Murder at the Chessboard

By Jim Sukach, Stan Smith, Hy Conard, et al.

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579121624
• ISBN13: 9781579121624
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.9" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Mystery in the classroom

I used this book in my classroom to start my students off in a mystery unit and they loved it!! It was perfect because I used it to teach reading skills and text highlighting skills. The students did not even realize that they were practicing reading for details or critical thinking because they were having so much fun! I used it in a ninth and a tenth grade class. It was marvelous!

Excellent buy, excellent book

This book is perfect for anybody into to crimesolving as well as mystery. These challenging "whodunit" puzzles will test your reasoning and deduction skills as well as entertain you. This is one book that is truly FUN to read. You won't be disappointed, nor will you be bored.

A great book on a raining day!...

Wow I could not put this book down! This book has 43, 5 min., short story mysteries(that you can solve your own)and they were a challenge indeed. The plotes were great! ,I like them caues they were not very long and you got a whole book full of them. This book will entertain you for hours on end. I recommand it to anyone who loves solving there own mysteries. Buy it!!