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Stop A Murder - Complete Cases: All Five Cases - How, Where, Why, Who, and When
STOP A MURDER!
In this Mystery Puzzle collection, you'll be tasked with decoding the mind and motivations of a nefarious killer who is plotting to commit an unspeakable crime.
This book contains an epistolary collection of sixty emails, texts, and letters, sent to bestselling author J.A. Konrath, by a serial killer. This psychopath is leaving detailed, cryptic hints about who will be murdered, why, when, where, and how.
Some of the hints are easy to figure out. Others are much more devious.
Do you like solving mysteries? Do you enjoy puzzles or escape-the-room games? Are you good at spotting clues?
Only you can stop a murder.
Are you smart enough?
Are you brave enough?
Let the games begin…
STOP A MURDER by J.A. Konrath
This time, you’re the detective
In this Mystery Puzzle collection, you'll be tasked with decoding the mind and motivations of a nefarious killer who is plotting to commit an unspeakable crime.
This book contains an epistolary collection of sixty emails, texts, and letters, sent to bestselling author J.A. Konrath, by a serial killer. This psychopath is leaving detailed, cryptic hints about who will be murdered, why, when, where, and how.
Some of the hints are easy to figure out. Others are much more devious.
Do you like solving mysteries? Do you enjoy puzzles or escape-the-room games? Are you good at spotting clues?
Only you can stop a murder.
Are you smart enough?
Are you brave enough?
Let the games begin…
STOP A MURDER by J.A. Konrath
This time, you’re the detective
287 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 9, 2019
63 people are currently reading
48 people want to read
About the author
J.A. Konrath
198 books3,013 followersJoe Konrath has written over twenty novels in the Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels thriller series. They do not have to be read chronologically to be enjoyed, but the order is: Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Shot of Tequila, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, Dead On My Feet, Serial Killers Uncut (with Blake Crouch), Shaken, Stirred (with Blake Crouch), Dying Breath, Everybody Dies, Rum Runner, Last Call, White Russian, Shot Girl, Chaser, Old Fashioned, Bite Force, and Witch Brew. More coming soon.
Wow, that's a lot of Jack.
If you like your thrillers on the dark side, check out the Konrath Dark Thriller Collective, which includes the books The List, Origin, Afraid, Trapped, Endurance, Haunted House, Webcam, Disturb, What Happened To Lori, The Nine, Second Coming, and Close Your Eyes.
Joe also wrote the Stop A Murder mystery puzzle series, where you become the sleuth and solve brain teasers to try and catch a killer.
He also wrote the sci-fi trilogy, Timecaster, Timecaster Supersymmetry, and Timecaster Steampunk. Even if you don't think you like sci-fi, give them a try. They feature Joe's well-known characters from his other series, and are insane.
With Ann Voss Peterson he wrote the Codename: Chandler thrillers, including Flee, Spree, Three, Hit, Exposed, Naughty, Fix (with F. Paul Wilson), Rescue, and Free.
And, finally, he writes erotica under the pen name Melinda DuChamp, also with Ann Voss Peterson. Those books are probably too spicy for you, so only the brave and bold should seek them out.
Joe writes a lot. You should probably read everything.
You can visit Joe and sign up for his newsletter at www.JAKonrath.com/mailing-list.php
Wow, that's a lot of Jack.
If you like your thrillers on the dark side, check out the Konrath Dark Thriller Collective, which includes the books The List, Origin, Afraid, Trapped, Endurance, Haunted House, Webcam, Disturb, What Happened To Lori, The Nine, Second Coming, and Close Your Eyes.
Joe also wrote the Stop A Murder mystery puzzle series, where you become the sleuth and solve brain teasers to try and catch a killer.
He also wrote the sci-fi trilogy, Timecaster, Timecaster Supersymmetry, and Timecaster Steampunk. Even if you don't think you like sci-fi, give them a try. They feature Joe's well-known characters from his other series, and are insane.
With Ann Voss Peterson he wrote the Codename: Chandler thrillers, including Flee, Spree, Three, Hit, Exposed, Naughty, Fix (with F. Paul Wilson), Rescue, and Free.
And, finally, he writes erotica under the pen name Melinda DuChamp, also with Ann Voss Peterson. Those books are probably too spicy for you, so only the brave and bold should seek them out.
Joe writes a lot. You should probably read everything.
You can visit Joe and sign up for his newsletter at www.JAKonrath.com/mailing-list.php
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October 13, 2018
Used this a a fun addition to my daughter’s high school level forensics studies. The puzzles are fun and challenging (some more so than others), and we’ve had a great time solving them together.
The premise is that a crime writer is in email correspondence with an actual killer, and the killer sends him clues in the form of puzzles which the writer must solve in order to stop the killer from striking again. We, as readers are privy to both sides of the correspondence and can solve the puzzles right along with them. A little cheesy but if you just go with it the book is more enjoyable. There is a corresponding website where you enter the answers to the puzzles and get a clue for each, which are in turn another puzzle to be solved. There are 12 puzzles per volume,and this particular edition is a compilation of all of the 5 separate volumes. So, lots of puzzles.
Recommended for adults and older teens as there is content that could be disturbing to younger or more sensitive readers.
The premise is that a crime writer is in email correspondence with an actual killer, and the killer sends him clues in the form of puzzles which the writer must solve in order to stop the killer from striking again. We, as readers are privy to both sides of the correspondence and can solve the puzzles right along with them. A little cheesy but if you just go with it the book is more enjoyable. There is a corresponding website where you enter the answers to the puzzles and get a clue for each, which are in turn another puzzle to be solved. There are 12 puzzles per volume,and this particular edition is a compilation of all of the 5 separate volumes. So, lots of puzzles.
Recommended for adults and older teens as there is content that could be disturbing to younger or more sensitive readers.
January 2, 2019
Do Not get the paper version!
If your in for the puzzles there are some good ones, aaaand some that are essentially google searches. The formatting did not translate from the ebook to the paper which makes a handful of puzzles extremely frustrating, and the Facebook page and authors pages are not forthcoming in what these errors are. The interactive website is very well designed though.
If you are in it for the story - yuck. I like the idea and was looking for some good character development but the email banter reads like the author is trying to write this really quickly. Also parts of the story conversion take place on the website, this isn’t bad in itself but some of the best ideas are there not in the book.
If your in for the puzzles there are some good ones, aaaand some that are essentially google searches. The formatting did not translate from the ebook to the paper which makes a handful of puzzles extremely frustrating, and the Facebook page and authors pages are not forthcoming in what these errors are. The interactive website is very well designed though.
If you are in it for the story - yuck. I like the idea and was looking for some good character development but the email banter reads like the author is trying to write this really quickly. Also parts of the story conversion take place on the website, this isn’t bad in itself but some of the best ideas are there not in the book.
May 25, 2020
Awesome puzzles and fun interactions!
November 5, 2020
I want to stop more murders!
Amazon recommended this book to me and I am so glad they did! While the story was a bit disturbing (okay, very disturbing) I really enjoyed the puzzles as well as the website to interact. It was immersive in a way that just doing a puzzle book or reading a traditional book is not. The only drawback I found was that you had to Google for some of the answers and if you did not find the exact same website as the author it was frustrating (I’m looking at you puzzle #24).
Amazon recommended this book to me and I am so glad they did! While the story was a bit disturbing (okay, very disturbing) I really enjoyed the puzzles as well as the website to interact. It was immersive in a way that just doing a puzzle book or reading a traditional book is not. The only drawback I found was that you had to Google for some of the answers and if you did not find the exact same website as the author it was frustrating (I’m looking at you puzzle #24).
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