The Blackthorn Casebook, Vol. 1
Death at Harlow House
A 1920s Murder Mystery Puzzle Book: Solve the Case with 25 Logic Puzzles, Ciphers and Evidence Files
The sheriff says heart failure. The lawyer says murder. The evidence is in your hands.
October 1926. Railroad heir Silas Harlow is found dead in his locked study the morning after his 64th birthday. The door was locked from the inside, and the key was on his desk. Five people sat at his table that night, and every one of them had a secret.
A box of papers arrives at the Blackthorn Agency in New York: letters, witness statements, photographs, a torn ledger, a floor plan. You are the detective. Every puzzle you solve turns up a new piece of evidence, until only one name is left.
No puzzle experience needed. Two short training lessons at the front show you how to work a logic grid and read the old codes. Solve it in one evening or one file a night, on your own or with a partner.
What’s inside
- 25 connected case puzzles across 5 case files: logic grids, a shift cipher, Morse code, a maze, a crossword, anagrams, ledger math and a locked room
- 23 vintage-style evidence photographs, suspect dossiers, a 1926 newspaper, a map and a floor plan
- Sealed evidence pages to open only after you solve certain puzzles
- Hints in three levels for every puzzle
- Full solutions with the reasoning, and the agency's closing report
- 3 bonus short cases, a case crossword, a word search and a detective's scorecard
Details
- Format
- Hardcover and paperback
- Pages
- 150
- Size
- 8.25 × 11 in (hardcover), 8.5 × 11 in (paperback)
- ISBN-13 (hardcover)
- 979-8177585055
- Author
- Ada Blackwell
- Publisher
- ZicPub
