The game deserves five stars. The developers do not. This was the best game EVER, hands down. The match three was nothing special, but the storyline and characters were the best!!! I played it daily and even spent money on it occasionally. Then three years ago, Rovio dropped case 30, ended it on a cliffhanger, promised there would be more eventually, and crickets…. They walked away and abandoned the game and even developed a NEW game. Newsflash: people don’t like it when stories (whether TV, books, games, whatever) end on a cliffhanger. It’s rude and just plain mean to get people invested in characters not give closure. These characters deserved an ending, and so did the users. No it wasn’t as big a money maker as the Angry Birds multitude of games, but they never even gave it a chance. They let it run for just two years before abandoning it. This is why I no longer play any Rovio games. Instead I moved to Lily’s Garden by Tactile which has been putting out new content for over five years, pretty much weekly. Now Tactile gets my money. Shame on you Rovio for abandoning your users like you did!

This is your typical match three game with power ups and a story overlay. You’ve seen them before. Home remodeling, garden remodeling, etc. I have played all these games because they are fun. At first. Then after they’ve hooked you the puzzles become so aggravatingly difficult that you are tempted to throw your phone across the room. This one at least is unique as the murder cases are interesting and fun to solve. But this ended for me today as I tried to get through one puzzle that took me 42 tries to solve and never did. I deleted the game. On the other games similar in design I have paid to play but I can’t do that anymore. They have designed it purposely to get you to pay more and more and more. Well I refuse.A message to developers. If you want people to continue to play your games, make some adjustments. Instead of 900 coins for 5 more moves, make it 100. When what you receive for solving a puzzle is usually around 60 coins, this would make it easier to play. Eliminate the number of lives you are giving. If you don’t solve a puzzle after 5 lives you can’t play until you earn the 5 lives back. And again you feel like crushing your phone. Instead of a free game, let us solve the first murder, the pay to buy the game. 5.99 or something like that. Until a major change is made I can’t play this game. But it’s not because I don’t like it. It’s because I can’t afford to get a new phone.

I’m on level 2000-something. I mention that just to say that obviously I’m pretty hooked. I have paid to play more than I’d like to admit, too. But the challenge of the games and the puns imbedded in the stories keep me coming back! Clever writing, sometimes corny. Not extremely accurate crime solving, but, hey, it’s a game! I have noticed two big changes from when I started playing, though: 1) the airplanes used to be downright sentient, I swear. They would strike at exactly the place where you needed them to strike. And now they hit targets that aren’t even necessary to advance in the level, they hit spots not even on the “to-do” list! Obviously a programming gimmick to encourage spending money. I am constantly left just ONE MOVE SHORT! That can’t be a coincidence. 2)Also I’ve noticed several times I have made a move that should have created a power-up, but it didn’t. That’s called “cheating” IRL, frankly. But other than that, no real complaints. Like I said, I’m hooked, so I power through without the power-ups. Just hoping to make the developers aware: those changes are noticed and not appreciated! Please put it back the way it was— with the airplanes hitting targets that actually matter and power-ups actually being created after you make a move that creates them. That’d be great! Thanks!

I love match-3 games such as these with a fun story that progresses as you win levels. This one is exceptionally fun as I am a true crime fanatic si the murder aspect is cool even if unrealistic. I love the characters, especially Mrs M who runs the B&B. But I have spent waaaay too much money on this already! As you progress, some of the levels are truly impossible with the number of moves provided. I understand that game-makers deserve to make a living so I am not expecting to routinely play for free. But after spending more than the price of an xbox game, I would expect the levels to be fair. Sometimes I’ll be frustrated enough to ride a level out for days and days, refusing to pay coins for 5 measly moves when it is obvious to me that at least 15 more moved are needed. Then, after holding out, all the stars align and I’ll win the level with 5+ moves to spare! I used to be a programmer so I know much of winning and losing is in the hands of the developers, it’s just frustrating when a level is obviously impossible. Kind of makes me want to move on. So, after spending what I believe is a fair amount, I will get to where I only play these types of games once a day. I’ll have several games like this progressing at the sane time so I always have something to play. So, I DO RECOMMEND, just be sure you are able to exercise self-control or you’ll find yourself in the poorhouse!