Who Framed Sadie Lane?

40,000 suspects. 20 clues. 1 killer.

By Violet Ashford

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The case

Someone framed Sadie. Someone left a trail.

Elliot Blackwood was found dead during the final hour of his annual charity gala. By midnight, the police had a suspect: Sadie Lane. But Sadie left behind 20 clues hidden in the gala records. Somewhere inside a list of 40,000 suspects is the person who framed her.

Readers eliminate suspects, use role codes, track clues, and solve the case one suspicious page at a time.

What you’ll do

Bring a pencil. Leave with theories.

Search suspect records for contradictions.
Use 20 clues to shrink the impossible list.
Follow role codes and logic patterns.
Decide who had the means, motive, and opportunity.

Online bonus challenge

The Hidden Witness is not in the obvious place.

The printed book stands alone, but the case does not have to end when the final suspect falls.

The optional online Hidden Witness Bonus Challenge gives readers an extra puzzle path: find the person who saw what happened, follow bonus clues, and extend the mystery beyond the printed page. It is designed as a fun add-on, not required homework.

Start the bonus trail Get clue drops

For readers who...

Prefer their alibis shaky and their pencils sharp.

Love big deduction

The suspect pool is absurdly large by design. The fun is watching logic make it smaller.

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Need page texture

This is not a passive mystery. It wants marks, folds, lists, arrows, and one dramatic circle.

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Like bonus rabbit holes

Finish the printed case, then decide whether the online witness trail deserves one more cup of coffee.