Murdoku: 80 moordmysteriepuzzels

Murdoku #1

by Manuel Garand

Help, er is een moord gepleegd! Aan jou om de identiteit van de dader te onthullen. Je onderzoekt 80 crime scenes, waaronder een bakkerij, een casino, een schaaktoernooi, een boerderij en een opera. Zoek uit waar de verdachten en het slachtoffer zich bevonden op het moment van de moord door hen in het kleurrijke raster te plaatsen. Logisch nadenken is de boodschap, want de dader was altijd alleen in de kamer met het slachtoffer...

De puzzels beginnen eenvoudig en worden geleidelijk uitdagender. Boordevol verrassende twists, geniepige aanwijzingen en heerlijk duistere humor: een misdadig leuk boek voor alle puzzelfanaten.

Genres: Puzzles, Mystery, Nonfiction, Games, Logic, Mystery Thriller, Adult

224 pages, Paperback

Published October 22, 2025

Reviews

[Ana Bernardino · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had so much fun doing it with my wife 😊
It was the perfect winter activity.

The Portuguese translation is a bit poor but nevertheless I am ready for Murdoku II.

[booksmontero · Rating 5 out of 5]

sudoku + cluedo = perfection

[Manon (mysterymanon) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Am I good at these? No! Will I quit? NEVER!!!!

[afra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rate: 5/5⭐️
It is a fun puzzle. It's fun during flights, vacations. Recommended.

[Andrea Ortega · Rating 3 out of 5]

La mecánica del juego es genial y engancha muchísimo, pero a partir del nivel 40 la resolución de los casos no es muy lógica ni coherente. A partir del nivel 50 o 60 hay errores en la traducción que en algunas ocasiones te hace imposible resolver el sudoku ni aun leyendo las pistas.

[Marjolijn 💕 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Geweldig, 10/10, koop dit

[marina · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐ I became borderline obsessed with this game for a month until i finished it! really entertaining and challenging!! the tiny detail for not giving it 5 stars it's because of the last 2 puzzles: something about the portuguese translation made one of the clues dubious (so it became almost impossible to solve) and a misleading drawing of the characters that raised a lot of doubts.

anyways, i loved it and eager for the next edition ✨✨✨

[Cucabooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Foi uma aventura bastante interessante ao longo destas 80 páginas repletas de crimes.

Já tinha reparado nestes livros de passatempos, mas nenhum me tinha realmente cativado até encontrar este. Por ser uma mistura de Sudoku e Cluedo, dois jogos de que gosto muito, tive de experimentar e posso dizer que correspondeu às minhas expectativas. Achei que a primeira metade do livro foi bastante acessível, já o resto nem tanto. Ainda assim, é um livro bastante divertido e recomendo.

[Liliana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so much fun! I got the second volume as well. It’s definitely worth it IMHO.

[Monika Armet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous puzzles— I liked how they progressively got trickier and trickier. I must admit that I had to use the hints on some occasions to help me work them out. Can't wait for the next book.

[Olga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rewelacyjne zagadki, na tydzień przestałam jeść, spać i scrollować. Wciąż przede mną 30 do rozwiązania. Dawać mi 72 kolejne części

[Yana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Súper entretenido, me ha encantado. Le doy 4/5 porque en mi edición (número 17) había un error en el problema 60, donde se decía que una sospechosa estaba con otra sospechosA, pero luego en la solución estaba con un hombre 😭

[Dominika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vynikajúce!! Prvých zo 20 prípadov človek dá s prstom v nose. Potom sa začne škrabkať po hlave. Posledných 20 si trhá vlasy. Ale je to prudko návykové! Odporúčam všetkým gaučovým detektívom :D

[Vicky Flores · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me metí en el mundo de los libros de actividades relacionadas con resolver misterios y sé que no podré salir...

[Chesli · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting puzzle book! I enjoyed the layouts and how they contributed to the logic challenges presented. The book does ease you into solving the puzzles and gradually increases the difficulty. There isn't a connecting storyline, so you can solve these puzzles in any order. I will say the logic behind some puzzles stumped me, and I wasn't always able to follow some leaps; however, I did appreciate that there were step-by-step explanations in the back of the book with the answer key. Definitely would pick up a second Murdoku if one gets published.

3.5/5 rounded to 3 stars

[Sabrina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oggi sono qui per parlarvi di un'altra bellissima novità arrivata nelle nostre librerie e online.
Come sapete sono una grande amante del genere, quindi potevo mai farmela scappare? Assolutamente no.
Murdoku è uno di quei libri‑gioco che ti fanno venire voglia di prendere una matita, chiudere il mondo fuori e diventare detective per ore. È un’idea semplicissima e geniale: prendere la struttura dei sudoku e fonderla con la logica dei crime, trasformando ogni griglia in una vera scena del crimine. Non stai solo compilando caselle, stai ricostruendo movimenti, incastri, alibi, posizioni. Ogni riga e ogni colonna diventano indizi.
Gli 80 casi hanno difficoltà crescente e sono tutti accompagnati da scenari colorati e tematici: una banca, un casinò, un torneo di scacchi, un teatro dell’Opera… ogni ambientazione ha il suo sapore e ti fa sentire davvero “sul campo”. Hai una lista di sospettati, una serie di indizi e una griglia da riempire seguendo la regola base del sudoku: in ogni riga e colonna può esserci un solo personaggio. Da lì, passo dopo passo, deduci chi era dove, chi poteva vedere cosa, chi si trovava nella stessa stanza della vittima al momento del delitto.

«La verità è nascosta in una casella. Sta a te capire qual è.»

La cosa più riuscita è il modo in cui il libro ti costringe a pensare: non puoi andare a caso, devi osservare ogni dettaglio, collegare gli indizi, eliminare le possibilità. È perfetto per chi ama i gialli ma vuole essere parte attiva dell’indagine, e per chi adora gli enigmi logici e cerca una sfida diversa dal solito cruciverba.
Murdoku è un compendio di piccoli rompicapi narrativi, un allenamento per la mente travestito da raccolta di omicidi. Divertente, stimolante, soddisfacente: ogni caso risolto dà quella sensazione di “ce l’ho fatta” che solo i puzzle ben costruiti sanno regalare. Se ami il crime e l’enigmistica, è uno di quei libri che non si leggono soltanto, si giocano.

[Joana Alves | Juca Mindscape · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorei!
A dificuldade vai aumentando e alguns tornam-se um verdadeiro “estalo de humildade” mas foi incrível e deu para distrair e desligar.
Só é pena alguns dos erros, sobretudo de erros de tradução na versão em português.

[andreapena · Rating 4 out of 5]

No sé a quién se le ocurrió mezclar los sudokus con los crímenes pero es una idea millonaria. Es el cluedo reinventado. Me encantó. No le doy más estrellas porque había algunos fallos en algún caso y se me hizo imposible resolverlo.

[Fran · Rating 1 out of 5]

So this book frustrated me A LOT! I felt like some of the logic didn’t make sense! They would give information and then I’d go look at the explanation at the end and it would say “so it has to be this” and I’m like “HOW!?”
I had to cheat for a lot of these puzzles and I got very frustrated. I will not be completing another one of these books unless they give more clues and rework the books.

[Inês · Rating 5 out of 5]

If sudoku and a whodunnit had a baby it would be this! It was sooo much fun!!!

(my rating: 5⭐️ & dad's rating: 4,75⭐️)

[Ellinor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heute habe ich einen Buchtipp der anderen Art für euch: Murdoku. Vielleicht haben einige von euch es schon in der Buchhandlung liegen sehen. Murdoku ist ein Muss für alle Rätselfans. Stellt es euch wie ein Sudoku vor, bei dem ein Mord aufgeklärt werden muss. Ausgangspunkt ist ein Gitter wie bei Sudoku, nur nicht mit Zahlen, sondern mit Personen. Die Regeln gleichen denen eines Sudokus, d.h. in jeder Reihe und Spalte darf jeweils nur eine Person sein. Murdoku ist aber nicht nur ein abgewandeltes Sudoku, es ist auch eine Mischung aus Logikrätsel und Cluedo. Bei jedem Rätsel gibt es bis zu elf Verdächtige, von denen einer der Mörder ist, sowie ein Opfer. Bei jeder Person befindet sich ein Hinweis, wo er oder sie sich befindet. Beim Opfer ist immer nur bekannt, dass es sich mit dem Mörder dem Täter alleine in einem Raum befindet.
Damit wären wir auch schon bei einem weiteren Unterschied zum Sudoku: hier dürfen mehrere Personen in einem Raum oder Bereich sein. Außerdem schaut nicht jedes Rätsel gleich aus. Es gibt ganz unterschiedliche Grundrisse, die immer der jeweiligen Geschichte angepasst werden. Außerdem gibt es Gegenstände, wie Betten oder Teppiche, auf denen sich Personen befinden können, und andere, bei denen das nicht möglich ist. Dadurch ist Murdoku wahnsinnig abwechslungsreich.
Mir gefällt es deutlich besser als Murdle, das vor zwei Jahren der letzte Schrei war. Dort waren mir die Rätsel viel zu ähnlich und selbst die schwierigsten waren mir zu einfach. Hier war dies ganz anders. Jedes Rätsel lässt sich gut lösen, sobald man den entsprechenden Aufhänger gefunden hat, was manchmal aber etwas dauert. Die Lösungen sind dabei super hilfreich. Es wird nämlich nicht nur das Endergebnis gezeigt, es wird auch der Weg dorthin gezeigt. Dadurch kann man sich, wenn man gar nicht mehr weiterkommt, den nächsten Schritt anschauen. Das ist teilweise enorm hilfreich.
Es gibt noch zwei weitere Bände der Reihe (bis jetzt leider noch nicht auf Deutsch) und ich kann es gar nicht abwarten, weiterzurätseln!

[Anabela Lopes]

Foi um excelente passatempo para fazer com o meu filho de 11 anos. Fizemos em conjunto até meio, o resto fiz eu - tornou-se complicado para ele. Tem um ou outro erro de tradução, mas recomendo completamente para quem gosta deste tipo de puzzle. Atenção: o perigo de viciar é real.

[Adriana | Noventa y dos libros · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me ha encantado, lo he disfrutado tanto que lo he cogido como rutina y todos los días me he hecho como mínimo un Murdoku.

Súper original y adictivo, perfecto para desconectar en verano. Tengo el segundo libro ya preparado, esta va a ser mi nueva adicción 😍

[Mariana Barbosa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Give me 500 thousand of these

[Mariana · Rating 4 out of 5]

62/80 (sem a ajuda das soluções) ✅
Há um que nem as soluções fazem sentido (reddit backed me up) mas é muito divertido e já comprei o segundo!

[Alexia Calvo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Esto conta como lectura? 😂
Anywaysss esperando polo vol.2 😙

[Núria · Rating 3 out of 5]

No início foi mesmo muito giro, mas depois começou a ficar tão complicado que perdeu a piada. Gosto deste tipo de quebra-cabeças, mas não dos que são exageradamente difíceis. Ainda assim, recomendo. É mesmo muito viciante.

[Jaclyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really, really loved this new puzzle format. Combining Murdle and sudoku, two of my favorite things, is honestly genius. I had so much fun exercising my brain with these puzzles, and the concept itself is easily 5-star worthy for me. However, the second half of the book got REALLY hard. I’m an educated person, and I feel like I’m generally pretty good with fluid reasoning, but damn, some of these puzzles made me feel so stupid! 😅 I ended up having to use the clues in the back for the majority of the second half, which I hated because I absolutely hate “cheating” on puzzles. But I was genuinely stumped. My biggest issue was that even some of the hints/explanations didn’t fully make sense to me. There would be explanations like “B must go in that spot,” but not enough explanation of WHY it had to go there. A lot of the harder puzzles seemed to rely more on understanding the logic of the grid configurations themselves, and I think that’s where I struggled most. The puzzles that relied primarily on the written clues were by far my favorites, and honestly, if the whole book had followed that style more closely, this would’ve been an easy 5 stars from me. Even with my frustrations, I still had a great time overall, and I already have Volume 2 preordered because I’m really curious to see if there are any changes or improvements to the hint system and puzzle balance. Either way, I know I’ll still enjoy it and am looking forward to it.

[Michelle Sarkisyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love! The hour train I had to take from Waterloo to get my hands on this was SO worth it. Helped me pass time while flying, have some wholesome time with my mum and distress after work days.

[Goldi · Rating 5 out of 5]

That was so fun lol even though it made me feel so stupid at times