Crime And Puzzlement: 24 Solve-them-yourself Picture Mysteries

You are the detective with these 24 fiendishly clever picture mysteries.

Eli P. Harvard was found dead inside his ski lodge, a revolver in his hand and a bullet in his brain. He’d broken up with Sally the night before. Had despondency driven him to suicide? Or had the vengeful Sally done him in? The clues are in the picture; it’s up to you to find out who killed Harvard and why. Here’s how…

* Read the story
* Ponder the picture
* Seize pencil in fist
* And solve it yourself!

Match wits with Edgar Award-winning author Lawrence Treat and discover detecting powers you never dreamed you had. Who stole the Van Bliven necklace? Did Mrs. Falwell really fall out of her twelfth-floor window? Where did Little William go? Solve the picture mystery and find out.

From the Publisher

You are the detective with these classic picture puzzle mysteries from Godine, Publisher

The Baffle Book: Fifteen Fiendishly Challenging Detective Puzzles by Lassiter Wren and Randle McKay, “Originators of the Detective Puzzle Form”

From the late 1920s to the early 1930s, Wren and McKay wrote and drew a feature called “Baffles” for the pulp detective magazine, Clues. This is a collection of their best from that era. Now you can take their challenge to “Observe, Deduce, and Reason Out.”

Crime and Puzzlement: 24 Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries by Lawrence Treat

Lawrence Treat was a prolific author of mystery novels (a pioneer of the genre that became known as police procedurals) and founder of the Mystery Writers of America. In 1981, he brought back the “crime mystery picture puzzle” form (as he called it) with the publication of Crime and Puzzlement.

Both books will challenge the sharpest armchair detective.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ David R. Godine, Publisher
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2003
Edition ‏ : ‎ Revised ed.
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 69 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0879234059
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0879234058
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 – 12 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.92 x 0.26 x 8.47 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 – 2
Best Sellers Rank: #163,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #426 in Logic & Brain Teasers (Books) #483 in Children’s Puzzle Books (Books) #1,693 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)
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