The Killer Isn't Alice
Iris Starling | Paperback | September 2026
The "hugely addictive" globally bestselling puzzle phenomenon.
46,600 SUSPECTS. 18 CLUES. 1 KILLER. CAN YOU SOLVE THE CRIME?
Test your detective skills in this "hugely addictive" murder mystery puzzle book sensation - newly revised and expanded.
Alice Starling is missing. In her apartment, the police find three things.
- A DEAD BODY
- A CRYPTIC NOTE
- A FOLDER OF NAMES
Alice insists she is innocent – but she needs your help. . .
In a hastily written letter, Alice has left you with 18 specific clues and a list of 46,600 potential suspects. Somewhere in this sea of names hides a murderer.
YOUR MISSION IS SIMPLE BUT CHALLENGING
- Analyse the Clues: Use the 18 pieces of evidence Alice entrusted to you.
- Eliminate the Innocent: Methodically narrow down the list by stripping away those who do not fit the criteria.
- Identify the Culprit: Find the one name that satisfies every single clue.
A NEW GENRE OF INTERACTIVE MYSTERY
Forget everything you know about whodunnits. This first-of-its-kind, immersive logic puzzle is easy to grasp and impossible to put down. This is a pure test of logic, observation, and deduction.
Do you have what it takes to clear Alice’s name?
*Now with updated graphics, a brand-new culprit, and a never-before-seen, thrilling bonus puzzle.*
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Author Info
Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was a feature writer and investigative reporter working in Britain, Australia and America, and with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes.
2024 marked the 20-year anniversary of the publication of his debut thriller, The Suspect, which introduced clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, sold more than a million copies around the world and is now a major TV series starring Aidan Turner on ABC TV. Michael's standalone thriller The Secrets She Keeps was adapted for TV by Network 10 and the BBC.
Michael is the only Australian to twice win the UK's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel, for Life Or Death and Good Girl, Bad Girl as well as the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for When She Was Good. Lying Beside You was shortlisted for the Australian Crime Writers Association's Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2023. Storm Child, his fourth novel in the globally bestselling Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac series, was a No. 1 national bestseller in Australia. It was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2025. The White Crow, published in 2025, is the second book in his Philomena McCarthy series, following on from the internationally bestselling When You Are Mine.
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