Large Print Murder Mystery Puzzle Book: The Judge's Shanty

About this book

Thirty chapters. Thirty puzzles. One killer on the ice.

Every January the fishing village of Tern Harbor, Maine, moves out onto frozen Mill Pond for the ice fishing derby. This year the judge, Harlan Bragg, announces he has caught a cheat and will name them on Sunday. By Sunday dawn he is dead in his own shanty, the stove smoking and the padlock snapped shut from the outside. The Chief calls it a bad heart. Retired postmistress Mabel Pike and her basset hound, Biscuit, know a man cannot lock himself in.

A case a day for a month. Read one short chapter a day, then solve its large-print word search, crossword, cryptogram or logic puzzle to collect the clue. Cross off six suspects, six weapons and six places on the boards as you go, and name the culprit before Mabel does at the awards supper.

Inside you'll find:

• True large print: every letter and number in the book, answers included, is at least 16.5 point, in the easy-to-read Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface
• A different puzzle each day: 12 word searches, 7 crosswords, 7 cryptograms and 4 logic puzzles, each with clear instructions and a gentle difficulty ramp
• A real whodunit: six suspects, six possible weapons and six places. The clues fit together so that exactly one answer is left after Chapter 30, and not before
• Clues you can trust: every puzzle was checked by computer. Each word search word appears exactly once, every logic puzzle has a single solution, and every hidden clue comes out right
• Handy extras: a Suspect Board, an Evidence Board, a 30-day Case Tracker, a Clue Log, and room for notes
• Full answers for every puzzle, plus The Reveal, which shows how all the clues fit together

Cozy and clean with no gore, and no Christmas required: start on any day of the year. A thoughtful gift for grandparents, parents, book clubs and anyone who loves a good mystery. Volume 2 of the Tern Harbor Mysteries; each book is a complete case, so you can begin here.