Murdle: Jäger des Juwelenschatzes: 64 abenteuerlich ausgefuchste Logikrätsel

Murdle

by G.T. Karber

Kurz vor Eröffnung des Mystischen Museums sind die sagenumwobenen Juwelenschädel entwendet worden und nun fehlt von ihnen jede Spur. Begib dich auf eine weltumspannende Suche, um den über alle Kontinente verteilten Schatz ausfindig zu machen! Doch Vorsicht: Jede neue Expedition wird von einem rätselhaften Mordfall überschattet, den es zu lösen gilt.

Vollgepackt mit Illustrationen, Karten und geheimen Codes, ist »Murdle: Jäger des Juwelenschatzes« der ideale Zeitvertreib für den filmreifen Abenteurer in jedem von uns!

Genres: Mystery, Puzzles, Logic, Fiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2025

About the author

G.T. Karber grew up in a small town in Arkansas, the son of a judge and a civil rights attorney. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas with a degree in mathematics and English literature. Then, he moved to Los Angeles, where he received a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.

As the General Secretary of the Hollywood Mystery Society, a theater ensemble and cinematic social club, he has overseen the staging of more than 30 immersive whodunits in the LA area. His first feature film, Killer Party, a horror-comedy-musical-whodunit he co-wrote and directed, is currently in post-production with plans to premiere in festivals in 2023.

Reviews

[Jayme C (Brunetteslikebookstoo) · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you haven’t tried “Murdle” yet, what are you waiting for?

Picture a blank “Sudoku” grid married to the board game “CLUE” and you have a “”MURDLE”.

Your challenge is to figure out WHO committed the crime, WHERE it was committed, and WHAT weapon was used by reading the CLUES and EVIDENCE.

Mark an ❌ in a box when you eliminate an option, and a ☑️ in a box when you think you have the correct choice figured out, until the logic puzzle is solved.

And, yes, it is addictive!

The latest volume of 64 brand new puzzles has just been released and it’s got a fun theme for “spooky season”!

The Museum of Mysticality’s seven legendary bejeweled skulls have been stolen and scattered all over the World just days before it’s Grand Opening and Logico (and you!!) need to recover them.

Sharpen your pencils ✏️ and grab yourself a physical copy of this book-I try to do one per day to keep my detective skills sharp and I think I am getting better at solving the “fair play” mysteries that I read as a result of it!

So. Much. Fun.

Thank You to St. Martin’s Griffin for my gifted copy! I can’t wait to get started !

[Aslı Dağlı · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bir çeviri daha bitti. Çok sevilen Murdle bulmacalarının Indiana Jones tadında bir spin-offu.

[Steph · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my first @murdlemysteries book and I absolutely loved it! I had so much fun doing the logic puzzles that I’ve already ordered Murdle 1 & 2! While the cases became more challenging as the chapters go on, I never got stuck. There are hints in the back though if you need them. I loved the humorous tone and the fun mystery elements. If you haven’t done one before and are curious, there is a daily Murdle posted on their website where you could try it out!

Thanks @stmartinspress for the gifted book!

[r.j. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story but the actual puzzles were a lot easier than past editions.

[Kelsy Dąbek · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always these are a fun little thing I like to do with early morning coffee (and at mid-morning coffee when I warm up my morning coffee, and during afternoon coffee when I warm up my mid-morning coffee), also just as fun to do with an evening tea.

[Alex Pulliam · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25/5: the best Murdle yet!

[Jack Temple · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable and engaging puzzles, the author clearly has a great sense of humour too!

[im.booked.on.a.feeling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you so much G. T. Karber and St. Martin’s Press for the gifted copy of Murdle: The Case of the Seven Skulls.

When I was in 4th grade, whenever we had extra time in the day, my teacher would present the class with a logic puzzle for us to solve. I’ve been obsessed ever since.

When I first discovered the Murdle Series, my inner forth grader celebrated like I scored front row seats to The Eras Tour. 🎉

If you’re a fan of logic puzzles, clues, codes, and mysteries, I think you’ll enjoy this series just as much as I do!

[Linda (The Arizona Bookstagrammer) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you SMPG Early Readers, St Martin’s Griffin @stmartinspress and G.T. Karber @gregkarber @murdlemysteries for this free book!
“Murdle: The Case of the Seven Skulls” by G.T. Karber ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre: Logic & Brain Teasers.

Deductive Logico is back solving maddening murders. The Museum of Mysticality’s prized possession, the 7 legendary bejeweled skulls, went missing days before the museum’s grand opening. The curator asks Logico to find the missing artifacts all over the world. How can Logico solve this mystery when a murder happens on every page? Each puzzle tasks Logico (and you) to crack a murder case with a list of suspects, weapons, locations, and clues. Using deductive reasoning to complete a simple logic grid, you find each killer through elimination. Will you discover rational explanations behind these supernatural stories? Or admit some mysteries can’t be explained?

Author Karber has come up with a brand-new spooky season adventure in the Murdle series: 64 murder-mystery logic puzzles with interactive illustrations, spooky settings, and madcap adventures to test your wits. You mark an X in a box when you eliminate an option, and a ✔️ when you think you figure out the right option. Continue until each puzzle is solved.
It’s kind of like a mashup of Sudoku and Clue, so if you enjoy logic puzzles, clues, codes, and mysteries, this is your book! I’m doing 1 puzzle a day so I don’t strain my brain too much. Happy Murdling! It’s 5 stars from me 📚👩🏼‍🦳 #MurdleTheCaseoftheSevenSkulls #gtkarber

[Manasa Jandhyala · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've heard so much about Murdle books. This was my first time reading a Murdle book, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This book consists of logical puzzles. Solving the case using the puzzles was so thrilling. I was really trying to solve as many as I could. Some were really challenging, but that's the whole point. Next time, I'll definitely read this book with my friends for more fun.

[Ven Venom Venomous · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE GAY PEOPLE!!;!;!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

In Murdle – De zaak van de zeven schedels gaat Deductive Logico weer aan het werk om 64 nieuwe zaken op te lossen. Aan het begin van het boek wordt met een uitgebreid voorbeeld uitgelegd hoe de raadsels werken en hoe je deze oplost. Je hebt er niet veel voor nodig: een potlood (met een gum, weet ik inmiddels uit ervaring) en je hersenen zijn voldoende.

In De zaak van de zeven schedels werk je je door zeven avonturen heen. Zo krijg je bijvoorbeeld te maken met de zaak van de moorddadige vogelverschrikker en de tempel in de jungle. Iedere nieuwe zaak wordt geïntroduceerd met een bewijsstuk en een korte inleiding. Daarna beginnen de Murdle-puzzels, zoals we die inmiddels gewend zijn. Je krijgt een aantal verdachten, met enkele details zoals hun lengte, oogkleur en sterrenbeeld. Vervolgens zie je een aantal locaties, potentiële moordwapens en motieven. Dit wordt gevolgd door een lijst met aanwijzingen en bewijsmateriaal, waarna het puzzelen kan beginnen. Uiteindelijk kun je, als het goed is, antwoord geven op de vragen: wie, wat, waar en waarom? De puzzels bouwen op in moeilijkheidsgraad, dus ook als je nog niet zo bekend bent met de Murdle-puzzels kun je er rustig in komen.
Mocht je er toch niet helemaal uitkomen, dan zijn achter in het boek verschillende tips te vinden. Daarnaast vind je daar uiteraard ook de oplossingen van de puzzels.

Het leuke aan deze editie is dat je ook 'geld' kunt verdienen. Als je de zaak volledig goed hebt opgelost, mag je jezelf €100 toekennen. Heb je de juiste persoon aangewezen, maar één of meerdere details fout, dan verdien je €50. Beschuldig je de verkeerde persoon, dan verdien je helaas niets. Daarnaast zijn er nog kleine raadsels door het boek verspreid waarmee je bonussen kunt verdienen. Hoeveel geld heb jij verdiend nadat je alle moorden hebt opgelost?

Inmiddels is dit het vierde Murdle-puzzelboek dat ik in mijn bezit heb en het verveelt nog geen moment. Al snel denk je: 'Nog eentje dan', om er vervolgens pas een aantal puzzels later achter te komen dat je nog steeds bezig bent. Ieder boek heeft weer iets unieks, waardoor de serie niet verveelt, ook al is de kern natuurlijk hetzelfde.

Murdle is een perfect boek voor iedere puzzelliefhebber. Zoals ik al zei, heb ik zelf meerdere Murdle-boeken in mijn bezit en is dit ook een boek dat ik regelmatig cadeau geef aan andere puzzelliefhebbers.

Ik ontving dit boek via de uitgeverij. Dit beïnvloedt mijn mening niet.

[Sifa Poulton · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

The fifth murdle book is another shorter mystery (~65% of the size of the first three books) like the fourth. I did, however, like the overall mystery here more than in the previous instalment. It's in eight sections themed around the skulls and their exhibition. It worked well to bring a range of different locations and stories together

I'm not sure if it's a symptom of having read/played all the books so far (including the junior version) and so have a better understanding of what to look for as the clues to the bigger mystery or a reflection on how obvious they were this time, but I did manage to solve most of the mysteries early.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

gemstone skulls have been stolen from a museum - seven to be exact, and Logico and Irratino must travel the world to recover each one (8 puzzles per skull). Once they are brought together, they relive the ordeal at the museum who set up an exhibit detailing each recovery (another 8 puzzles), until we have the final puzzle to figure out why this was a thing to begin with (to have fun of course!)

Some mini puzzles sprinkled in, it was a fun way to pass some time here and there. Very easy to pick up and put down when need to move on to something else.

[OvercommuniKate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay I'm done! So the start of this book is too easy, I wish the easy sections had been a little more mixed in. Also the joke narrative takes a bit to get used to if you're not a comedy person.

I think the solutions being on separate pages would have been nice, but I also realize it would make this book way more expensive.

Overall I have a pretty high completion rate except the "one is lying" puzzles tripped me up a LOT. Very enjoyable.

[Maggie A · Rating 5 out of 5]

I especially loved this one. The bonus money you get from deducing additional information about the ongoing story really rewards readers for paying attention to the smaller details within the cases. You are encouraged to pay attention in the other books, but it is more for the sake of bragging rights and your own curiosity. So this is a fun addition!

[MarilynW · Rating 5 out of 5]

Murdle: The Case of the Seven Skulls by G.T. Karber

I've been doing logic puzzles since I was a kid. Once the internet and computers were invented...ha ha...I did most of my logic puzzles on my computer which really feels like cheating because the programs can let you know right away when you've goofed. Once I started doing logic puzzles the old fashioned way again, with this book, I had to be more careful to catch my mistakes sooner than later which actually made doing the puzzles more fun for me by keeping me on my toes. The author has created a fun fictional character and world in which we deduct and deduce and I appreciate the opportunity to sit and do something that has nothing to do with my phone, computer, or the internet.

With this book of puzzles we are Deductive Logico and we have 64 murder-mystery logic puzzles to solve. The book is big enough to be easy on my eyes and we get plenty of visual and written clues. In our busy and loud worlds it's nice to be able to sit down and take my time to think and ponder. I had the great setting to do so while my chauffeur (husband) drove us to an appointment that required eleven hours of driving round trip. I brought my pencils and pencil sharpener and went to work on the puzzles and it was a nice way to pass the time. I'm all about working my brain to keep it young and this was a fun way to do so.

Pub July 29, 2025 by St. Martin's Griffin

Thank you to St. Martin's Griffin for this gifted print copy!

[Thomas Langley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a bit too samesy for my liking plus there was no romance subplot apart from hints here and there which felt off. The puzzles were fun as always but I would've liked a little more from the meta narrative aspect. All in all better than school of murder or whatever the godawful spin off was.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had never heard of these until I got this one as a gift. What an awesome combination of mystery and puzzles! I absolutely loved the logic puzzles, but it’s a good thing I’m not a detective! I never could figure out the actual mysteries. Very addictive!!!

[Alexandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vermakelijk, maar wel te makkelijk als je een fervent logikwisser bent.
De verhaallijn heeft nogal absurde wendingen, met een hoop deus ex machina’s, misschien iets Amerikaans? Misschien gewoon slecht bedacht?

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got a $7,550. A couple were a lot confusing and a search online revealed I wasn't the only one (maybe an error or two?). Overall, they were a great way to spend some time on a road trip! Would love to do another book sometime.

[Karen Sumpter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed this one very much. Like the School of Mystery, this felt more like a story, than a collection of puzzles.

[cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

it's stupid how addicted i am to these

[Mhysam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Murdle is by far my favourite series of puzzle books. I try to actively stop myself from devouring them too fast so I can enjoy them for longer, but I need more ASAP!!

[Linzie (book.clubbin.besties) Mullins · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always enjoy these books!

[Emmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funzies

[Candy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this puzzle book. It's a nice time passer when sitting in an airport lounge.

[Florelien]

Leuk voor de logica te oefenen, niet aan te raden voor mensen met een sterke logica

[Derek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun challenge as always

[Fran · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love murdle books - I didn’t like this one as much as the last ones! But I did really enjoy it!