Murder mystery, delivered
Use the evidence. Find the clues. Solve the murder.
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The brief, a letter, the tender log, an account and your field notes.
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Case 001, posted by 10 December.
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The cases
Case 001 · December
A boatyard’s ninetieth birthday party, and the owner who never came back to it.
Case 002 · January
New setting, new people, new lies.
Case 003 · February
Opening soon.
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Sample case
On Saturday morning, the honesty box went missing from the egg stall in Market Elsby's market hall. Three shoppers told the hall manager their versions of events. Read the pieces of evidence, then work out whose account cannot be true.
A small case of its own. Case 001 stays sealed.
TO WHOEVER TOOK MY HONESTY BOX.
It was on this table, with £11 in it, when the cheese counter called 47. When they called 49, it was gone. I heard both numbers called while I was round the back fetching more trays. Bring it back to the stall and that is the end of it.
Bryony Hale, Hale Farm Eggs
Egg stall box.
Asked the three nearest.
Owen Pryce: didn't come in till after it went. Says everyone was already talking about it when he took his ticket.
Freya Lund: waiting at the cheese counter when it went, eyes on the number board, saw nothing.
Sam Okafor: bought a dozen eggs, paid into the box, then joined the cheese queue.
I. Tull
WOLD CHEESE COUNTER
Please take a number from the red machine by the door.
WOLD CHEESE COUNTER
Ticket 46
Smoked Wensleydale 200g£4.10
In pencil: Owen Pryce
WOLD CHEESE COUNTER
Ticket 51
Red Leicester 250g£3.20
In pencil: Freya Lund
WOLD CHEESE COUNTER
Ticket 53
Mature Cheddar 500g£5.90
In pencil: Sam Okafor
Gifting
Dear ________,
A case is on its way.
Someone is lying. Soon an envelope will arrive with everything you need to work out what really happened.
Your message, in your words. Up to 200 characters.
From ________
Dear Motive · Case 001: Slack Water · Keep the explanation sealed until you’ve made your case.
Before you order
We post every order by Thursday 10 December 2026, Royal Mail 2nd Class. Royal Mail aims to deliver 2nd Class within three working days. We can’t promise a delivery day, so every order includes a gift note you can give on the day.
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We’re still timing it with testers, so we’ll show the range here soon.
One or two adults who like crime stories or puzzles. Case 001 is about a death; the injury is one sentence in an official letter, and nothing is shown.
No. Every case is original fiction.
Every case is original fiction, written for the case and then printed, cut and packed by hand. More on how it’s made.
A pen and some table space. Everything else is in the envelope.
Made in Leeds. Every case is original fiction, printed, cut and packed by hand.