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A business partner is dead on the Plymouth waterfront. You're the detective. Who did it?

Operation Shearwater is a print-at-home murder-mystery case file in the style of a real UK police investigation. Property developer Marcus Reeve has been found at the foot of the scaffolding inside a half-converted Sutton Harbour warehouse - made to look like a fall. The post-mortem says otherwise. Four people had a reason to want him gone. Work the evidence, break the alibis, and name the killer.

No app, no host required to play, no acting. Just you (or your table) versus a wallet of realistic documents. Read everything, cross-reference the timeline, and commit to a verdict before you open the sealed solution.

What's inside (24-Document, 68 Pages - PDF case file)

Investigator's brief, case summary & full chronology
Crime-scene examination report and a real Plymouth map of the locus
Home Office post-mortem, DNA and fingerprint reports
Two recorded suspect interviews and a witness statement
Financial trail: insurance, bank records and a suspicious invoice
Digital evidence: emails, messages, ANPR/CCTV, door-access and cell-site data
A Means / Motive / Opportunity worksheet to crack the case
A separate sealed solution that reveals the answer and how every clue points to it

The details

\nDifficulty: Medium - tricky but fair. Every clue you need is in the file.
\nPlayers: 1-6 (solo, couples, or a group)
\nPlay time: approximately 90-120 minutes
\nFormat: instant digital download, print-ready A4 PDF
\nSetting: Plymouth, Devon - the Barbican & Sutton Harbour

Fair-play promise: nothing is held back for the reveal. Line up what people say against what the records show, follow the timeline, and the answer is provable before you ever break the seal.

Print it, pour a drink, and play the detective.

Digital download. All persons, companies and events are fictitious; this is a game prop, not a genuine record.

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A shipping heir is snatched from a Clifton street, ransomed for £1,000,000, and found dead in an Avonmouth warehouse days later. You're the detective. Who took him, who killed him, and who was really behind it?

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Operation Nightjar is a print-at-home murder-mystery case file built like a real UK major-crime investigation. Julian Vance, heir to a Bristol shipping firm, vanishes outside a Whiteladies Road bar. A ransom is demanded, the family pays, and the trail runs through hired muscle, a tangle of family debts, and the company's own books. Was it the men who held him, someone in the family, or an insider with everything to lose? Work the evidence, break the alibis, and name them all.

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No app, no acting, no host needed to play. Just you (or your table) versus a thick wallet of realistic documents. This is a big, multi-sitting case: read everything, build the timeline, follow the money and the burner phones, and commit to a verdict before you open the sealed solution.

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What's inside (40+ document, 150+ page PDF case file)

Investigator's brief, case summary & full multi-day chronology
Crime-scene report, photographic schedule and three real Bristol maps (the scene at Avonmouth Docks, the vehicle route, and cell-site coverage)
Home Office post-mortem, toxicology, DNA, fingerprint and exhibit-examination reports
Witness statements and three recorded suspect interviews under caution
The ransom comms - encrypted messaging, the voicemail demand, call data and burner-phone analysis
The money trail - bank statements, a company filing, a forensic-accountancy report and a crypto-exchange ledger
ANPR, ANPR/CCTV logs, custody record and the full schedule of exhibits
A Means / Motive / Opportunity worksheet to crack the case
A separate sealed solution that names the answer and maps every clue to the exhibit that proves it

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The details

\nDifficulty: Expert - complex and layered, but scrupulously fair. Every deduction is reachable from the documents.
\nPlayers: 1-6
\nPlay time: approximately 2.5-3 hours (great over more than one sitting)
\nFormat: instant digital download, print-ready A4 PDF
\nSetting: Bristol - Clifton, Avonmouth Docks and the wider city

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Fair-play promise: nothing is held back for the reveal. Line up what people say against what the records show, follow the timeline, the money and the phones, and the answer is provable before you ever break the seal.

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Print it, clear the table, and run the investigation.

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Digital download. All persons, companies and events are fictitious; this is a game prop, not a genuine record.

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A reunion at the races. A friend dead at the foot of the stairs. The truth is in the group chat. Who did it?

Operation Goshawk is a print-at-home murder mystery in the style of a real UK police file. Old friends reunite for Gold Cup week in a Cheltenham townhouse; by morning the\n woman who organised it is dead, staged to look like a drunken fall. The post-mortem says otherwise. Three friends had a reason to want her quiet, and the answer is hidden in\n their messages.

This is a chat-log whodunnit: you crack it by reading the group WhatsApp, the private DMs, and what people deleted at 3am. No app, no host, no acting.

What's inside (chat-heavy PDF case file)

The friends' group WhatsApp, plus private iMessage, Instagram and Snapchat threads
Investigator's brief, persons sheet, chronology & 999 log
Crime-scene report and a real Cheltenham (Montpellier) map\n
Home Office post-mortem and a fingerprint report
Witness statement, a recorded suspect interview, and a rideshare receipt
A Means / Motive / Opportunity worksheet, and a separate sealed solution\n

The details

\nDifficulty: Medium - tricky but fair.
\nPlayers: 1-6 · Play time: approximately 75-100 minutes
\nFormat: instant digital download, print-ready A4 PDF
\nSetting: Cheltenham, Gold Cup race week

Fair-play promise: every clue you need is in the file. Read the chats, follow the timeline, and the answer is provable before you break the seal.

Digital download. All persons, companies and events are fictitious; a game prop, not a genuine record.

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