The Game Is Murder

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Thirteen guests. Thirteen suspects. But only one is the murderer - and only you can solve the mystery...Introducing the most original murder mystery of 2025! You are invited to a very special murder mystery party. Thirteen guests have been gathered - rather, thirteen suspects. Only one of them is a murderer. And only you can find them. Your task is simple. Listen to the witnesses, examine the evidence, and solve the case. A word of warning, though. Be careful. Trust no one. In this story, all may not be as it seems... The ultimate murder mystery is yours to solve. Let the games begin.

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A high-energy mystery, both exclamation point and question mark like Agatha Christie on amphetamines. Imagine a labyrinth packed with ninety-degree turns and spiralling staircases and art on the walls and a ruthless guide addressing you directly from the page and youve got a sense of The Game Is Murder, a striking, playful novel for neither the faint of heart nor the slow of wit -- A.J. Finn * No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman In The Window *
A significant achievement, packed with insight and invention, The Game Is Murder presents the reader with a fiction killing that seems to defy explanation. It is witty and remarkable and entirely unpredictable -- Alex Pavesi * author of Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, Eight Detectives *
A postmodern puzzler that dares to pull apart every trope in the book literally -- Antony Johnston
I thoroughly enjoyed The Game Is Murder. Strikingly original, but with nods to Golden Age crime, it's an ingenious story of constantly changing perspectives. Different, clever, and highly entertaining! -- Guy Morpuss * author of A Trial In Three Acts *
A remarkable, unique novel inspired by an infamous case that embraces experimental, postmodern and metafictional techniques -- Nicholas Royle
A mind-bending experiment in crime fiction, throwing light on one of the most enduring mysteries of the twentieth-century -- Oliver Harris

Author Bio

Hazell Ward spent years as an adult education teacher, before completing an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She enjoyed it so much, that she is now working for a PhD. She was shortlisted for the Margery Allingham Short Story Competition in 2021, and won the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2023 for her story, Cast A Long Shadow, published by Honno Press. She lives and works in Wrexham, Wales.