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Mystery Puzzle Book Examples

Real interior pages generated in the Cluevora Studio — whole cases with their Puzzle, Investigation and Solution pages, shown exactly as exported. Every case was checked to have one answer the clues prove before it reached a book.

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A complete case

A complete case, page by page

Murder at Kestrel House — one case and all three of its pages, generated together from the same answer. Select any page to read it larger.
  • Classic Whodunit
  • Coordinate Grid
  • Investigator
  • 5 suspects

  1. 1.Puzzle page

    • The opening names the victim and the room, and states the rule the whole case turns on: exactly one suspect was in that room.
    • A floor plan with lettered rows and numbered columns, so clues can point to exact squares.
    • Five suspects with portraits, and short clues — each tagged with the suspects it names.

  2. 2.Investigation page

    • A worksheet, not an answer: Possible, Unsure and Ruled-out boxes for every suspect.
    • A positions grid matching the plan, lines for key deductions, and a Final Theory box.

  3. 3.Solution page

    • The murderer named, with the placements the clues prove and the clues that were used.
    • The solved plan, then the reasoning in numbered steps, citing each clue by number.

Another complete case

A second case, at Rookie difficulty

Death in the Manager's Office is set on a furnished plan, where clues can point to the furniture, at the Rookie level — the same three pages for a gentler case.
  • Classic Whodunit
  • Furnished Coordinate Grid
  • Rookie
  • 5 suspects

  1. Puzzle page

    A furnished plan: the bench in the Terrace is part of the puzzle, and a clue places a suspect on it.

  2. Investigation page

    The same worksheet layout, sized to this case's suspects and plan.

  3. Solution page

    Five numbered steps from the first clue to the one suspect who can be the murderer.

Mystery types

Four mystery types

Cluevora generates four kinds of case. Each has its own deduction — and its own real page below.

Classic Whodunit

One murderer, proved from the clues alone.

The Body in the Kitchen · The Body in the Luggage Room

Two map styles: a furnished grid whose step stool and serving trolley the clues use, and a spatial grid where clues work with rows and columns.

  • Puzzle page · Furnished Grid
  • Puzzle page · Spatial Grid

The Tell-Tale

One piece of evidence is central to the solution.

Death in the Lobby

A dropped phone is marked on the plan. Work out who was where, starting from it.

  • Puzzle page · Coordinate Grid

The Accomplice

Name the murderer and the accomplice — and find the one false statement.

Murder at the Grand Hotel

A rooms-only plan, and clues that include quoted statements. Exactly one of them is false.

  • Puzzle page · Rooms Only

Grand Mystery

Place a missing object, then name the murderer.

Who Killed Greta?

The Puzzle page and its own Solution page: where the scarf was found, the murderer, and the reasoning step by step.

  • Puzzle page · Furnished Grid
  • Solution page

The book interior

How the pages make a book

A mystery puzzle book is a sequence of cases, each a set of pages that work together.

The puzzle

The case and its scene: the victim, the room, the floor plan, the suspects and the clues — everything the reader needs, and nothing that gives the answer away.

Clues and evidence

Short observations, each naming the suspects it is about. Depending on the type, a piece of evidence on the plan, a missing object to place, or statements to weigh. A case has 4 to 6 suspects, or 7 to 8 in supported Classic Whodunit cases.

The Investigation page

A worksheet for readers who solve on paper: suspects to mark, a grid of positions, deductions and a final theory. Optional to use, never a spoiler.

The solution

The murderer, the solved plan and the reasoning step by step. Solutions go at the end of the book or straight after each case, and cases are numbered from Case 001.

Around the cases, a book can carry its own pages — a copyright page, “How to Solve” instructions, “This Book Belongs To”, About the Author — and page numbers throughout. The guide to mystery puzzle books for Amazon KDP walks through planning a whole book, and how to design a mystery puzzle with exactly one solution shows how a single case is built and checked.

Print-ready output

Print-ready output

How the pages above are prepared for a paperback interior. Check the current requirements in KDP Help before you upload: KDP decides what it accepts, and no tool can promise approval. The puzzle book formatting guide explains each of these choices.
Trim sizes
US Letter — 8.5 × 11 in, A4 — 210 × 297 mm, 6 × 9 in, 6.14 × 9.21 in, 6.69 × 9.61 in, 7 × 10 in, 7.44 × 9.69 in, 7.5 × 9.25 in, 8 × 10 in.
Margins and bleed
No bleed: everything prints within the trim, with at least 0.25 in outside, top and bottom. The inside margin grows with the page count, from 0.375 in up to 0.875 in, and the Studio will not export a book past 828 pages.
The PDF
The whole book as one 300 DPI PDF. Its pages are images, so the text is not selectable — fine for print, worth knowing for an ebook. The Studio flags any page whose content does not fit before you export.
Other formats
Paid access adds a ZIP of 300 DPI PNG pages; an editable PowerPoint package comes with an optional upgrade. The Trial exports 1 watermarked PDF.

Make your own cases

The free Trial is the real Studio: generate up to 3 cases with 4 to 6 suspects, in every mystery type, and export 1 watermarked PDF. Sign in with your email — no credit card.

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