Murder on the Rails
Cludoku case file
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.
Dining cars, sleeper cabins, lounge cars and luggage vans: every case is the floor plan of a night train with a handful of suspects and one victim. 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 paperback, 6 × 9 in (15.2 × 22.9 cm), 150 pages
Choose your edition: English or German. Both editions contain the same cases.
Printed for you on demand and shipped by tracked mail. Free shipping from 2 books to Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and the US.
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.
Rebuild the scene, then name the guilty: the only suspect who ended up in the same room as the victim.
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1
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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2
Mind the furniture
People stand on bare floor or use a deckchair, a sun lounger or a beach towel. Coolers, palm trees and surfboard racks are in the way – nobody can be on those squares.
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3
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.
Case 1 · Cone of Silence
Inside the book
One case, one spread
Pinned suspect cards and their statements on the left, the crime scene on the right – with a scratch grid 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.
From easy to expert
Work your way up to Cold Cases
Each book climbs through four chapters. The floor plans grow, the line-ups get longer and the statements get cagier – but every case still has exactly one answer.
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Easy
On the Beat
Warm-up cases. Every statement pulls its weight, and one clean line of reasoning leads home.
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Medium
Plain Clothes
More suspects, bigger floor plans. Expect to combine two statements before a square gives way.
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Hard
Major Crimes
Busy scenes and tight-lipped witnesses. Keep track of who could still reach each room.
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Expert
Cold Cases
The ones that stumped the department. Every deduction is there to be found – you will have to dig for it.
Questions for the detective
Before you take the case
Short answers from the case file. Anything else? Send us a note.
Do I need to know Sudoku or logic puzzles?
No. Every book opens with a short briefing, a fully worked Case Zero and a field guide to everything you meet on a floor plan. The first chapter is made of warm-up cases.
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.
What if I get stuck?
Every case has a tip-off that points to a good first move – nothing more. The verdicts at the back walk you through the full solution, step by step.
Can I play online?
Yes – nine cases from Death at the Beach are free to play in your browser, from easy to expert. No account needed; your progress stays on your device.
What do I get in the book?
40 cases in four chapters, with tip-offs, step-by-step verdicts and a detective’s logbook to record every case you close. It is a large 8.5 × 11 in paperback in full colour.
When can I buy it?
The book is coming soon. Join the case files at the bottom of this page and we will tell you first.