About Me

Hello, I'm Mariia. 

The Detective Puzzle Club began with a simple thought. 

For months, I found myself fascinated by mail clubs - the idea of receiving something real, personal, and unexpected through the post. Not something ordered from a store, but something created by another person and sent with intention. 

Then one evening, two ideas suddenly connected. 

I thought: what if a detective story arrived by mail? Not just a story to read, but a mystery to step into. What if readers could follow the investigation month by month, solve puzzles, collect clues, and become part of the story themselves?

That night, I began sketching the first case. Before I had written the story, I was already building crossword puzzles around it. For three evenings after my children were asleep, I sat at my computer creating clue after clue, puzzle after puzzle. By the time the story was written, the world around it was already starting to come alive. 

And that's how The Detective Puzzle Club was born. 

I've always loved classic detective fiction - the kind that invites you to think rather than shocks you. The kind filled with clever clues, memorable characters, country houses, trains, libraries, hidden motives, and the quiet satisfaction of noticing something everyone else missed. 

Agatha Christie has been a constant companion throughout my life, and Hercule Poirot remains my favourite detective. I also love Sherlock Holmes, Columbo, and the wonderfully clever mysteries of Anthony Horowitz.

But more than everything, this club is about sharing stories.

Every mystery, crossword, puzzle, illustration, clue card, and letter is created by me. Usually late at night, after the children are asleep, with a cup of tea nearby and far too many notes scattered across my desk. 

I created this club to give people something I wish existed in the world: a place for readers, puzzle-solvers, dreamers, and detail-noticers. 

The kind of people who always guess the ending. Who notice things others miss. Who love bookshops, libraries, old trains, rainy afternoons, and the feeling that life might secretly be a mystery waiting to be solved. 

If that sounds like you, I think you'll feel at home here. 

Welcome to the club.

— Mariia Prokopieva