The Great North Pole Heist

Santa's Nice List has been stolen, and 400 elves are suspects!

It's the night before Christmas Eve at the North Pole. The golden scroll with every good kid's name on it has vanished from Santa's Map Room, and without it, not one present can be delivered. Inspector Clementine Frost and her nosy reindeer partner, Pickles, need a sharp-eyed junior detective to help them find the thief. That's you!

How it works: every one of the 400 elf suspects has an illustrated card showing their hat, glasses, scarf, face, what they're holding, their workshop and their height. Each chapter of the story hides a secret clue written in code. Crack the code, read the clue, and cross off every elf it rules out. Clue by clue, the crowd shrinks, until only one elf is left standing.

• 400 illustrated suspects in a 16-page Suspect Lineup, with clear black-and-white drawings kids can compare at a glance
• 18 story chapters, each with a secret code to crack: backwards writing, mirror writing, number code, shift code and more
• 3 warm-up cases to learn the method, plus a bonus case after the big mystery
• Extra detective training: twin-spotting puzzles, quick cases, mazes, a code book and a lineup scavenger hunt
• Fair and fully checked: every clue rules out at least one suspect, and exactly one thief remains. No guessing, no QR codes, no internet needed
• A case tracker, a Wanted poster, a detective ID card and a Certificate of Super Sleuthing
• A complete answer key showing exactly who is crossed out at every step

Screen-free fun for car rides, snow days and the long wait until Christmas morning. A perfect stocking stuffer for kids ages 8 to 12 who love mysteries, logic puzzles and secret codes.