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Detective word search books: word searches with a story, linked cases and a hidden message in every grid.

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Mystery Puzzle Book for Adults, 10 Linked Cold Cases

100 Detective Word Search Puzzles

100 puzzles plus a 5-puzzle finale10 linked cold casesGrids from 12x12 to 18x18Hidden messages and full solutions

A word search book with a plot. Ten linked cold cases in the town of Brannock, ten puzzles each, set in the places where the crimes happened. In every puzzle two words are missing from the grid: they answer the questions about the case. The letters you never circle spell a hidden message, and the ten case results lead to a finale where one suspect is left. Grids grow from 12x12 to 18x18, with full solutions at the back.

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A word search with a case to solve

A detective word search book looks like any word search at first: a grid, a list of words, a pencil. The difference is that every puzzle belongs to a case. The words come from the scene of the crime, and the puzzle itself holds the clues.

In our books, two words from every list are missing from the grid on purpose. Those two words answer the questions about the case. When every other word is circled, the letters that are left spell a hidden message: what a witness said, what was in a parcel, what the detective wrote down. Puzzle by puzzle, the cases link together and lead to one finale.

For beginners and experienced solvers

The first cases use small grids with words that read only forwards and downwards. Later cases bring bigger grids, backwards words, all eight directions and decoys that look like the missing words. Full solutions show every word marked.

A relaxing puzzle book for adults and teens who want a word search with more to it, and an easy gift for crime fiction readers.