{"product_id":"the-killer-isnt-alice","title":"The Killer Isn't Alice","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e44,800 SUSPECTS. 21 CLUES. ONE KILLER. CAN YOU FIND THEM?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe evidence is in your hands. The answer is hidden in plain sight.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eAt 11:47 p.m., an evidence envelope arrives in the city records room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eInside is a single instruction:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind the one person who fits every fact.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eSomewhere inside a massive register containing \u003cstrong\u003e44,800 suspects\u003c\/strong\u003e is one name that survives every piece of evidence. 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Some clues concern the suspect’s name. Others depend on the names immediately before or after them. 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If your numbers do not match, you go back, find the mistake, and continue the investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eInside the case file, you'll find:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul data-spread=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e44,800 suspects\u003c\/strong\u003e to investigate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e21 carefully constructed deduction clues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA massive \u003cstrong\u003e241-page suspect register\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn investigator's workspace for notes and eliminations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clear detective toolkit explaining the rules\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCumulative survivor checkpoints to verify your progress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA final solution waiting at the end of the case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eWhether you love \u003cstrong\u003emurder mysteries, detective stories, logic puzzles, brain teasers, whodunits, deduction games, or challenging puzzle books\u003c\/strong\u003e, this case gives you something different:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou are not watching the detective solve the mystery.\u003cbr\u003eYou are the detective.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eTurn the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eStudy the evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eEliminate the impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eAnd discover the one suspect who survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe question isn't whether Alice is guilty.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe question is:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan you prove who the killer is?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"BookVAULT Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67849589915952,"sku":"9781808974496","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-killer-isnt-alice","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}