Murder at the Opera: An Interactive Murder Mystery Puzzle Book

London, 1887. The gaslights dim for the final act, and the city's most celebrated soprano raises a golden goblet. The audience rises to applaud her death scene. She never rises again.

Scotland Yard's Inspector Lionel Graves has sealed the Aurelia Opera House. Nobody leaves until the killer is named, and he needs your help.

Murder at the Opera is a murder mystery you solve with puzzles. Every word search takes you into a corner of the opera house, from the orchestra pit to the impresario's locked office. On the facing page, a cryptogram hides a piece of evidence: a witness statement, a chemist's ledger, a card tucked among the roses. Some clues lead to the killer. Others are red herrings planted to lead you astray. Weigh them all, fill in your suspect tracker, and make your accusation before you check the solution.

This is the digital tablet edition. It's a hyperlinked PDF built for GoodNotes, Notability and other note-taking apps. Write straight onto the pages with your stylus, and tap to move around the book.

What's inside:

• 40 themed word searches with 653 hidden words, getting harder as the case unfolds
• 40 cryptogram clues, each one a piece of evidence, with hint letters to get you started
• The Inspector's Method: a simple guide to telling genuine clues from red herrings
• The case file, a cast of six suspects, and a plan of the opera house
• A suspect tracker and clue ledger for your deductions
• A final accusation page
• Full answer keys for every puzzle, all 40 clues decoded, and the complete written solution
• Lined case-notes pages

Built for your tablet:

• Tap to navigate: a clickable contents page and puzzle index, plus tabs down the side of every page.
• Linked puzzles: each word search links to its cipher, each cipher links to its decoded answer, and each answer links back.
• Clue ledger: tap any number on the tracker to jump straight to that cipher.
• Bookmarks panel: every puzzle is listed by act.
• Two sizes included: 3:4 for iPad, reMarkable and Kindle Scribe, and 16:10 for Samsung Galaxy Tab and other Android tablets.

Works with: GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo, Samsung Notes, and other apps that open PDFs and let you write on them.

Perfect for: fans of cosy historical mysteries, cryptogram and word search lovers, escape-room enthusiasts, and anyone who has ever shouted "I knew it!" at a detective story.

How it works

1. Buy and download the two PDF files instantly.
2. Open the one that fits your tablet in your note-taking app. In GoodNotes, choose Import.
3. Tap the tabs and links to explore, and write your answers with your stylus.

Good to know

• This is a digital download. No physical book will be shipped.
• In GoodNotes, links work in read-only mode. Switch off the pen tool to tap them.
• You can print pages for your own personal use.
• This file is licensed for one person's personal use. Please don't share, resell or upload it.

Book 1 of the Inspector Graves Casebooks. Every book is a standalone case.

FAQ

Do I need to know how to solve cryptograms?

No. Every cipher comes with hint letters, and the book explains how cryptograms work. The early clues give you more help, and later ones give you less.

Can I use it without a tablet?

The files are made for tablets, but they open on any device that reads PDFs, and you can print pages for personal use.

Is the solution included?

Yes. Every word search answer, all 40 decoded clues with notes on which are genuine and which are red herrings, and the full solution to the case.