The Wrong Book
Summary: The Wrong Book is a 3-day case set in 1948 New York City, around the Times Square neighborhood. Jack Deverell is a private investigator hired to recover a valuable book stolen under mysterious circumstances.
Lead stats: 174 Leads / 7 Docs / 33 Markers / 10 Images / 3 Days / 29.4k Words (173.00 avg.) / 187.1 KB
Author(s): Jesse Reichler <jessereichler@gmail.com>
Game system: nyNoir
Campaign: High & Low
(part 6)
Game date: 3/1/1948
Additional credits: Editing by Debbie Levy
Difficulty: 4/5
Playtime: 4 hours (3 days)
Cautions: Occasional adult language
Version: 2.16 (3/31/26)
Game status: playable
Features: 
Rating: (9.5 avg from 1 rating)
Published: Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 09:59 PM
Owner account: admin
Created: Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Modified: Thu, Apr 09, 2026 at 06:04 AM
Published Files:
- wrongBook_soloForScreen_letter.pdf (15.7 MB)
- wrongBook_twocol_a4.pdf (15.0 MB)
- wrongBook_twocol_letter.pdf (15.0 MB)
Additional Instructions
To play this case, you need to download two things:
- One of the above casebooks in your preferred format (grab the final _twocol_letter.pdf if you are going to print it, or _soloForScreen_letter.pdf if you are going to play it on a screen).
- The New York Noir v6 directories, rules, and other additional files needed to play this case in pdf format
Alternatively, instead of using pdf directories you can use the online directory and map search tools.
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Reviews
(9.5/10)
This was a fun and enjoyable case, with a nice level of difficulty/challenge. The story was intriguing and had some creative twists throughout.