X-Mas Marks the Spot

The Interactive Murder Puzzle Mysteries

Paul Westmoreland

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Puffin
11 November 2025

Children's & Educational; Adventure stories (Children's&YA); Crime & mystery fiction (Children's&YA); Puzzle books (Children's&YA)

Series: The Interactive Murder Puzzle Mysteries

Three gripping interactive murder mystery stories - with riddles, puzzles and a 'choose your own adventure' hook.

Solve the puzzle. Stop the baddies. Simple, right?

Step into the shoes of Arlo Banks, and return to a world of secrets, spies and diabolical plans.

It's Christmas, and Arlo is hoping to finally start his top-secret training to become a proper spy.

But old enemies have other plans. When it turns out there's a scheme to rob the Bank of England, Arlo must use all his puzzle-solving cunning to unravel the mystery.

As the temperature drops, and the snow falls, Arlo must delve into the vaults of the world's most guarded building. What he find there isn't gold and jewels, but something far more deadly.

It's a discovery that will take him across the world, and put its future in his hands.

You choose what path you take, what puzzles you solve, and what answers you choose in this interactive high-stakes mystery.

By: Paul Westmoreland
Imprint: Puffin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780241794029
ISBN 10: 0241794021
Series: The Interactive Murder Puzzle Mysteries
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 11 November 2025
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Paul Westmoreland has been a professional writer for over 25 years, creating award-winning advertising for TV, cinema, radio and digital campaigns. He is now a full-time author, and as well as coming up with fiendish puzzle and mystery books, he is the writer behind the spooky Rudy middle-grade series, which first published in 2023.