The Guestbook

About this game

The Guestbook is a cozy narrative mystery set in a 1920s inn: every stay generates a new branching story of who stayed, what vanished, and which entry lies. Read the guestbook, cross-check each midnight line against the verified house facts, and name the truth — with a fresh daily mystery and endless free runs, it is one of the most replayable puzzle games for armchair sleuths.

How to play

1. Read the story: something has vanished from the inn overnight, and one guest took it.
2. Read every guestbook entry. Each guest writes where they were at midnight.
3. Read the house facts. Exactly one entry contradicts exactly one fact — that entry is the lie.
4. Tap the lying entry, tap the fact that exposes it, tap the guest who wrote it, then press Name the truth.
5. Solve all 3 mysteries in a run. A clean solve with no wrong verdicts and no hints earns a bonus.
6. Try the Daily Mystery for three fresh cases, same for every reader today, or Free Run for endless inns.

Tips

• Read every midnight line before naming anyone: the lie hides in one line, not in the flavor.
• A strange detail is not a lie — only a direct clash with a house fact counts.
• Ask Mabel for a hint if you are stuck; the first hint clears one innocent guest.
• Keys 1-6 flag entries in order, H asks Mabel, Enter names the truth when all three picks are set.