Books about Puzzlement from Amazon.com

Eli P. Harvard was found dead inside his ski lodge, a revolver in his hand and a bullet in his brain. He'd broken up with Sally the night before. Had despondency driven him to suicide? Or had the vengeful Sally done him in? The clues are in the picture; it's up to you, the closet detective, to find out who killed Harvard and why.

Read the Story
Ponder the picture
Seize pencil in fist
And solve it yourself!

With Lawrence Treat as your escort you'll discover detecting powers you never dreamed you had. Who stole the Van Bliven necklace? Did Mrs. Falwell really fall out of her twelfth-floor window? Where did Little William go? You find out!.
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If you cut your detecting teeth on Crime and Puzzlement, you'll sink them into Crime and Puzzlement 2 with glee . . . Once again, You are the Detective! Alone (or was he?) in his locked room, Torrick the truckdiver succumbed, but to what, and why? Arthur, on his way downstairs for another drink, slipped, or did he? Siegfried Jones was obviously knifed on his way to the operating room, but by whom? Read the story. Ponder the picture. Seize the pencil in fist and solve it yourself! With the applause for Crime and Puzzlement still ringing in his ears, Lawrence Treat has conjured up an even more addictive and fiendishly delightful encore. Who finished Isabella Spiegel? Why did Mr. Grange topple dead from his saddle, and what was the catch in Mr. Fishhead's alibi? It's up to you, the armchair detective, to find out!.
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Detected you way through Crime and Puzzlement 1 and Crime and Puzzlement 2? Solved all the heinous crimes of You're the Detective? Well then it's time you matched your sleuthing skills against Julius Quackery, amateur detective extraordinaire, as he tries to find out: Who beaned poor Kippy Betcher, ex-jockey, and sent him on his final ride? Wealthy Robert Pickle has disappeared overboard suicide or murder? The police hold a photograph of the murdered on the way to his crime but who or what is in the picture? Read the story. Ponder the picture. Seize the pencil in fist and solve it yourself! In this devilish anthology you'll find more delightfully murderouse suspense from the blood-red pen of the criminally successful Lawrence Treat. Granny Scratch shares a mushroom stew dinner with her son Casper and wife Hecuba. Four days later Granny's dying of mushroom poisoning but her hated heirs are healthy. Granny wants to know how she was killed before she dies! Study the picture and the text, answer the questions, and then solve the mystery... Still stumped, gumshoe? (Answers are in the back of the book.) Happy sleuthing!.
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