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Casey
Alderwick

Author of puzzle mysteries for young detectives.

A nocturnal atelier with maps, ciphers, clues and several connected cases on a circular table.
Casey Alderwick / Puzzle mysteriesCA

01 / THE VOICE

A mystery is not observed.
It is solved.

Casey Alderwick creates puzzle mysteries where young detectives do the real solving. Each Villa Corvo case blends clues, codes, and fair-play deduction into a paper adventure families can tackle solo or together.

02 / THE STORYTELLING

Every answer
must be earned.

01

Clues

Details to observe, compare and connect.

02

Codes

Rules to understand and patterns to decode on the page.

03

Fair-play deduction

The information needed accompanies the reader toward the solution.

FIRST CASESeven Gears Before Midnight — Casey Alderwick

03 / FROM THE CATALOGUE

Seven Gears
Before Midnight

Villa Corvo Case Files / 01

A paper-based investigative adventure: 36 puzzles, 108 hints and one solution to reach, clue by clue.

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04 / THE SERIES

Villa Corvo
Case Files

A puzzle-mystery series in which the story advances through observation, codes and deduction. Seven Gears Before Midnight opens its first case.

Explore the series ↗

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