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Échec et Meurtre: The King Is Dead
K. Mez’s French-and-English murder-mystery project turns chess-piece movements into clues for solving deduction puzzles.
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- Readers who enjoy deduction puzzles and chess-themed mysteries
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- The sample investigation asks players to place four suspects and determine who could reach the king.
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The method turns each suspect’s chess-piece movement into a way to test whether they could reach the king, with clues used to place characters on the board. The page presents a first investigation involving four suspects and says the forthcoming book will contain 60 puzzles with step-by-step solutions. It also says chess experience is not required and that the book’s investigations can be solved on paper.
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