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Can You Solve the Murder? - The Forest of Death
  • Published: 14 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9780857506948
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $38.00
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Can You Solve the Murder? - The Forest of Death

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14 July 2026
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9 July 2026
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Combines a Choose Your Own story with a classic Agatha Christie murder mystery. This is
gripping, puzzle-based crime fiction for fans of Murdle, Janice Hallett and Cain’s Jawbone.

**Preorder the new Can You Solve the Murder? novel now**

In this gripping interactive crime novel, YOU are the detective. At the end of every chapter, YOU decide what to do next…

A village of secrets.
You arrive at the heart of a remote forest to investigate the murder of a young woman, found dead inside an ancient stone circle. She’s a rock singer, who was filming a music video. Now her bandmates are suspects, along with the eccentric locals.

No one is telling the truth.
There’s just one problem: they all have water-tight alibis, and many villagers believe the singer was actually killed by the ‘Stone Warden’ – a figure from local folklore who haunts the forest.

Only YOU can solve the mystery.
Decide who to interview, decode the strange symbols written on the stone circle, and uncover what the villagers are hiding behind closed doors. Will your choices catch the killer – or will they be your downfall?

Can You Solve the Murder? was a Top Ten Kindle Bestseller, July 2025
  • Published: 14 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9780857506948
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $38.00
Categories:

About the author

Antony Johnston

Antony Johnston is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty books, graphic novels, and comic series, including the popular Can You Solve the Murder? and Dog Sitter Detective murder mysteries. His graphic novel The Coldest City was made into the multi-million-dollar blockbuster movie Atomic Blonde. He is also a celebrated videogames writer, and is credited with many franchise-defining titles. Johnston is a former vice chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, a member of International Thriller Writers and the Society of Authors, a Shore Scripts screenwriting judge, and sits on the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain’s videogames committee. He lives and works in Lancashire.
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Praise for Can You Solve the Murder? - The Forest of Death

Praise for Can You Solve the Murder:

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'Clever, intricate ... highly entertaining

Guardian

'A wonderfully intriguing mystery that tests your powers of investigation!'

G. T. Karber, bestselling author of Murdle

'This is just glorious! An interactive crime novel where YOU sleuth-for-the-truth!'

Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal

‘Incredibly inventive’

Washington Post

‘A smart take on the interactive novel formula that will delight crime lovers and gamers alike'

Rhianna Pratchett

‘A story that grabs you by the arm and drags you in … a unique crime-reading experience’

J M Hall

‘A story for puzzle lovers everywhere’

S J Bennett

‘A fiendish whodunnit’

My Weekly