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Find Lavinia's Killer: A Murder Mystery Logic Puzzle - 30,000 Suspects, 18 Clues, One Killer
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Logic & Brain TeasersPuzzlesWord Search
Publisher: Tessa Hollcroft
Published: Sep 2 2026
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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Lavinia is dead, and one of 30,000 people did it.
She was known to everyone and trusted by few. When she died, she
left behind no confession and no witness - only a list. Every
person who might have wished her harm is named within these pages,
and among them, hidden in plain sight, is the one who is guilty.
This is not a novel to be read from cover to cover. It is a case
file to be worked, a puzzle to be solved, and a killer to be caught
using nothing but logic and a steady hand.
HOW IT WORKS
Inside you will find a complete list of all 30,000 suspects and a
set of eighteen clues. Every clue is a plain, verifiable fact about
the person responsible - the letters in their name, its length, the
way it begins or ends. None is a trick. None is a false trail.
Taken together, they point to exactly one person.
Your task is simple to describe and deeply satisfying to carry out.
Read a clue. Cross out every suspect it rules out. Move to the next,
and the next, watching the field of possibilities narrow with each
one. When you have worked through all eighteen, a single name will
remain uncrossed. That name is the killer.
A REAL PUZZLE, FAIRLY MADE
This is a puzzle built to respect the solver. The suspect list is
deliberately shuffled, so there are no shortcuts, no blocks of names
to skip, and no way to guess your way to the answer. Every name must
be read and judged on its own. And unlike many puzzles of its kind,
the solution here is guaranteed: each book is verified to resolve to
exactly one suspect, so the answer you reach through careful
deduction is the only answer possible.
There is no story to follow, no characters to keep track of, and no
outside knowledge required. What you bring is patience, attention,
and the quiet pleasure of reasoning your way to the truth. What the
book provides is a case that holds together from the first clue to
the last.
WHO IT IS FOR
Find Lavinia's Killer is made for puzzle enthusiasts who want
something more absorbing than a crossword, for mystery readers who
have always wanted to do the detecting themselves, and for anyone
who enjoys pure deductive reasoning. It makes an ideal companion for
a quiet evening, a long journey, or a rainy afternoon, and a
memorable gift for the armchair detective in your life. All you need
to begin is a pen, a comfortable chair, and a sharp eye.
The suspects are waiting. The clues are on the page. The answer is
sealed at the back - but see how far you can get before you turn to
it.
One name. Eighteen clues. 30,000 suspects. The rest is up to you.
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