YOU choose how to solve a murder in this collection of three gripping stories

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.

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

Perfect for fans of Murdle Junior, Puzzles for Spies and Cluedle, you choose what path you take, what puzzles you solve, and what answers you take to help you solve a murder.

Paul Westmoreland has been a professional writer for over 25 years, creating award-winning advertising for TV, cinema, radio and digital campaigns. He is now a full-time author, and as well as coming up with fiendish puzzle and mystery books, he is the writer behind the spooky Rudy middle-grade series, which first published in 2023.