$9.99Mystery Puzzle Book for Adults, 10 Linked Cold Cases
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A word search book with a mystery running through it. Every puzzle hides thirteen of its fifteen words. The two you cannot find answer questions about the case, and the letters you never circle spell a witness statement, a clue or a confession. Ten cold cases from the fictional valley of Brannock, from a vanished barrel of wine to a locked mountain hut in a blizzard, all lead to one finale where ten objects, ten hours and six suspects come together. Grids grow from 12x12 to 18x18, words start running backwards from Case 4, and decoys appear in every list. Full solutions at the back.
This is a word search book that tells a story. Instead of a hundred unrelated grids, you get ten cold cases, each with a one-page case file and ten puzzles set in the places where it happened: a vineyard cellar, an ice rink during a blackout, a radio studio that went silent, an observatory on a hill. Each puzzle looks like a normal word search, with a twist.
Every puzzle lists fifteen words, but only thirteen are hidden in the grid. The two you cannot find answer the first two questions about the case. Then you read the letters you did not circle, row by row, and they spell the answer to the third question: what the witness saw, what the note said, what really happened. There is no guessing, and nothing depends on colour, so the printer-friendly edition works perfectly in black and white.
The last puzzle of each case gives you an object and an hour for the Case Index. In the finale those ten results spell the place where a missing manuscript was hidden, and four more puzzles give you the facts that rule out five of six suspects. Beginners can start with small grids in Case 1; by Case 7 words run in all eight directions and every list contains decoys.
No. It is a digital download with two PDF files per edition, one for US Letter and one for A4. Print it at home or at a copy shop, or solve it on a tablet.
It is best to. The puzzles get harder from Case 1 to Case 10, and the finale needs the object and hour from every case. Each case story also stands on its own if you want to dip in.
Case 1 starts with 12x12 grids where words only read forwards and down. From Case 4 words can read backwards, and from Case 7 in all eight directions, with decoy words in every list. The finale grids are 18x18.
Each puzzle lists fifteen words but hides only thirteen. The two you cannot find are the answers to the first two questions. If you can find a word in the grid, it is not one of the missing ones.
Yes. The Printer-Friendly Edition has white pages and black ink, and no puzzle depends on colour.
Yes. Open the PDF in any app that lets you write on pages. The Colour Edition has a contents page where every case is a link, and the grids have large letters.
Yes. The cases are cosy crime: thefts, disappearances and one suspicious fall, with no gore. It suits adults and confident readers from about 12.
You may print as many copies as you need for your own household or your own game night. Please do not share or resell the files.
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