Every book hides a name. You are the one who has to find it.
Some cases give you a grid: find every word, and the letters you never circled spell out what happened. Others give you a registry of fifty thousand names and eighteen clues, and ask you to cross out everyone the clues rule out. Either way, nothing is given. No answer is ever printed in the back.
The method
Cross out everyone the clues rule out. Whoever is left did it. No luck required.
Three ways in.
Word Search Whodunits
Cozy crime for adults. Each case gives you a scene and a grid. Find every word on the list, and the letters you never circled spell out a fact about the crime. Five puzzles a case, eight cases a volume, and the book never tells you who did it until you work it out.
Open case file →Word Search Whodunits Jr.
The same detective work, built for ages 8 to 12. Bigger grids, shorter cases, and the same promise: nobody hands you the answer.
Open case file →The 50,000-Suspect Cases
A different kind of puzzle. One crime, one register of fifty thousand names, and eighteen clues. Cross out everyone the clues rule out and a single name is left standing. No trivia, no guessing, and no answer printed in the back.
Open case file →Room 2 Mysteries
Word search whodunits for early readers. Twelve kids, two clues, one of them did it.
Open case file →“The only true mystery is the one you solve yourself.”
Think you have found your suspect? The book will not tell you. We will.
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