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A Season
for Murder

Four mysteries. Your favorite highlighters. A book to make your own.

Turn the pages, follow the clues, and rule out names one satisfying stroke at a time. Find the person, the place, and the weapon in four independent seasonal cases.

296 pages 6 × 9-inch paperback 24,000 names

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Paperback and PDF sold separately; both contain the same four cases. Bring your own highlighters. Check answers and read the endings online.

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The paperback cover of A Season for Murder by Poppy Quinn, with colorful spring, summer, fall, and winter illustrations.
Four seasonal cross-off mysteries by Poppy Quinn

FOUR SEASONS. FOUR MYSTERIES.

A Season for Murder

  • 4 independent cases
  • 24,000 names to investigate
  • Your pace. No timer.

FIND YOUR KIND OF PUZZLE

What feels good today?

Highlighting murder mysteriesFollow clues and cross off possibilities.Word-path puzzlesTrace winding words and fill the grid.Word searches & fill-insFamiliar puzzles in colorful settings.

THE ANSWER DESK

How’s your case coming?

Find your mystery below. Check one answer or all three—we’ll confirm each correct part without revealing the rest.

A welcoming village cafe with flowers, books, and cake.

ALIBI SUDOKU

A grid. A few alibis. One suspect left.

Check your answer for any of the 30 cozy Sudoku mysteries. A correct name unlocks the case ending and completed grid.

Includes The Last Slice and Murder Between the Shelves samples.

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The Last Guest at Hotel Aurora, a glass-domed hotel floating over Venice at night in the year 2150.

NEW · CHALLENGING FUTURE MYSTERY

The Last Guest at Hotel Aurora

Venice, 2150. An inventor dies during a gala where half the guests are holograms. Eleven envelopes, and one guest who wasn’t what she seemed.

Challenging · 11 envelopes · 10 puzzles · 1–8 players · 90–120 minutes

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Death Wears Tinsel, a grand 1938 department store glowing on State Street in a Christmas Eve blizzard.

CHALLENGING CHRISTMAS MYSTERY

Death Wears Tinsel

Christmas Eve, 1938. The department-store Santa is dead under the Toyland tree, and the doors are time-locked till dawn. Eleven envelopes, one very clever killer.

Challenging · 11 envelopes · 10 puzzles · 1–8 players · 90–120 minutes

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Death Takes the Midnight Train, a 1930s streamliner stopped in a mountain blizzard at night.

WINTER TRAIN ESCAPE-ROOM MYSTERY

Death Takes the Midnight Train

December 1936. A jewel collector is found dead behind a chained door on a snowbound train. Open eight envelopes, crack each code, and name the killer.

Easy · 8 envelopes · 7 puzzles · 1–8 players · 20–40 minutes

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Death at the Sweetheart Ball, a 1950s brick hotel with a glowing red neon heart in the snow.

VALENTINE’S ESCAPE-ROOM MYSTERY

Death at the Sweetheart Ball

Valentine’s night, 1956. The bandleader falls after his Sweetheart Toast. Open eight envelopes, crack each code, and name the killer.

Easy · 8 envelopes · 7 puzzles · 1–8 players · 20–40 minutes

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Murder at the Quinn House Inn, a pink Victorian inn with a turret on a snowy lavender evening.

NEW · ESCAPE-ROOM MYSTERY

Murder at the Quinn House Inn

New Year’s at a snowbound inn. Open eight evidence envelopes, crack each code, and name the killer.

Easy · 8 envelopes · 7 puzzles · 1–8 players · 20–40 minutes

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Murder at Holly House by Poppy Quinn, a snowy Christmas inn with glowing windows and red ribbons.

NEW · A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY

Murder at Holly House

A Christmas Eve gathering. A missing trail of donations. Find the killer, the place, and the murder weapon.

75 pages · 6,000 names · 18 clues · Person, place & weapon

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Murder at the Book Club Retreat by Poppy Quinn, with a lakeside reading lodge on a mint cover.

A BOOK-CLUB MYSTERY

Murder at the Book Club Retreat

A lakeside reading weekend. An author with a secret. Find the killer, the place, and the murder weapon.

75 pages · 6,000 names · 18 clues · Person, place & weapon

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Murder at the Velvet Curtain by Poppy Quinn, with an ornate theater on a purple cover.

A THEATER MYSTERY

Murder at the Velvet Curtain

Opening night. A secret in the wings. Find the killer, the place, and the stolen item.

75 pages · 6,000 names · 18 clues · Person, place & stolen item

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Murder on the Starlight Sleeper by Poppy Quinn, with an overnight train scene on a turquoise cover.

AN OVERNIGHT TRAIN MYSTERY

Murder on the Starlight Sleeper

A journey cut short. An empty travel case. Find the killer, the place, and the item they stole.

75 pages · 6,000 names · 18 clues · Person, place & stolen item

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Murder at the Midnight Masquerade by Poppy Quinn, with a pink masquerade mask on a purple cover.

STANDALONE HALLOWEEN MYSTERY

Murder at the Midnight Masquerade

A midnight announcement. A missing envelope. One killer hiding among 6,000 names.

75 pages · 18 clues · Person, place & weapon

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A Season for Murder Four seasonal cases

Spring

Murder in Bloom

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Summer

Death at the Seaside Social

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Fall

The Marigold Fair Murder

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Winter

Murder at Snowdrop Inn

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Three tablets showing A Season for Murder, Midnight Masquerade, and Starlight Sleeper beside colorful highlighters.

THE HIGHLIGHTING MYSTERY COLLECTION

Three books. Six cases.

All four seasonal mysteries, a midnight masquerade, and an overnight train. Pick your next setting and settle in with your favorite colors.

36,000 names · 445 book pages + a 2-page start-here guide

Already own a book? These are the same PDFs sold individually. Midnight Masquerade is also in Halloween Puzzle Weekend. No new cases; Velvet Curtain and Book Club Retreat are sold separately.

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WORD PUZZLES

Find a word.
Make it colorful.

Word searches, word fill-ins, and winding word paths in a growing collection of colorful settings. Play in your PDF app or print a page. Need a hand? Get help with just one word here.

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Two word searches, one word fill-in, and a quick example. No sign-up needed.

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A snowy village lane winding toward a glowing winter market and skating pond.

NOW AVAILABLE · 120 WINTER WORD-PATH PUZZLES

Words Between the Lines: Winter Wanderings

Snowy village strolls, festive markets, mountain cabins, woodland trails, skating nights, and snow days at home. Follow the turns and fill each grid with your favorite colors.

129 pages · Six illustrated sections · Grids from 5 × 5 to 9 × 9 · Tablet or print

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A lantern-lit Halloween village lane with pumpkins, colorful shops, and a carnival beneath a purple night sky.

NOW AVAILABLE · 120 HALLOWEEN WORD-PATH PUZZLES

Words Between the Lines: Moonlit Mischief

Wander through pumpkin patches, costume parties, a midnight carnival, and an enchanted garden. Follow each word around its turns and bring every square to life with color.

129 pages · Six themed sections · Grids from 5 × 5 to 9 × 9 · Tablet or print

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A sunny seaside lane with colorful storefronts, flowers, and turquoise water.

NOW AVAILABLE · 120 WORD-PATH PUZZLES

Words Between the Lines: Colorful Escapes

Weekend markets, scenic trips, creative afternoons, great food, nights out, and everyday joys. Follow each word around its turns and fill every square with color.

Six sections · Grids from 5 × 5 to 9 × 9 · Tablet or print

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The Rainy-Day Puzzle Club by Poppy Quinn, with a bright pink border around a welcoming library porch.

NOW AVAILABLE · 50 WORD PUZZLES

The Rainy-Day Puzzle Club

From the lending library to a table by the window: thirty word searches and twenty word fill-ins in five inviting settings. Take a little wander, one puzzle at a time.

Complete book: 56 pages · 50 independent puzzles · Tablet or print

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Coffee, Clues and Quiet Time by Poppy Quinn, with a coffee cup and rainy bookshop scene.

AVAILABLE NOW · TWO WAYS TO UNWIND

Coffee, Clues & Quiet Time

Thirty word searches and twenty word fill-ins for your next quiet moment. Every fill-in has a supplied word bank and a starter to get you going.

56 pages · 50 independent puzzles · Tablet or print

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Mistletoe and Motives by Poppy Quinn, with a snowy village hotel, festive gifts, and a brass key.

AVAILABLE NOW · CHRISTMAS WORD SEARCHES

Mistletoe & Motives

Snowy village corners, missing gifts, and a little festive suspicion. Thirty Christmas word searches for a warm drink and your favorite highlighter.

34 pages · 30 puzzles · 18 words per grid

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Yellow Murder in the Margins cover by Poppy Quinn, with a warmly lit bookshop.

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Murder in the Margins

Bookshop corners, night trains, and secret letters. Thirty standalone word searches, with no extra deductions.

34 pages · 30 puzzles · 18 words per grid

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Purple Spells After Sunset cover by Poppy Quinn, with pumpkins and a candlelit witchy bookshop.

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Spells After Sunset

Costume closets, pumpkin porches, and cozy October nights. A Halloween companion to your favorite highlighters.

34 pages · 30 puzzles · 18 words per grid

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YOUR TABLET. YOUR COLORS. YOUR CASE.

Make a little
ritual of it.

Try the free 7-page mini

  1. Download & settle in.

    Import the PDF into a highlighting app, such as Goodnotes on iPad or Adobe Acrobat Reader on Android.

  2. Give each clue a color.

    Fill the little box beside a clue, then use that color to highlight the entries it rules out.

  3. Come back whenever.

    Save your marks in your app. Use the linked indexes and bookmarks to find your place, then check your answers here.

Before you pick your colors

What’s in the download?

Choose the 295-page, four-case A Season for Murder or a 75-page standalone: Midnight Masquerade, Starlight Sleeper, Velvet Curtain, or Book Club Retreat. Prefer a traditional word search? Murder in the Margins, Spells After Sunset, and Mistletoe & Motives each have 30 puzzles across 34 pages. Each full highlighting case has 6,000 names, 48 places, and 18 clues. The final search is among 48 weapons—or 48 stolen items in Starlight Sleeper and Velvet Curtain.

Paperback or tablet?

The 296-page paperback of A Season for Murder is available on Amazon. The 295-page tablet PDF is sold on Etsy. They contain the same four cases. No app is needed to solve the paperback; PDF editions need a compatible annotation app. App purchases are separate, and Goodnotes is optional.

Can I use real highlighters?

Yes—choose the paperback or print pages from your PDF for personal use. Highlighters and page tabs are not included. All four mysteries can be solved on paper; internet access is needed to check answers and read the endings. Answers are not printed in the book.