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Mini Murdle Junior: Holiday Hijinks

40+ Mazes, Codes, Word Searches and Other Brilliant Puzzles
By G. T. Karber
Series: Murdle (as of June 2025), SB
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Solve puzzles and crimes as a MURDLE detective in this Buster McPaws winter adventure. When crime strikes at the ski chalet, Buster McPaws must put away his boots and once again become the greatest ever cat detective! Can you help Buster puzzle over clues, solve mazes,... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Another pocket-sized puzzle activity book for younger puzzlers, from the global bestselling Murdle series!

Another pocket-sized puzzle activity book for younger puzzlers, from the global bestselling Murdle series!

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Solve puzzles and crimes as a MURDLE detective in this Buster McPaws winter adventure.

When crime strikes at the ski chalet, Buster McPaws must put away his boots and once again become the greatest ever cat detective!

Can you help Buster puzzle over clues, solve mazes, and decipher codes to catch whodunnit?

Stuffed with illustrations, word searches, and maps, Mini Murdle Junior: Holiday Hijinks is a mind-bending Christmas adventure!

Series: Murdle (as of June 2025), SB

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  • Mini Murdle Junior: Holiday Hijinks
    Pre-order
    Mini Murdle Junior: Holiday Hijinks
    Solve puzzles and crimes as a MURDLE detective in this Buster McPaws winter adventure. When crime strikes at the ski chalet, Buster McPaws must put away his boots and once again become the greatest ever cat detective! Can you help Buster puzzle over clues, solve mazes, and decipher codes to catch whodunnit? Stuffed with illustrations, word searches, and maps, Mini...
    By G. T. Karber
    Paperback
    $1699
    Pre-order
    Out 6 Oct 2026

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805229513

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Souvenir Press Ltd

Edition: Main

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 160.0mm

Weight: 100g

Pages: 112

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About the Author

G. T. Karber is the award-winning creator of Murdle, the global bestselling puzzle sensation. He grew up in Arkansas, the son of a judge and a civil rights attorney, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas with a degree in mathematics and English literature, before gaining an MFA from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. His books have sold in over thirty languages and he is one of only three non-British authors ever to have published a no. 1 Christmas bestseller in the UK.

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