Case 001AdultMedium
Opening Case
The Last Train from Marrakech
A 1972 locked-compartment case on the Marrakech-Tangier night express.
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Case File No. ——A Mystery Publishing Studio
Designed Detective Cases for Thoughtful Solvers
Lantern & Ink creates printable mystery cases for those who read closely. Each case is written as a literary investigation and designed as a physical artifact.
The Studio
Mystery cases with the weight of printed things.
Lantern & Ink is a mystery publishing studio creating designed printable detective cases for solvers who want a story — not merely a puzzle to complete, but an investigation to inhabit. Each case is built around a setting, a cast of characters, and a question that lingers after the solution is found.
Narrative
Cases are written as stories first, with clues placed inside atmosphere, motive, and character.
Evidence
Every document is designed to feel handled, read, questioned, and returned to the file.
Keepsake
The finished case is meant to live on a shelf, not disappear after the final answer.
From the Archive
Choose the atmosphere that pulls you in.
Each case is a complete printable mystery.
Case 004TeenMedium
Snow at the Sanatorium
A locked-suite mystery in the Swiss Alps
Case 005AdultHard
The Last Concert
A Buenos Aires tango death by slow poison
Case 006TeenMedium
Silence on Signal Hill
A teen-tier mystery at a coastal wireless club.
Case 003AdultHard
The Glasshouse at Kew
An adult-tier mystery in a glasshouse setting.
Why Lantern & Ink
Why the Studio Publishes This Way
01
Craft
Every case is written as a considered narrative. The dialogue is edited. The clues are placed with intention. The solution is earned. The experience is designed to hold up to a second reading and a third.
02
Design
Each case file is laid out like a publication. Typography respects the page. Evidence appears as physical documents — letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, photographs. The materials belong to the world of the story.
03
Collectibility
A Lantern & Ink case is designed to be kept. Printed and filed. Placed on a shelf alongside the books it sits beside in spirit. The cases share a visual language, a recurring detective, and a growing archive that rewards those who follow it.
The Collection
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Find a case that calls to you.