The Killer Isn't Vivienne

Whitmore Inn has been closed for six years. The guests are long gone. But their names are still here, all 50,000 of them. And somewhere among them are three people who thought they had gotten away with it.

A man died in Room 13 in 1987. The inquest called it misadventure. The inquest was wrong.

Lord Blackthorn spent eleven years gathering buried evidence. Before he died, he hid everything inside a leather-bound registry: the complete guest list of Whitmore Inn across five decades. 50,000 names. Thirty clues. And three criminals who were never found.

He left the registry for whoever was patient enough to use it. That person is you.

THIS IS NOT A MYSTERY NOVEL.

There is no detective, no twist ending, no moment where someone reveals an answer you could never have found yourself. This is a pure logic elimination puzzle, one mathematically airtight challenge with exactly one guaranteed answer.

HOW IT WORKS

Stage One: Apply 15 clues to 50,000 names. One survives. The killer.

Stage Two: The killer's name unlocks a hidden pool. Apply 9 clues. One survives. The accomplice.

Stage Three: Both names unlock the Staff Records. Apply 6 clues. One survives. The cover-up artist.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 50,000 suspects across five decades of Whitmore Inn's guest registry
• 30 clues across three stages of escalating difficulty
• Three criminals to find: killer, accomplice, and cover-up artist
• Access to the Investigator's Case File, including a private letter, elimination worksheet, and confidential staff extract
• Answer verification for completed investigations
• Worldwide leaderboard rankings
• Downloadable worksheets and resources
• Estimated solve time: 5-9 hours

THE PERFECT GIFT for the puzzle obsessive, the armchair detective, and anyone who has ever finished a mystery novel wishing they could have solved it themselves. Immersive, rigorous, and completely fair.

Book One of The Whitmore Inn Mysteries. Each book is standalone, but readers who solve all three will find that certain names appear more than once, and that the truth behind Whitmore Inn runs deeper than any single book reveals.

Lord Blackthorn left just enough.

The rest is up to you.