Cool Murder Mystery/Detective Games - an IFDB Poll

Hey everybody. I am looking for a murder mystery text game. I finished An Act of Murder a while ago and want to play more games like that, where to get to solve the murder yourself. If you could tell me some of your recommendations that would be great.

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	Make It Good, by Jon Ingold 6 votes "Stylish, well-written, and full of red herrings. Don't spoil this one!" [+]"Stylish, well-written, and full of red herrings. Don't spoil this one!" ( - Full review) --streever... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) --PStanley... (No comment) [+](No comment) --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --shornet... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover 6 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Floating Info... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DustyCypress... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Vulturous... Vote for this game

	Dangerous Curves, by Irene Callaci 5 votes "Classic noir mystery." [+]"Classic noir mystery.: This is a good game with some neat technical improvements. The puzzles are not unsolvable, and the in-game hint engine is promising. In general, this is a good game which is a little quirky. Try to avoid spoilers--talk to everyone (try ask & tell when in doubt) and realize that every puzzle has a solution. You may have to play it more than once because it does have a (minor) deadline." ( - Full review) --streever... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Eagle Owl... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DAB... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DustyCypress... Vote for this game

	Deadline, by Marc Blank 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --shornet... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Gortab Magnifico... Vote for this game

	The Witness, by Stu Galley 3 votes "Engaging and not too hard" [+]"Engaging and not too hard: This is one of the easier Infocom games. Good 40's style noir murder story and fairly easy to solve. That said, it was written when 48k was a lot of memory, so the writing is terse and there are no bells and whistles. Commands are even fairly primitive by modern standards. But still good fun" ( - Full review) --ZUrlocker... (No comment) [+](No comment) --DJ... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... Vote for this game

	Color the Truth, by mathbrush 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Death off the Cuff, by Simon Christiansen 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Detectiveland, by Robin Johnson 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --IFforL2... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	PataNoir, by Simon Christiansen 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --J. J. Guest... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Vulturous... Vote for this game

	Sam Fortune - Private Investigator, by Steve Blanding 1 vote "This one has less investigating and more action." [+]"This one has less investigating and more action." --DJ... Vote for this game

	Erstwhile, by Aster (formerly Maddie) Fialla, Marijke Perry 1 vote "Solve your own..." [+]"Solve your own murder." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Undertow, by Stephen Granade 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --DJ... Vote for this game

	Point Blank Blank, by Christopher Huang 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game

	My Name is Jack Mills, by Juhana Leinonen 1 vote "A pulp detective story." [+]"A pulp detective story." () --DJ... Vote for this game

	Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon 1 vote "Totally different genre; but it's primarily an investigation game" [+]"Totally different genre; but it's primarily an investigation game" () --DJ... Vote for this game

	Sherlock Indomitable, by mathbrush 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... Vote for this game

	Suspect, by Dave Lebling 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --shornet... Vote for this game

	El Asesinato del Sr. García, by José Manuel Rosado 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --IFforL2... Vote for this game

Is there another game that you think should be on this list? Just fill in the title of a game you'd like to vote for.

Poll created on September 25, 2013