '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. What will you do next? You examine the body and learn he was stabbed with a gardening fork and 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? Every decision you make has consequences - and 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? '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

Author

Antony Johnston
Antony Johnston
Author · 65 books

** Sign up for Antony's newsletter at http://ajwriter.substack.com ** Antony Johnston is one of the most versatile writers of the modern era. The Charlize Theron movie Atomic Blonde was based on his graphic novel. His murder mystery series The Dog Sitter Detective won the Barker Book Award. The Brigitte Sharp spy thrillers are in development for TV. And his productivity guide The Organised Writer has helped authors all over the world take control of their workload. Antony is a celebrated videogames writer, with genre-defining titles including Dead Space, Shadow of Mordor, and Resident Evil Village to his credit. His work on Silent Hill Ascension made him the only writer in the world to have contributed to all of gaming’s ‘big three’ horror franchises. His immense body of work also includes Marvel superheroes such as Daredevil and Shang-Chi, the Alex Rider graphic novels, the post-apocalypse epic Wasteland, and more. He wrote and directed the film Crossover Point, made entirely in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic. An experienced podcaster and public speaker, he also frequently writes articles on the life of an author, and is a prolific musician. Antony is a former vice chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, a member of International Thriller Writers and the Society of Authors, a Shore Scripts screenwriting judge, and sits on the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s videogames committee. He lives and works in England.

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