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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The daily case is a taster. Room for Murder is the full casebook: 80 brand-new floor plans in five chapters, from cosy cottages to a lying-killer chapter and one grand final case. Pencil-friendly pages, a cast of 40 neighbours, and answers in the back.
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.
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. Use Print this case under the statements, or get the Room for Murder book with 80 more printable cases.