Ken Weber
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When you have a few minutes to kill. Armchairs sleuths can test their powers of deduction with 40 of the best quick-read whodunits in this fifth volume of the popular Five-minute Mysteries series. Here's the idea. Readers take about five minutes to read a short mystery. Next, they must solve the question posed at the end by putting themselves in the shoes of the detective to examine the evidence and figure out who done it. All the clues they need are found somewhere in the story. A sampling of the mysteries to solve: A murderer describes in detail the Perfect Crime. But the plan is flawed… how? An English arrow kills a French soldier during the Hundred Years' War. Which clues point to a cold-blooded murder? What clues did the rookie cop see that went unobserved by the veteran sheriff? What exactly told investigators that the forged painting wasn't picture perfect? Cases are rated easy, moderate and challenging. Some mysteries will unravel faster than a dime-store sweater while others will take longer to solve. Solutions for all, however, are revealed at the back of the book. Five-minute Mysteries 5 is a treat for both puzzle aficionados and mystery fans, and a rare opportunity to step into the shoes of law enforcement professionals.
Five-minute Mysteries 2
The perfect books for when you have a few minutes to kill. If you've got the time, we've got the crime. Test your detective skills and powers of deduction with 80 of the best quick-read whodunits in the popular Five-minute Mysteries series. Here's the idea: take about five minutes and read a mystery. The stories – some about the crime, some about evidence left behind, or perhaps the getaway or the investigating detective, and so on – are told with all the clues you need to solve the question posed at the end. The problem is yours to solve: How did the attorney know that the skeleton was dumped into the trench the night before? How did the investigator know which dead man was really the driver of the bullet-riddled car? What tipped off the investigator as he inspected the scene of the murder? The cases presented are rated from easy to moderate to challenging. Some of the mysteries you'll unravel quickly; others will remain unsolved for a long time. Or at least until you go to the back of the book where the solutions are revealed! But you wouldn't want to spoil the fun, would you? Five-minute Mysteries 2 is the most fun puzzle and mystery fans can legally have. Look for other titles in the series.
Five-minute Mysteries 3
40 more felonies to solve. Here is the perfect book for when you have a few minutes to kill. Test your powers of deduction with 40 of the best quick-read whodunits in the third installment of the popular Five-minute Mysteries series. Here's the idea: take about five minutes and read a mystery. The stories – some about the crime, some about the evidence left behind, or perhaps the getaway or the investigating detective, and so on – are told with all the clues you need to solve the question posed at the end. The problems are yours to solve: How did the courtly investigator expose the insurance cheat? What clues at the scene of a murder-suicide actually point to a murder-murder? What egregious mistakes were being made by airport security? Plus 37 more brain-teasing situations. The cases presented are rated from easy to moderate to challenging. Some of the mysteries unravel quicker than a dime store sweater while others will remain on the books for a long time. Or at least until you go to the back of the book where the solution to each mystery is revealed. Five-minute Mysteries 3 is a treat for puzzle and mystery fans and a rare opportunity to step into the shoes of law enforcement and outsmart the criminals.