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Supersized Book of Sudoku

Frank Longo

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This is a giant collection of hundreds of sudoku puzzles across 850+ pages. Difficulty levels range...

Marvel's Avengers 1000 Dot-to-Dot Book: Twenty Comic Characters to Complete Yourself

Thomas Pavitte

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Join the greatest heroes in the universe with this super puzzle book from best-selling dot-to-dot...

Mallow Drops

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Mallow Drops is a gravity puzzle where two kiwis try to rescue their lost eggs in a shattered world....

Euclidean Lands

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A beautiful puzzle game with unique mechanics that blends isometric architecture and turn-based...

Word Cookies!

Games and Entertainment

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World's best words puzzle game "Word Cookies" This is a new word puzzle game created by BitMango,...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated The Purloined Puzzle in Books

Apr 27, 2018

The Puzzle Vanishes

Cora thinks that the worst problem in her life is the reappearance of her least favorite ex-husband, Melvin. Then a teen asks Cora to solve a puzzle that was just left at the teen’s house. Only before it can be solved, the puzzle disappears. Then the teen’s older brother reports finding a bloody knife in his bedroom even though there hasn’t been a murder. Is a corpse going to appear?

Fans of the series will be delighted with the latest installment. We get the usual banter as Cora causes havoc on her way to solving the case. The usual twists are there before we reach the logical solution. The characters are on the thin side, which is nothing new for the series, yet I’ve come to care for them and was glad to visit them again. I laughed multiple times along the way, and those who enjoy puzzles will be glad to know there are two crossword and one Sudoku along the way.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated A Puzzle to be Named Later (Puzzle Lady #18) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

When Yankee’s pitcher Matt Greystone moves to town to rehab after a car accident, Cora Felton is thrilled. That is before a therapist’s house is broken into and Cora is asked to solve a puzzle that points to something in the therapist’s files. When a second puzzle shows up on the dead body, she knows she has to figure out what is going on.

Like some others in the series, the mystery is the weak link in this book. The action is quick even if it doesn’t always lead us anywhere. The climax is a bit convoluted as well. However, I read these books for the word play and comedy, and that’s here in spades. I laughed multiple times in the book and smiled throughout. Plus, it’s fun to spend time with the gang again, and I liked the new characters as well.

Read my full review at <a href="https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/07/book-review-puzzle-to-be-named-later-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.