In this interactive crime novel, step into the shoes of a detective and investigate the most mysterious crime of your career. There''s been a murder at Elysium, a wellness retreat set in an English country manor. You arrive to find the body of a local businessman on the lawn - with a rose placed in his mouth. It appears he was stabbed with a gardening fork and fell to his death from the balcony above. But that balcony can only be accessed through a locked door, the key is missing, and everyone in Elysium is now a suspect... Gather the evidence and examine the clues. Choose who to interview next, and who to accuse as your prime suspect. But remember that every decision you make has consequences - and some of them will prove fatal... Do you have what it takes? Can YOU solve the murder? Experience a gripping new type of story, unlike anything you''ve read before, from Antony Johnston, award-winning crime author and veteran games writer.

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Antony Johnston is the multi-award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty books, graphic novels, and comic series, including the popular Can You Solve the Murder? and Dog Sitter Detective murder mysteries. His graphic novel The Coldest City was made into the multi-million-dollar blockbuster movie Atomic Blonde. He is also a celebrated videogames writer, and is credited with many franchise-defining titles. Johnston is a former vice chair of the Crime Writers' Association, a member of International Thriller Writers and the Society of Authors, a Shore Scripts screenwriting judge, and sits on the Writers' Guild of Great Britain's videogames committee. He lives and works in Lancashire.

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'Follow leads, find clues, and interrogate suspects in this intricately crafted page-turner!' G. T. Karber, author of Murdle

Do YOU have what it takes to solve the crime in this interactive mystery?

A Top Ten Kindle Bestseller
*A Waterstones Paperback of the Year*****

You arrive at Elysium, a wellness retreat in an English country manor, to investigate a murder. You find the body of a local businessman on the lawn, with a rose placed in his mouth.

When you examine the body, you learn that he fell to his death from the balcony above. But that balcony can only be accessed through a locked door - and the key is missing.

Everyone in Elysium is now a suspect, but who will you interview first? Be careful what you choose, because every decision you make has consequences, and some of them will prove fatal...

Do you have what it takes? Can YOU solve the murder?

Experience a gripping new type of story, unlike anything you've read before, from Antony Johnston, award-winning crime author and veteran games writer.

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Top Ten Kindle Bestseller, July 2025