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Do you have the flair, order and method of Hercule Poirot, or the unassuming, shrewd intelligence of Miss Marple? You’re going to need it…
Brush off your moustache, collect your knitting needles and put your little grey cells to good use in the case of the missing librarian. With perplexing puzzles left scattered throughout the library to solve, can you complete them and follow the trail of the crime?
Begin by unscrambling these anagrams of Agatha Christie classics you’ll come across within…
* DRUM ON THREE EXPERT SENIORS * FORUM FOR FINDING DAFT TYPO * RARE MUD INDUCES ANON * BAD SCRUM THERE * DAME DOLLY FANS *HE HATED NO INLET *
Immerse yourself in the world of Agatha Christie with this new and official puzzling series of events.
MY THOUGHTS
My thanks to Anne of Random Things Tours for the tour invitation and the publisher for the paperback copy to review. The Official Agatha Christie Puzzle Book is published by Laurence King Publishing (an Orion imprint) in paperback format (10 October 2024).
I’ve always been a lover of Agatha’s books. As a teenager I collected the full set of over 70 paperback novels which I still have and this shelf picture shows just a few of the hardbacks I have collected. I couldn’t resist the chance to review this puzzle book and to see how my little grey cells matched up!
The first thing to say about this book is how good it looks. The paper thickness of the pages is of a perfectly acceptable quality and the book looks really attractive with its gold foil on the covers and gold spine. It also has a double flap at both ends with gold coloured end papers. It would make an excellent Christmas gift.
Throughout the 240 pages, nine of the Christie mysteries are featured, these are listed on the contents page and include The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express. There are 100 puzzles set around the books including crosswords, cryptic codes, logic, word ladders, and anagrams, all ranging from simple wordsearches (I love a wordsearch) to the more difficult puzzles. If like me, you struggled with any, all the answers are contained at the back (phew!).
There is enough content here to keep you entertained and pondering for hours. I’ve completed a few puzzles for this review but I’m saving this for my Christmas entertainment. Definitely recommended for any Christie/puzzle fan.
Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie became, and remains, the best-selling novelist of all time. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation too.
Agatha Christie Limited (ACL) has been managing the literary and media rights to Agatha Christie’s works around the world since 1955, when the company was set up by Christie herself. The company is managed by Christie’s great-grandson, James Prichard.
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