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Minute Mysteries [Detectograms]
by H. A. Ripley
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About This Book
A series of short, solvable crime mysteries. Find the clues to solve the mystery. Answers included. 71 Short stories, each with a relevant image that may or may not hold an additional clue. Professor Fordney never fails to solve the puzzles, can you match his intuition?
Chapters (148)
- MINUTE MYSTERIES [Detectograms]
- FOREWORD
- AUTHOR’S PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- IT STANDS TO REASON! A NEW NATIONAL GAME
- 1 A Crack Shot
- 2 On the Scent
- 3 Fatal Error
- 4 The Poison Murder Case
- 5 A Strange ‘Kidnaping’
- 6 A Valuable Formula
- 7 Strangled
- 8 Death in the Office
- 9 They Usually Forget Something
- 10 The Professor Gives a Lesson
- 11 Upstairs and Down
- 12 Class Day
- 13 A Hot Pursuit
- 14 A Question of Identity
- 15 A Yachtsman’s Alibi
- 16 Murder at Coney Island
- 17 Too Clever
- 18 Bloody Murder
- 19 Death Back-Stage
- 20 An Easy Combination
- 21 A Modern Knight
- 22 The Jewel Robbery
- 23 Before the Coroner’s Inquest
- 24 The Fifth Avenue Hold-Up
- 25 Behind Locked Doors
- 26 Lost at Sea
- 27 A Suave Gunman
- 28 Accidental Death
- 29 Easy Money
- 30 Robbery at High Noon
- 31 The Wrong Foot Forward
- 32 Death Attends the Party
- 33 No Way Out
- 34 Midnight Murder
- 35 Speakeasy Stick-Up
- 36 Behind Time
- 37 A Broken Engagement
- 38 The Holden Road Murder
- 39 Fishermen’s Luck
- 40 The Unlucky Elephant
- 41 The Professor Listens
- 42 Ten-Fifteen
- 43 Rapid Transit
- 44 The Professor is Disappointed
- 45 A Dramatic Triumph
- 46 Murder at the Lake
- 47 The Professor Studies a Coat
- 48 Too Late
- 49 Sergeant Reynolds’s Theory
- 50 Daylight Robbery
- 51 A Simple Solution
- 52 Who?
- 53 Murder in the Swamp
- 54 Death by Drowning
- 55 Tragedy at the Convention
- 56 A Murderer’s Mistake
- 57 Babe Comes Through
- 58 A Soldier of Fortune
- 59 Number Twenty-Six
- 60 The Pullman Car Murder
- 61 Forgery
- 62 The Christmas Eve Tragedy
- 63 A Knight of the Bath
- 64 Murder in the First Degree
- 65 A Rendezvous with Death
- 66 A Rum Regatta
- 67 Who is the Heir?
- 68 The Professor Stops a Blunder
- 69 The Perfect Crime
- 70 The Professor Sees Through It
- 71 The Kidnapers’ Cleverness
- SOLUTIONS
- 1. A Crack Shot
- 2. On the Scent
- 3. Fatal Error
- 4. The Poison Murder Case
- 5. A Strange ‘Kidnaping’
- 6. A Valuable Formula
- 7. Strangled
- 8. Death in the Office
- 9. They Usually Forget Something
- 10. The Professor Gives a Lesson
- 11. Upstairs and Down
- 12. Class Day
- 13. A Hot Pursuit
- 14. A Question of Identity
- 15. A Yachtsman’s Alibi
- 16. Murder at Coney Island
- 17. Too Clever
- 18. Bloody Murder
- 19. Death Back-Stage
- 20. An Easy Combination
- 21. A Modern Knight
- 22. The Jewel Robbery
- 23. Before the Coroner’s Inquest
- 24. The Fifth Avenue Hold-Up
- 25. Behind Locked Doors
- 26. Lost at Sea
- 27. A Suave Gunman
- 28. Accidental Death
- 29. Easy Money
- 30. Robbery at High Noon
- 31. The Wrong Foot Forward
- 32. Death Attends the Party
- 33. No Way Out
- 34. Midnight Murder
- 35. Speakeasy Stick-Up
- 36. Behind Time
- 37. A Broken Engagement
- 38. The Holden Road Murder
- 39. Fishermen’s Luck
- 40. The Unlucky Elephant
- 41. The Professor Listens
- 42. Ten-Fifteen
- 43. Rapid Transit
- 44. The Professor is Disappointed
- 45. A Dramatic Triumph
- 46. Murder at the Lake
- 47. The Professor Studies a Coat
- 48. Too Late
- 49. Sergeant Reynolds’s Theory
- 50. Daylight Robbery
- 51. A Simple Solution
- 52. Who?
- 53. Murder in the Swamp
- 54. Death by Drowning
- 55. Tragedy at the Convention
- 56. A Murderer’s Mistake
- 57. Babe Comes Through
- 58. A Soldier of Fortune
- 59. Number Twenty-Six
- 60. The Pullman Car Murder
- 61. Forgery
- 62. The Christmas Eve Tragedy
- 63. A Knight of the Bath
- 64. Murder in the First Degree
- 65. A Rendezvous with Death
- 66. A Rum Regatta
- 67. Who is the Heir?
- 68. The Professor Stops a Blunder
- 69. The Perfect Crime
- 70. The Professor Sees Through It
- 71. The Kidnapers’ Cleverness
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