Murder at the Chessboard

Everyone loves a mystery!

With this delightful book of five-minute mysteries, you'll have turned your group into amatuer detectives in no time. Read them aloud and try to figure out the answers as a group, or post them in the hallway for people to work out on their own and give a prize to the first person to guess whodunnit!

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 stories of robbery, fraud, espionage and murder, replete with all the clues needed to unravel them. But never fear-frustrated sleuths will find solutions tucked away at the back, along with lots of crime-solving tips. This entertaining volume that can be savored or devoured, sampled or read straight through until morning. More than 100 amusing illustrations accompany the mysteries.