Opening today's case file…
Sunday special: one suspect is lying — the killer. Everyone else tells the truth.
What the witnesses say interview notes
The killer was ______________________
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Room for Murder: Thanksgiving
90 brand-new floor-plan mysteries in Cranberry Hollow — harvest suppers, church bake sales, a turkey trot and one very long Thanksgiving dinner. Every case is a two-page spread: the suspects on the left, the plan on the right. Perfect to solve between courses, or to give to the puzzle lover at the table.
Room for Murder: Winter
90 cosy Christmas mysteries in snowed-in Juniper Falls — a ski lodge, the Christmas market, a frozen lake, the toy workshop and a snowbound train. The pass is closed and nobody can leave. Every case is a two-page spread; a lovely stocking stuffer for the puzzle lover in your life.
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Who makes this?
Room for Murder comes from Midnight Motive, a tiny independent studio that makes printable murder-mystery party games and puzzle books. Every floor plan, armchair and suspect on this page is drawn by our own code — and every case is run through a solver that proves it has exactly one answer you can reach by logic alone. No guessing, ever.
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Questions
What is Room for Murder Daily?
A free daily murder-mystery logic puzzle. Each case is a floor plan with a few suspects and one victim; place everyone using their statements, one person per row and column, and find who was alone in a room with the victim.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no account, no ads and no cookies. A new case appears every day at midnight in your time zone, and every earlier case stays in the archive.
How hard is it?
Monday cases are gentle 5×5 plans; they grow towards Saturday's 7×7 houses. On Sundays the killer lies, and you have to work out who.
Does every case have one answer?
Yes. Every case is checked by a solver to have exactly one solution that you can reach by logic alone, without guessing.
Can I play on paper?
Yes. Every past case is a free printable PDF with the answer and a step-by-step solution (see Free printables), today's case prints with Print this case, and the Room for Murder books have 260 more.
I'm stuck. How do hints work?
Press Hint once for a nudge — which suspect or row to look at, and why. Press it again to place that suspect. Every past case also has a full step-by-step solution on its page.