Death at the Beach
Sun, sand and a body on the promenade. Forty seaside murders, and every one of them can be solved with pure logic.
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Murder at the Christmas Bookshop
Snow at the window, coffee in the café corner and a body between the shelves. Forty cozy murders in an old bookshop, and every one of them can be solved with pure logic.
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Instant download: the PDF comes by email straight after checkout. A5 pages to print at home.
Included with every PDF: the mini-ebook The Night Before Advent (5 cozy cases).
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Published in Ruurlo, the Netherlands. Questions? team@playcludoku.com
- Format
- Paperback, A5 (14.8 × 21 cm)PDF, A5, to print at home
- Full colour, professionally printedFull-colour PDF to print at home
- Editions
- English, German & Dutch editions
- Pages
- 154
- Solutions
- Tip-offs and step-by-step verdicts
- Product safety
- Publisher and responsible person in the EU: Ferdasco, Stationsstraat 18, 7261 AD Ruurlo, the Netherlands
About this book
Reading nooks, a book café, the signing hall and the rare books room: every case is the floor plan of a bookshop in the weeks before Christmas, with a handful of suspects and one victim. An easy start, an expert finish, in a handy A5 format. Use the clues to place everyone on the floor plan. The only suspect who shared the victim’s room is the murderer.
- 40 cases in four chapters, from easy to expert
- Every case has exactly one solution. No guessing needed
- Tip-offs when you are stuck, and a step-by-step verdict for every case
- Rules and a worked example case get you started in minutes
- Full colour, A5 (14.8 × 21 cm), 148 pages
- Paperback coming soon – the Dutch edition first, shipped from the Netherlands
- PDF to print at home, including the mini-ebook The Night Before Advent (5 bonus cases)
- A cozy gift for anyone who loves books and puzzles – the PDF arrives straight away
Choose your edition: English, German or Dutch, as a paperback or a PDF. All editions contain the same cases.
The PDF is an A5 file to print at home, as often as you like. The download link arrives straight after checkout, together with the mini-ebook. The paperbacks are coming soon, the Dutch edition first – leave your email on this page and we will tell you the day they are out.
The series
Complete the set
Paperback shipping: €4,95 within the Netherlands, €7,95 to Belgium
PDF to print at home, available now · paperbacks coming soon
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Snowed in, fondue on the table, and one guest who will not see the thaw. Forty murders in the mountains, solved with nothing but logic.
Murder on the Rails
A night express, a sleeper cabin and a passenger who never reaches the next station. Forty murders on board, solved with pure logic.
The Cludoku Casebook
A mansion, a cruise ship, a film set, a bakery at dawn: forty murders in eight settings, and logic is the only alibi that holds.
Inside the book
One case, one spread
Suspect cards and their statements on the left, the floor plan on the right – with room for notes and a box for your verdict.
Stuck? Every case has a tip-off, and the verdicts at the back walk you through the solution step by step.
The briefing
Three laws of the scene
Each case is a single moment, frozen: the instant the deed was done. Everyone present is sitting, standing or lying somewhere on the floor plan, and each has given a statement about where. Rebuild the scene square by square – once everyone is back in place, the guilty party has nowhere left to hide.
Your assignment
Rebuild the scene, then name the guilty: the only suspect who ended up in the same room as the victim.
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One per line
Nobody – the victim included – shares a row or a column with anyone else. Place one person and their whole row and column close for everybody else.
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Mind the furniture
People stand on bare floor or sit in an armchair, on a sofa or on a rug. Bookcases, tables and the like are in the way – nobody can be on those squares.
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Alone with the body
Exactly one suspect ends up in the same room as the victim. That suspect is guilty – and the victim counts as a person in every clue.
Paperback or PDF – how does the PDF work?
The PDF is the whole book – every case, tip-off and verdict – as A5 pages to print at home. You get it by email straight after checkout, together with the mini-ebook The Night Before Advent (also free to download on its own). Print the cases one at a time or all at once, in colour or black and white.
When will my book arrive?
The PDF arrives by email straight after checkout. The paperbacks of Murder at the Christmas Bookshop are coming soon, the Dutch edition first, shipped from the Netherlands: leave your email on the book page and we will send you one email the day you can order.
Is it a good gift?
Yes – a cozy puzzle book for anyone who loves books, crime stories and a good brain-teaser. The PDF arrives straight away, so it also works as a last-minute gift: print it, tie a ribbon round it, done. Every case has exactly one solution, so nobody stays stuck for long.
How much is shipping?
PDFs never cost shipping: the download link comes by email. Our paperback ships from the Netherlands: €4.95 within the Netherlands and €7.95 to Belgium; the rate is shown in your cart before you pay.
English, German or Dutch – what's the difference?
None in the puzzles: every edition contains the same cases. Pick the language you want to read the statements and solutions in when you add the book to your cart.
Is every case really solvable?
Yes. Every case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by pure deduction – no guessing. Before a case is printed, two independent solvers check it. Stuck? Every case has a tip-off, and the verdicts at the back walk you through the solution step by step.
Can I return a book?
Paperbacks: you can withdraw from your purchase within 14 days of receiving your book (return postage is paid by you; damaged or misprinted books need not be returned). If a book arrives damaged or misprinted, we replace it or refund you. PDFs: you can withdraw within 14 days of your purchase, unless you agreed at checkout that the download starts straight away and confirmed that you then lose your right of withdrawal. If a file does not open or is faulty, write to us and we fix it or refund you. Returns and refunds.