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The Interactive Murder Puzzle Mysteries

by 2 books in this series
#1 - Death on the Tracks
#1 - Death on the Tracks
Solve the puzzle. Solve the murder.

Simple, right? Join Arlo Banks in this choose your own adventure mystery story as you race against the clock to catch a killer

Arlo Banks has always wanted to be a detective. And when he solves a fiendish puzzle in The Times, set by an elderly Oxford professor, he might just get his chance.

The reward for solving the puzzle is a trip of a lifetime – a journey on the famous Orient Express. It is a journey full of mystery and murder. Clues are everywhere.

As Arlo Banks, your job is track down the truth. But there are puzzles and riddles at every turn, and the answers are not always as straightforward as they seem.

You choose what path you take, what puzzles you solve, and what answers you take to help you solve a murder.

Your choices could take you to the killer – or lead to a more unfortunate fate.
#2 - A Killing at the Box Office
#2 - A Killing at the Box Office
Solve the puzzle. Solve the murder.

Simple, right? Join Arlo Banks in this choose your own adventure mystery story as you race against the clock to catch a killer

Arlo Banks has always wanted to be a detective. And when he solves a fiendish puzzle in The Times, set by an elderly Oxford professor, he might just get his chance.

The reward for solving the puzzle was a trip of a lifetime – a journey on the famous Orient Express. It was a journey that took him from the pyramids of Egypt to the top-secrets spies of London.

Now Arlo is back. And faces more puzzles, and more mysteries. This time, the murders really are just the start . . .

You choose what path you take, what puzzles you solve, and what answers you take to help you solve a murder.

Your choices could take you to the killer – or lead to a more unfortunate fate.

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