Synopses & Reviews
Challenging assignments invite young would-be detectives to solve cases involving burglaries, murders, jewel heists, arson, embezzlement, and other criminal activities. Solutions included for cases involving the Attic Arsonist, the Bashful Bullet, the Conked Clerk, and 38 other intriguing puzzles.
Synopsis
Do you see yourself as a sharp-eyed private investigator, capable of thoroughly examining evidence, checking all the facts, and coming to a sound conclusion? If the answer is -yes, - then this entertaining collection of solve-it-yourself mini-mysteries is just the book for you.
You'll find 41 challenging cases involving robbery, murder, jewel heists, arson, embezzlement, and other criminal activities. They're all here in concise, carefully constructed scenarios featuring hapless victims of suspicious redheads, scheming socialites, and assorted crooks.
As a would-be detective, you're invited to crack The Case of The Attic Arsonist, The Case of The Bashful Bullet, The Case of The Bomb in the Bon-Bons, The Case of The Conked Clerk, The Case of The Dapper Dead-Beat, and 36 other intriguing puzzles. Junior-grade sleuths can check their crime-solving conclusions by reading the solutions at the end of each story.
Synopsis
Crack cases involving burglaries, murders, jewel heists, arson, embezzlement and other criminal activities. Solutions included.
Table of Contents
Contents
The Case of the Attic Arsonist ................. . . .. 1 The Case of the Bashful Bullet .....................2 The Case pf die Body on the Bank .................. 3 The Case of the Bomb in the Bon-Bons .............. 4 The Case of the Brutal Burglar ..................... 6 The Case of the Bungled Break-Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 The Case of the Burgled Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 The Case of the Card-Party Killing .......... 11 The Case of the Collie Killing ............... . . .. 12 The Case of the Conked Clerk ..................... 13 The Case of the Curious Kidnapping ................ 14 The Case of the Dapper Dead-Beat ................ 16 The Case of Death by Drowning ........ .... . . . .. 18 The Case of the Diamonds in the Dump ........... 20 The Case of the Dope-Ring Redheads ............... 21 The Case of the Hotel-Room Heist ............ ..... 22 The Case of the Ice-Skating Incident ................ 24 The Case of the Lost Little Boy ;................... 26 The Case of the Love-Lorn Lawyer ................. 27 The Case of the Madison-Street Mugging ............ 28 The Case of Miss Bishop's Bullet ..................,. 29 The Case of the Missing Money .................... 31 The Case of Miss Jarrington's Jewels ................. 33 The Case of the Murdered Magistrate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35