Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?

By Edward Packard

Book Overview

Finally back in print after a 25-year wait Find Thombey's murderer in this iconic interactive book where YOU decide what happens next Packed with 14 possible endings

Choose Your Own Adventure books-the 4th bestselling children's series of all time-are back and as much fun as you remember. Kids and adults agree, these are the books that get 9- to 12-year-olds reading.

Someone murdered Harlowe Thrombey. Only YOU can figure out who.

The eccentric millionaire feared his life was in danger, and he hired you - a young detective - to find out who was after him. But before your investigation could even start, someone laced his bedtime brandy with arsenic. Now you have a murder case on your hands As you look for clues and question the suspects and witnesses, will you discover the truth of who poisoned your client? Or will you be the next victim?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937133133
• ISBN13: 9781937133139
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Choose Your Own Adventure
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

My first Choose Your Own Adventure book!

For me, this was the book that got me addicted at the age of 9! Edward Packard is a genius and one of my American heroes for inventing such an amazing literary genre! Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? is a great mystery, full of suspense and interesting character development. It also stands out from the early CYOA books because it only contains 14 endings, thus making for a longer story. This book was also one of the few selected to be published as a Grey Castle Press hardcover!

These are the best!

Choose Your Own Adventure books, I mean the Bantam Books ones, are the best! I want them all! It's amazing - the earlier ones are from around 1980 or even before, and can still be enjoyed thoroughly, as if they were written yesterday!

A Good One

This may in fact be the best of the entire "Choose Your Own Adventure" series, which is saying something, since this was always an interesting series, especially in its early days. Packard is the master of the genre, and the tangled web herein is suspenseful and atmospheric. Lots of fun for kids.