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Who Murdered the Author?

A Whodunnit Puzzle for Literary Detectives

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    224 pages

  • Release Date

    10 November 2026

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Summary

1 dead author, 20 suspects, and 1 killer hidden in the manuscript.

But who murdered the author?

The manuscript isn’t finished. Upon writing the final page, the author mysteriously drops dead, his pen scrawling across the page in what would have been the last sentence of the book.

The big reveal. But who killed him?

Luckily, the author knew his demise was inevitable and buried clues hinting at who, why, and how he would be kille…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399769433
ISBN-10:139976943X
Author:Dr Gareth Moore, Laura Jayne Ayres
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder & Stoughton
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:10 November 2026
Weight:280g
Dimensions:22mm x 154mm x 232mm
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Who Murdered the Author? by Dr Gareth Moore - ISBN: 9781399769433
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About The Author

Dr Gareth Moore

Dr Gareth Moore (Author)

Dr Gareth Moore is the best-selling author of The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book, Brain Games for Clever Kids, The Mindfulness Puzzle Books series, The Mammoth Book of New Sudoku and many more titles. He has been described as ‘Britain’s King of Puzzles’ in the media.

Laura Jane Ayres (Author)

Laura Jayne Ayres is a puzzle writer and researcher. After studying Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, she worked as a playwright before joining Dr. Gareth Moore’s puzzle team. Books that she has worked on include Hacked: The Cyber Crime Puzzle Book, The Great British Puzzle Book, The Perfect Crime Puzzle Book, The Nautical Puzzle Book and The Ordnance Survey Kids’ Adventure Book.

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