Twistery 4 – still unsolved.
The dead man held an empty envelope. According to hearsay, the police found 20 identical letters on or around the corpse.
The Exsanguinist
The Exsanguinist is a mini-book I’ve written that comes out in France this month. It’s in English, but aimed at readers for whom English is a second language. It’s published by Didier, the imprint Paper Planes. Paper Planes editor is Rupert Morgan, the author of some very funny satirical novels set in a parallel …
Twistery #3 – the full solution
There was sawdust around the body. The only footprints belonged to the dead man. Who stabbed him and how did they get away? Fresh sawdust was spread every morning in preparation for the matinee show. The workmen started from the centre, walking backwards as they raked, so as not to leave footprints. They worked …
Twistery #3
Actually this is a slightly different version of the Twistery that went up on twitter. Someone got that straight away, so I thought I’d better make it a bit more devious: There was sawdust around the body. The only footprints belonged to the dead man. Who stabbed him and how did they get away? (I’ve …
Twistery #2 – the full solution
It looked like suicide: both hands on the gun, the barrel in his mouth, head blown apart. Something about the face proved it was murder. There was a note. The usual. I can’t take it anymore. But DCI John Stafford was suspicious of suicide notes. DCI John Stafford was suspicious of everything. “An odd typeface …