Large Print Murder Mystery Puzzle Book: The Moderator's Gavel

About this book

Thirty chapters. Thirty puzzles. One vote too close to call.

Every March the fishing village of Tern Harbor, Maine, packs the Grange Hall for Town Meeting. The roads are mud, the bean supper is hot, and the moderator, Gideon Thayer, has ruled half the town out of order. This year the lighthouse money passes by three votes. By Sunday morning Gideon is dead in the moderator's chair, and his gavel is gone. The town says the vote broke his heart. Retired postmistress Mabel Pike and her basset hound, Biscuit, notice his reading glasses folded in his pocket.

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 killer before Mabel does at the special town meeting.

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 and a Clue Log
• Full answers for every puzzle, plus The Reveal, which shows how all the clues fit together

Cozy and clean with no gore, and no holiday required: start on any day of the year. A thoughtful gift for grandparents, parents, book clubs and anyone who loves a good mystery. Vol. 3 of the Tern Harbor Mysteries; each book is a complete case, so you can begin here.