The ClassicBooks
In Cold Blood — Truman Capote
The book that invented true crime. Capote's chilling account of the Clutter family murders.
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BestsellerBooks
I'll Be Gone in the Dark — Michelle McNamara
One woman's obsessive hunt for the Golden State Killer. Unputdownable.
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Mindhunter — John E. Douglas
Inside the FBI's elite serial crime unit, from the man who inspired the Netflix series.
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The Stranger Beside Me — Ann Rule
Ann Rule worked beside Ted Bundy at a crisis hotline — before she knew who he really was.
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Fan FavouriteGames
Unsolved Case Files Game
Be the detective. Sift through evidence, photos and interrogations to crack a cold case.
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Hunt A Killer Mystery Box
A subscription-style murder mystery delivered in episodes. Solve it from your kitchen table.
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Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
Five interconnected cases, one conspiracy. Use real databases to break the case.
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Merch & More
True Crime Podcast Mug
For the armchair detective. Perfect fuel for your late-night case deep dives.
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Detective's Evidence Notebook
Track theories, timelines and suspects like a pro. Red string sold separately.
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True Crime Trivia & Gifts
Trivia cards, calendars and curios for the true crime obsessive in your life.
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Viral SensationPuzzle Books
The Killer Isn't Alice — Iris Starling
46,600 suspects, 18 clues, one killer. Alice is on the run and you're the only one who can clear her name.
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Start HerePuzzle Books
Murdle: Volume 1 — G. T. Karber
100 murder logic puzzles from elementary to impossible. All you need is a grid, a pencil and cold logic.
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Puzzle Books
Murdoku — Manuel Garand
Sudoku with a body on it. Every grid is a mini crime scene — crack the numbers and you've cracked the murder.
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Puzzle Books
Suspect Everyone — R. D. Herring
A cop is dead, your partner is missing and the evidence says he did it. Sift 13,100 names to prove otherwise.
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Cross Out Club: A British Manor Murder — Eve Christie
50,000 names, one dead aristocrat. Works out who, how and where — three questions where other books ask one.
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Mahjong Murder — Jared Goudsmit
A poison-coated tile, a champion's death, and 40,000 players at the world's biggest mahjong tournament.
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Puzzle Books
Can You Solve the Murder? — Anthony Johnston
A body on the lawn of a Gothic wellness retreat, a rose in his mouth. You decide who to interview.
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Strange Pictures — Uketsu
Four short Japanese mysteries with the clues hidden in the drawings. Deceptively calm, quietly unhinging.
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Murder, She Solved — R. D. Herring
120 cozy crime puzzles — grids, sudoku, wordsearches and codewords — in a sleepy coastal town with a murder problem.
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New here? Start with this
If you've never read true crime before, begin with In Cold Blood — the book the whole genre grew out of. If you'd rather solve the case yourself, The Killer Isn't Alice is the puzzle book everyone is obsessed with right now. If you'd rather play than read, the Unsolved Case Files box is the easiest way to spend an evening being the detective. And if you're buying for someone whose shelf is already full of the classics, the trivia and gift picks are the safest bet.
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Case notes
From the blog
14 October 2026
How 46,600 suspects became the internet's favourite obsession
A self-published puzzle book about a missing woman called Alice turned into a publishing phenomenon. What it is, and why people can't put it down.
12 October 2026
How to solve The Killer Isn't Alice without losing your mind
Eighteen clues, one absurdly long list of names, and a handful of rules that trip most first-timers up. A calm method.
10 October 2026
If you liked The Killer Isn't Alice, start with these
Seven more puzzle books in the same vein — from a hundred logic mysteries to a poison-coated mahjong tile.