Murder at the Circus: An Interactive Murder Mystery Puzzle Book

London, 1888. Snow falls on the circus in its winter quarters. While four hundred guests cheer the gala in the ring, the proprietor sits alone in his counting house across the yard. By ten o'clock he is dead, and the takings are gone.

Scotland Yard's Inspector Lionel Graves has sealed Castellan's Royal Circus. The snow has closed the roads, nobody leaves until the killer is named, and he needs your help.

Murder at the Circus is a murder mystery you solve with puzzles. Every word search takes you into a corner of the circus, from the lion tamer's wagon to the trapeze. On the facing page, a cryptogram hides a piece of evidence: a witness statement, a night watchman's log, an IOU found in a desk drawer. 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 645 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 circus's winter quarters
• 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
• Space for notes on every cipher page

Built for Your Tablet

• Tap to navigate: a clickable contents page and puzzle index, plus colour-coded tabs down the side of every page, with one colour for each act.
• Linked puzzles: each word search links to its cipher, each cipher links to its decoded answer, and each answer links back.
• Spoiler-free answer checking: answer pages show the solved grid and the decoded clue, but not whether it's genuine. The verdicts wait at the back.
• Bookmarks panel: every puzzle is listed by act.
• Two sizes included:3:4 for iPad, reMarkable and Kindle Scribe
• 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 2 of the Inspector Graves Casebooks. Every book is a standalone case, so you can start here.

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.