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Murder at the Chessboard
Murder at the Chessboard
Author: P. T. Houdunitz
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 sto...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781579121624
ISBN-10: 1579121624
Publication Date: 4/1/2001
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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4.4 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Black Dog Leventhal Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Murder at the Chessboard on + 254 more book reviews
This is one of my favorite solve it yourself books. Well written, in increasing difficulty, creative, etc. I actually worked through these one at a time because they were interesting enough to put the extra time on my part through. The one-page logic puzzles tossed in for good measure were a nice break--but they weren't part of the mysteries--no logic puzzles disguised as mysteries, which is nice.

My only quibble is the last one (dead judge in the study) I think the judge is laying the wrong way up. I didn't manage to figure that one out and even knowing the solution, I think they have the scene wrong.

However, the rest of the book was very much done well enough I still give it high marks!
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Enjoyable mysteries, some easier than others. A fun read.


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