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Spin Off

Choose Your Puzzle-Filled Path to TV Stardom

Frank Paul author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oneworld Publications

Published:16th Oct '25

Should be back in stock very soon

Spin Off cover

Navigate scandal, sabotage and sudoku in a cryptic romp through the perils of reality television.

Prepare to be stumped by scandal and sabotage in legendary quizzer Frank Paul's cryptic romp through a reality tv gameshow

Think you’d make it in the cut-throat world of reality TV? Time to find out!

The perfect Christmas gift for fans of MURDLE and THE GCHQ PUZZLE BOOK

'A charming and original (and a little bit bonkers) puzzle book that is also a choose-your-own-path adventure.' Alex Bellos, Guardian

Ever fancied your chances on Love Island? Reckon you’d be a deft hand at Bake-Off? A shoe in on The Traitors? Then join quizmaster and puzzler extraordinaire Frank Paul – fresh from the sordid, steamy set of Only Connect – to find out in Spin Off, a choose-your-own-path puzzle book.

Infiltrate the inner circle of ageing, semi-famous rockstar Iago Hitz and his dysfunctional family for a mind-boggling journey through the wildest reality TV sets. Get ready to partake in vicious anagram-based feuds, riddle your way into exclusive endorsement deals, disentangle yourself from scandal – and maybe discover a secret, behind-the-scenes conspiracy in the process… Fully illustrated and replete with Frank Paul’s characteristically fiendish visual conundrums, Spin Off is the perfect chaser for fans of Murdle and Cain’s Jawbone.

'A mind-meltingly brilliant read... Frank Paul’s book is inventive, enigmatic and playful in equal parts.' James Harkin, co-host of No Such Thing as a Fish

'Rejoice! A new Frank Paul! An adventure playground for our wits.' —Alan Connor, author of The Joy of Quiz

'A charming and original (and a little bit bonkers) puzzle book that is also a choose-your-own-path adventure. Readers of this column will, I’m sure, be receiving many copies of this book for Christmas!' —Alex Bellos, Guardian


'It’s a delight to weave through Frank Paul’s uniquely devious puzzles. A mind-meltingly brilliant read... A book to get lost in, both literally and figuratively, Frank Paul’s book is inventive, enigmatic and playful in equal parts. A masterpiece of misdirection.'— James Harkin, co-host of No Such Thing as a Fish

‘Frank Paul is a dazzling quizzer' —Victoria Coren Mitchell

ISBN: 9781836430094

Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 26mm

Weight: unknown

352 pages