Murder Most Puzzling: 20 Mysterious Cases to Solve (Murder Mystery Game, Adult Board Games, Mystery Games for Adults) *Book
Murder Most Puzzling is a gorgeous and witty book that invites readers to play detective and solve a series of absorbing, murder-mystery-themed puzzles. Readers are cast as the faithful sidekick to amateur sleuth Medea Thorne in order to solve 20 puzzling cases. Meet a cast of colorful characters—from ghost hunter extraordinaire Augustin Artaud, to Leonard Fanshawe, a competitor in the Annual Perfect Pickled Foods Festival. • A witty riff on the classic whodunit that brings out everyone's inner detective • Each mystery is sumptuously illustrated. • The mysteries require different deductive tactics, making them a good brain exercise A body in the topiary garden, a death at a clairvoyants' convention, and the mysterious accident of the boating lake—prepare for a whirlwind adventure, laced with humor and a dash of the macabre. This book will delight fans of Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Edward Gorey. • This is a collection of darkly humorous puzzles. • Features a clever die-cut cover, and illustrated in a gorgeous gothic style by Stephanie von Reiswitz • Perfect gift for Edward Gorey fans, mystery buffs, puzzle addicts, and fans of true crime podcasts and TV shows • Add it to the shelf with books like The Gashlycrumb by Edward Gorey, File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents by Lemony Snicket, and The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket. Read more
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Why Must Read Murder Most Puzzling: 20 Mysterious Cases to Solve (Murder Mystery Game, Adult Board Games, Mystery Games for Adults)?
I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. But various puzzle solutions demand: *That you identify hidden objects in drawings that aren't terribly realistic, including items that are "concealed" by being hidden in the patterns of clothing *That you know the word "lepidopterology" and can call it to mind when you see some common household objects that are used in this field *That you can identify a statue as an ice sculpture when the text does not say so *That you be familiar with the characteristics of specific poisons *That you notice that a two-page spread of densely packed art contains two of every (loosely defined) sort of item EXCEPT only a single artifact that looks Egyptian C'mon. This is difficult in the sense that mind reading is difficult, not in the sense that the author cleverly hid the necessary information in plain sight.
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