Detective Puzzle

Thirteen-year-old Emily Poe has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: A chance to attend the exclusive Audyn School in Manhattan. But to win the scholarship, she has to pass a test like nothing she’s ever experienced before: A nearly bare room, a set of strange clues, a locked door. And a mysterious organization - the Leopold Foundation - that’s watching her every move.

Everything Agatha Christie would become begins in these thirteen books. This annotated collection includes: • A 15,000-word critical study of the author's first decade • A full life of the author, from wartime dispenser to Queen of Crime • An introduction: how to read the early work • A Note on the Texts and their United States public-domain status • Thirteen complete works, 1920–1930, in one volume Everything the world's best-selling novelist would become begins in these thirteen books. Between 1920 and 1930 an unknown Englishwoman published the novels that invented modern ...

When a billionaire’s assistant drops dead clutching a cup from Brewed Awakening, Hattie Calder’s cozy coffee shop becomes the scene of Maplewood’s biggest scandal. A friendly note on the cup—her signature smiley and heart—turns from charm to evidence overnight, painting her as the town’s prime suspect. Determined to clear her name, Hattie follows a trail of gossip, greed, and poisoned secrets to the doors of Maplewood Manor, where eccentric tycoon Graham Larken offers her an impossible deal: help solve his assistant’s murder, and earn ten million dollars in the process. With ...

Discover Nancy Drew for a new generation, packed with thrills, chills, and even laughs—from #1 bestselling mystery maven James Patterson. Minerva Keen is the absolute best kid detective Chicago has ever seen, and she’s hungry for a new mystery to solve with her friends. But a know-it-all new...

Welcome to The Berry Home: where the food is to-die-for! When Kylie's friend Jack is accused of murder, she must go the distance to uncover the real killer... Meanwhile Kylie's nemesis, Detective Gregson, appears to be joining forces with her BFF Zoey - but to what end? "Winters will have you giggling into your book!" Zoey refuses to tell Kylie about Gregson's secret, leaving her to figure it out on her own. Meanwhile, the odds seem to be stacked against Kylie's friend Jack. He had every reason to want the horrible Gary dead - but then again, so did quite a few other people. Will Kylie ...

Maplewood Museum’s most despised security guard drops dead after dessert. When the coffee froth and glitter settles, the only thing missing is the museum’s prized artifact…and everyone’s alibi. Hattie Calder planned to spend the evening serving coffee, not stumbling into chaos. But when whispers of theft, blackmail, and betrayal echo through the gala hall, the barista with a talent for noticing what others miss becomes the prime candidate to untangle the truth. Armed with her quick wit, her friend Liam’s tech savvy, and her cat Beans’ uncanny knack for being in the wrong place ...

Start a bingeable heartwarming cozy mystery series filled with endearing friendships, puzzling small-town murders, coffeehouse charm, and one clue-finding cat. Hattie Calder thought running Brewed Awakening coffee shop meant early mornings, loyal regulars, and the occasional over-caffeinated gossip storm. Then bodies start turning up. With her sarcastic sister Sam, tech-savvy friend Liam, and Beans—the clever cat who keeps batting evidence into plain sight—Hattie gets pulled into three mysteries darker than her strongest roast. A museum gala turns deadly after dessert. A billionaire’s...

Alan Smith ordered the most expensive pour-over on the menu, tipped forty percent, and never stopped watching the door. By Sunday night, his rental car was at the bottom of Miller’s Creek. Hattie Calder knows when something feels off. She noticed Alan Smith’s shaking hands before he touched his cup. She noticed the sheriff closed the case too quickly. And when her cat, Beans, bats a crumpled receipt out from under the radiator, she notices the coded notes a frightened man left behind. With her sister Sam and their tech-savvy friend Liam, Hattie starts pulling on a thread that leads to ...

Welcome to The Berry Home: where the food is to-die-for! Kylie is thrilled when the space next door is finally leased out to a bookshop owner. Unfortunately, opening day doesn’t go as planned. Instead, the bookshop becomes the scene of a murder. Who could’ve killed Charlie Mccoy, a man of many secrets and just as many enemies? With a murder to investigate and a friend’s wedding to plan, Kylie must call on all her friends to help keep the Berry Home afloat as she scrambles to uncover the truth before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Brad is left to fend for himself as a newly minted ...

The Heritage Hall book fair was my chance to showcase my bookbinding techniques. Instead, I become the main suspect in a murder. Paper flowers and leather bindings filled my Heritage Hall book fair booth. This was my chance to showcase traditional bookbinding techniques. Instead, I found a dead authenticator in my space. Mark Henderson, known for exposing forgeries, lay sprawled among tools stolen from my exhibit. Making me the prime suspect. Book preservation is my passion - being a murder suspect, not so much. I teamed up with Fitzgerald, my Maine Coon cat and journalist Jennifer Walsh to...

A one-star review was bad enough. A dead blogger is much worse. When sharp-tongued food blogger Baxter Quinn storms into Maplewood’s Taste Trail event, Hattie Calder expects trouble, not murder. His final post hints that one beloved café built its charm on something stolen—and the cup beside his body points straight at Brewed Awakening. With Sam protecting the coffee shop, Liam untangling Baxter’s deleted reviews, and Beans sniffing out clues no one else notices, Hattie follows a trail of passport stamps, old recipes, missing notebooks, and bitter small-town secrets. A furious baker,...

In Maplewood, the coffee is strong, gardens are perfect, and chamomile is deadly. One cup drops the town’s most notorious gardener. A living will plants a new owner squarely in the fallout. Hattie Calder runs Brewed Awakenings on routine, loyal regulars, and a stubborn smile. When Doris Bloom collapses like a cut flower, the town calls it a sad, simple end. But Doris’s living will hints at a different story—leaving Hattie The Bloom Works and instructions that read less like a gift and more like a warning. With her sister Sam, tech-savvy best friend Liam, and a watchful cat Beans, ...

Book 1: The Ghost in the Stacks A cozy paranormal mystery featuring inconvenient ghosts, buried secrets, and one librarian who just wanted a quiet Tuesday. A skeleton in the wall wasn’t part of Ellie Ward’s plans. Her Tuesday had started normally enough: shelve books, help patrons, and ignore the cat scratching at the basement wall. Then the wall came down. The bones belong to Silas Vance—the architect who designed the Ashwood Library, then vanished in 1925 along with fifty thousand dollars in construction funds. Everyone assumed he ran. He didn’t get far. Now someone wants the ...

A hidden room. A forgotten file. A mystery waiting to be rediscovered. Eleven-year-old Maddy Torres spends more time in the Boston Public Library than almost anyone her age. While exploring a little-used section of the historic building, she discovers a long forgotten hidden room, inside it, a collection of old files left behind by a group of kids from the 1980s known as the Directive Detectives. One file stands out. Directive File 001: Freedom Trail. Joined by her friends Evelyn, Darnel, and Jin, Maddy follows the clues across Boston, visiting the city's most famous landmarks and ...

Six suspects. Six lies. Only one is hiding a murder! When celebrity chef Grant Halloway is found dead behind the judging tent at the annual Gull Harbor Bake-Off, the small coastal town of Maine is thrown into chaos. Known for his career-ending critiques, Chef Halloway left behind a trail of ruined reputations—and a long list of people who wanted him gone. Doc Marsh pins the time of death between 6:00 and 6:45 PM. As retired insurance fraud investigator Bea Calloway begins asking questions, she uncovers a frustrating pattern: every single person closest to Halloway lied about where they ...

No one ever said inheriting Bellanoa’s kitchen in Mariner’s Reach would involve murder, least of all Gia Bellanoa, who only hoped to restore her family’s name alongside simmering sauces, not tangled suspicions. Seeking solace, Gia leans on her trusty pasta crank and one-eyed cat, Pesto, as rumors swirl through the seaside town’s winding lanes. Everything changes when the sharp-tongued Renata Corso is found dead behind Arliss Books, leaving a damning document in her coat and Mariner’s Reach caught in a storm of doubt. Just as Gia’s recipes bind flavors, unexpected allies draw ...

Are you ready to solve the case? Welcome to Detective Mystery Riddles for Kids — a thrilling collection of 200 brain-boosting mystery puzzles designed for curious minds ages 8–12. Perfect for young problem-solvers who love clues, codes, secrets, and clever twists! Each page invites readers into mini mystery stories where they must analyze clues, spot inconsistencies, and think like real detectives. From missing jewels and secret messages to classroom mysteries and puzzling whodunits, this book keeps kids engaged while sharpening critical thinking skills. Inside This Book: • 200 ...

“Watson, there is not a moment to lose. If you care to join the chase, pack your bag at once!” Likewise, enthusiasts of the greatest detective will not want to miss this opportunity to join Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in a whirlwind of exciting new adventures… A daring thief penetrates the defenses of the Tower of London in search of a secret treasure. A profligate young actor is accused of murdering his exemplary sibling. From the safe of a prominent London banker, a priceless heirloom is stolen. Upon a high cliff, a ghostly assassin commits an impossible murder. A kingpin of ...

Oxford, 1920. One body. Three impossible clues. And a woman mathematician who will not accept “accident” as an answer. Women can study at Oxford, but they still cannot earn degrees. With a historic vote on women’s degrees approaching and the city caught up in the spectacle of Eights Week, Oxford’s annual rowing races, the last thing the university needs is a scandal. Then the Duke of Calverley—a powerful patron of the university and outspoken opponent of women’s education—is found dead in a locked boathouse. Oxford is quick to call it a tragic accident. Celia Wren, a brilliant...

A skeleton in an underwater cave. A body with a fatal gunshot. Detective Bridgette Cash’s most chilling case yet. The eerie discovery of a corpse and skeletal remains in a submerged cavern plunges Detective Bridgette Cash into a sinister underworld. As she unravels the mystery connecting the...