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The Ultimate Mystery Puzzle Book
Role play, codes and cases to crack
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Put your detective skills to the ultimate test in this fiendish puzzle activity book. This book features a series of thrilling detective cases to work through, with brain-boggling puzzles to crack along the way. And the best part is you are the private investigator at the...
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Description
Put your detective skills to the ultimate test in this fiendish puzzle activity book.
This book features a series of thrilling detective cases to work through, with brain-boggling puzzles to crack along the way. And the best part is you are the private investigator at the centre of the action.
Can you track down a stolen ancient artefact, figure out who hacked the mayorโs computer network, or solve a haunted house mystery? How about figuring out who has stolen an inventorโs prized robot? Other cases to investigate include a dognapping, a runaway train, a fairground mystery, an undercover mission, and a tropical island puzzler.
Crack codes, solve mazes, follow clues, figure out logic puzzles, and so much more in this fun and engrossing collection of activities.
With 10 cases to crack, youโll be proving your worth as a super sleuth in no time!
Also available:
9781916763173 The Top Secret Spy Puzzle Book
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781837250608
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 July 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Buster Books
Illustration: B&W
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Eduardo Rubio Rincon
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 140g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Gareth Moore (Author)
Dr Gareth Moore (B.Sc (Hons) M.Phil Ph.D) is the internationally bestselling author of a wide range of brain-training and puzzle books for both children and adults, including Anti-stress Puzzles, Ultimate Dot to Dot, Brain Games for Clever Kidsยฎ, Lateral Logic, Extreme Mazes and The Ordinance Survey Puzzle Book. His books have sold over a million copies in the UK alone and have sold in 35 different languages.
He is also the creator of online brain-training site BrainedUp.com and runs the daily puzzle site PuzzleMix.com.
Gary Panton (Author)
Gary Panton is a writer, editor and doodler whose work has appeared in loads of different books, magazines and websites. You can find him on X at @garypanton or check out more of his work at garypanton.co.uk.
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