Desk Notes
Short articles from the desk where the cases are written: how to read a case file, what goes into each case, and news when a new one opens. None of them gives a solution away.
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Ayvalık: the olive-oil town behind Honest Weight
The real town behind our Honest Weight case: Ayvalık on Türkiye’s Aegean coast, its old olive-oil factories, its two names and its pressing season.
3 minute read
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How to play a murder mystery online with friends
Plan a murder mystery evening online: how a shared case room works, how to split the reading between friends, and how to play one case over several nights.
5 minute read
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How to read a murder mystery case file like a detective
A plain method for solving a murder mystery case file: build the timeline first, test every account against paper, and know what a witness really saw.
5 minute read
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Why Sherlock Holmes gives the hints
Sherlock Holmes gives the hints on Murder Desk. Meet the detective of Baker Street, the Edinburgh doctor behind his method, and why he fits a case file.
3 minute read
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Why we make Murder Desk
How Murder Desk began, why every case is a file on a detective’s desk, why each case is set in a real region, and how a case is tested before it goes live.
3 minute read