Puzzle Books

Become a summertime sleuth with this fiendish collection of paradise-themed crime puzzles. Piece together the clues across a varied selection of 100 puzzles, to crack 10 fascinating cases. Welcome to the quaint island town of Coral Bay, known for sunset parties, cocktails by the beach and sun-dappled days out.

But when a series of peculiar crimes disrupts the idyllic atmosphere, you’ve been summoned to solve them. Do you have what it takes?With the help of the Detective in Paradise Agency, a motley crew of summertime sleuths, you’ll have to navigate a web of island secrets to solve these crimes, from the mysterious disappearance of a beloved beachcomber to the curious case of a stolen treasure map.

With 100 coastal conundrums to put your logic, reasoning and lateral thinking to the test, this is the ultimate escape and the perfect holiday read.

The Official Jack Reacher Puzzle Book.

Created by Alan Connor, puzzle setter for hit TV shows The Traitors, Ludwig, House of Games and Only Connect, this book delivers clever, varied brain teasers and detective-style puzzles that reward sharp thinking and attention to detail. You don't need to have read the Jack Reacher novels to know how to play. You just need to adopt his cool, calm, matter-of-fact approach to solve the puzzles.

Perfect for anyone who enjoys a brain-teasing challenge, this collection of logic and word puzzles suits those who like to work alone in a diner with a bottomless cup of coffee as much as those who like to work in a group, sharing their knowledge to reach a solution. Remember: be on your feet and be ready. If in doubt, drink coffee.

Latest from the Japanese sensation

Eleven strange buildings. One terrible secret. A lonely hut in the woods.

A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine.

A home in flames. A nightmarish prison... Each of the buildings in this book tells a chilling story.

Each one is part of a puzzle. Look closely... and you'll see that everything is connected.

All leading to a revelation so horrifying you won't want to believe it. Millions of readers have become addicted to solving Uketsu's dark mysteries. Strange Buildings is the strangest, and darkest, of them all.

Interactive crime novel

There’s been a murder at Elysium, a wellness retreat set in an English country manor. You arrive to find the body of a local businessman on the lawn – with a rose placed in his mouth. It appears he was stabbed with a gardening fork and fell to his death from the balcony above.

But that balcony can only be accessed through a locked door, the key is missing, and everyone in Elysium is now a suspect…Gather the evidence and examine the clues. Choose who to interview next, and who to accuse as your prime suspect. But remember that every decision you make has consequences – and some of them will prove fatal…

For younger puzzlers

When siblings Ava and Luke discover a mysterious box of papers in their dad’s attic they are instantly intrigued. And, as they read through letters, diary entries, newspaper cuttings and notarised secret recordings, they realise that a decades-old, still unsolved, murder case is unfolding right in front of them .

. . Determined to discover what really happened, Ava and Luke turn detective to try and crack the case.

But soon they realise that the killer might still be out there - and might be closer than they think... YOU know the facts. YOU have all the clues.

Can YOU solve the mystery before they do?

Murder Most Puzzling is a gorgeous and witty book that invites readers to play detective and solve a series of absorbing, murder-mystery-themed puzzles. Readers are cast as the faithful sidekick to amateur sleuth Medea Thorne in order to solve 20 puzzling cases. Meet a cast of colorful characters—from ghost hunter extraordinaire Augustin Artaud, to Leonard Fanshawe, a competitor in the Annual Perfect Pickled Foods Festival.

The mysteries require different deductive tactics, making them a good brain exercise