{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63b458521043e00011114396/67542ffca8461f164e9ff6a0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"G. T. Karber, crime writer, Murdle.","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63b458521043e00011114396/1733570305565-ec65dda4-8af6-4766-8496-f44857bee334.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>My guest today is G. T. Karber, the innovative crime writer and creator of the <strong>Murdle</strong> series of puzzle books. The son of a judge and a civil rights attorney, he studied mathematics and English literature at the <strong>University of Arkansas</strong>, then took a Masters at the <strong>USC School of Cinematic Arts</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p>It was while he was working on a project in a coffee shop that he scribbled down a crime-themed puzzle on a napkin for a friend. He later put the puzzle online, then added another. Two weeks later his now agent wrote to him offering to help turn the puzzles into a compendium. In the UK, Murdle became the bestselling book of Christmas 2023, outselling The Guinness World Records. <strong>Murdle: The School of Mystery</strong>, the fourth entry to the series, launched in October.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Simon Parkin"}