To start, I think that the layout of this book is very fun, and very interactive. I like the additions of the photographs, and that the lay-out of the evidence is formatted to look like the kind of media it represents. Emails look like emails, wills look like wills, and there are hand-written notes, typed documents, blueprints, maps, and more. I think this is a good way of making the reader feel more involved in what is happening in the puzzle, and giving the evidence in the puzzle more gravitas.

I would have liked this book more if the puzzles' solutions did more to explain the full solution. I'm not great at these kinds of puzzles, I admit. I'm more of a reader of mysteries, so part of me expected a full solution once the puzzle was finished. But I read the puzzles, and I didn't usually correctly guess who-did-it (although a few times I surprised myself), and after each puzzle I immediately flipped to the back of the book for the solution, and the solution only ever gave me the bare-bones answer of who-dun-it. I think I'd like this puzzle book more if the solutions had deeper explanations. Without spoiling the puzzle, in the third puzzle in the book "Family Fortunes," there is money that is stolen from a safe, and the question is: who stole this money? While I was reading through all the evidence given, I had questions of my own that came to mind, that I wanted to know the answer to: What is the safe code, and what does it represent? Why did Milo hate his father? What was the typo, and was it in the will or in the newspaper article? When did Leanne die, and was it really an accident? What was JG's connection to the fire department?) none of which were answered (at least not obviously) in the puzzle documents themselves, or in the provided solution. I understand that it's a puzzle game, and our only job, as the reader, is to pick up the clues and fit them together to figure out who-dun-it, but there are enough details given in the puzzle portion to make me wonder these questions, and they are never fully answered. And when the solution is provided, it also lacks details.

I will admit that the puzzles were interesting, and I wasn't bored at all while trying to figure everything out, but the way the solutions were presented left me mildly frustrated.

Unfortunately there was a glitch on downloading this title so I am unable to give a full review, only an average score.Shame because it looks like it might have been good !

Some of the stories were quite long-winded and I found them a bit too subtle for me. However I think they could be interesting, they are probably just not for me.

The Imposter Puzzle Book contains twelve varied puzzles to solve. Some are easy and some are more difficult. One I had solved without knowing it. The evidence presented includes handwritten notes, police statements, phone records, diary entries, and much more. It was fun to play amateur detective for several days. If you enjoy mysteries or true crime stories, this book is for you. 5 stars!

Thanks to Ivy Press and NetGalley for a digital review copy of the book.

Now, I wanted to like this book. The idea is great: there are little puzzles, mysteries, in all the traditional settings you have read mystery/thriller books about: the gang that plans to rob a place but has a mole, the quiet neighborhood mystery, the husband that might be having an affair, someone that steals money from a rich person, the soccer player that sells their team for money... Twelve little mysteries with their clues to find the culprit.

However, the delivery is... meh. For starters, the mysteries can only be solved by the reader. No one in the world of the stories could find the solution by what appears on the pages of this book. For example, words in a message can tell you who the traitor is. But those words have little to do with the five/six pages long set up Hall has created. It is just too random. Or to explain it in another way, there are also characters that say/do things that they would never say in the real world, like seeing things that are impossible to see. For the reader that may be a clue, but it makes all too 'fake' in my opinion.

It is also too much about checking times and receipts and things like that. It is not so much mystery as accounting, and a little bit boring for my taste. Also, the reasons given to find the culprit are sometimes too flimsy: they are the only ones who have heard something or moved something or have that kind of clothing or... It doesn't really justify making them the traitors. It is a random choice and another random choice could be made to say another character is the traitor.

All in all, an interesting attempt but it ends up a half-baked one. I would prefer if the author tried to make the mysteries real also within the stories, that there was more than just some numbers and with characters that behaved in a more realistic way.

This is an excellent book for all cosy puzzlers and fans of the popular TV game show. I whiled away a good couple of hours working my way through this book, and was immersed in the storyline. The Thursday Murder Club would have a good time with this one!

I was excited to get this arc, but sadly I couldn't enjoy as much as I hoped. Will try when released and I can get a physical copy.

The Imposter Puzzle Book contains 12 fun investigative puzzles. Each puzzle has a set of notes, interviews, maps, emails, chats, etc. You have to read them through and find out what is not adding up to solve the mystery. It was very entertaining to go through it, but I did not get the full experience as the eARC provided was a PDF - I could not make any notes and therefore I had to go back and forth too many times. I bet that an ebook version or a physical copy would be much more entertaining.

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Ivy Press for providing me with the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I had really high hopes for this one, but sadly it wasn’t what I expected it to be.

Starting with the positive side:
+ The 12 puzzles were all different and unique, both story wise and clue wise.
+ The idea behind this book is fun and amazing, made me think of other escape games and puzzles books I’ve already read in a good way.
+ The length of each story is also fitting, the perfect length for these kind of puzzles. You can easily take a look at a few of them in one afternoon.

Sadly there were more negative things to be noted for me personally:
- The writing style isn’t my cup of tea. I can’t explain it exactly, but it just fell completely flat. I also found multiple typos.
- Some clues were waaaaay too farfetched, or even flawed. Sometimes it felt almost impossible to discover who the traitor was, even when trying to follow the things said in the solution at the end.
- I would have liked to see some decoding stuff introduced in some puzzles, like morse or ROTC.

Thank you Netgalley for this eARC.

This was a delightful little puzzle book. The sections were hard, but not too hard as long as you read carefully. I especially enjoyed the puzzle with the bad review in the hotel.

I am someone who loves puzzle books and solving mysteries, so this was right up my alley. I really enjoyed the stories and getting to search through the evidence to find the culprit in each chapter. I would definitely do more puzzle books from this publisher!

I received this book as an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to the author and publisher for this opportunity.

The puzzles in this book are fun, challenging and thought provoking. This book would make a great family game night gift basket (add popcorn, candy, pens and paper for taking notes).

What a fun book! I love how interactive it is for the reader. The stories are so intriguing and really suck you in to make you want to find out how they end.

I am a sucker for trying to figure out riddles and puzzles. I love watching The Traitors, so of course I HAD to have this!! The stories were fun, and some I seriously could not figure out. If you are into puzzles, riddles, whodunits then this is for you! I read this alone, but I think it would have been more fun to read/guess with someone else!!

Thank you to Roland Hall, Ivy Press, and NetGalley.

I love puzzle books, and this one did not disappoint.

I actually solved the problems with my kids. They looked forward to downtime so that we could sit and try and figure out each logic puzzle. It was amazing watching them find clues and deduce who committed the crime etc. I would happily recommend this book.

The Imposter Puzzle Book by Roland Hall is an interesting puzzle book for mystery and thriller lovers. And the best part is that you get to solve the mystery with your own hands. You get to wear the detective hat and dive into the book. The only issue is that the book is best if you read it as a paperback. It would be far easier to go back and forth than kindle. It was my first time reading such a book, and I am really impressed with the contents. The book deserves 4 stars. and thanks to Netgalley for providing me with an opportunity to read and review the book.

This was sort of fun! The first two were tricky but I figured them out, and it all made sense. However, the next two were a little more frustrating. I came to solutions that made sense to me, and then the actual answers relied on information I felt was sort of assumed/not directly confirmed, so the answers seemed shaky to me. At that point I was sort of annoyed and didn't want to continue. I’m not sure how the rest of them are at this point, but it’s worth noting. This could be fun or it could be frustrating or it may just be both!

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Ivy Press for this eCopy to review

The Imposter Puzzle Book is full of fiendish crimes to solve. You get a mini scenario to read followed by a number of pieces of evidence such as emails, witness statements, receipts etc. It is up to you to find out who committed the crimes by looking at the evidence. A great book to get the brain cells working, would work great with a friend or in a group setting to see who can work out the culprit first.

I generally like the puzzles, but there's simply too much text for my liking. While I get that there needs to be some superfluous info because it'd be far too easy to find the traitor otherwise, the amount of fairly uninteresting and dully written texts you have to sit through is just too high. I think the puzzles would either need some streamlining or more engaging writing and personality. All in all, the puzzles themselves are fine, it's just the presentation that could've needed some work imo.