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The Game Is Murder

The Game Is Murder

Summary

PRE-ORDER NOW: THE MOST ORIGINAL, DISTINCTIVE CRIME NOVEL OF 2025, PERFECT FOR FANS OF STUART TURTON, ANTHONY HOROWITZ AND AGATHA CHRISTIE!

What if a Great Detective reinvestigated the most famous unsolved murder case of the century?

What if that Great Detective was you?

You are invited to a very special murder mystery party.

Listen to the witnesess. Examine the evidence. Solve the case.

Be careful. Trust no one. All may not be as it seems.

If you agree to play the role of the Great Detective, you must provide a complete solution to the case. A simple verdict is not enough. We need to know who did, how they did it, and why.

Are you ready? Can you solve the ultimate murder mystery – and catch a killer?

A word or warning – unsolved mysteries are not permitted…

Reviews

  • A remarkable, unique novel inspired by an infamous case that embraces experimental, postmodern and metafictional techniques
    Nicholas Royle

About the author

Hazell Ward

Hazell Ward spent years as an adult education teacher, before completing an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She enjoyed it so much, that she is now working for a PhD. She was shortlisted for the Margery Allingham Short Story Competition in 2021, and won the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2023 for her story, Cast A Long Shadow, published by Honno Press.

She lives and works in Wrexham, Wales.
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