num_pages: 240
description: This mind-bending collection of five-minute mysteries, packed with clues and solved at the back of the book, is an armchair detective's dream-come-true. It's like 43 rousing games of "Clue" in short-story form-and what could be more fun than that? These engaging puzzlers test readers' crime-solving skills by presenting stories of robbery, fraud, espionage and murder, replete with all the clues needed to unravel them. But never fear-frustrated sleuths will find solutions tucked away at the back, along with lots of crime-solving tips. This entertaining volume that can be savored or devoured, sampled or read straight through until morning. More than 100 amusing illustrations accompany the mysteries.
language: English
title: Murder at the chessboard : & 43 other perplexing whodunit puzzlers to test your crime-solving skills
titlecomplete: Murder at the chessboard : & 43 other perplexing whodunit puzzlers to test your crime-solving skills
genres: Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 29
publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal