The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book: Test Your Inner Detective by Solving Some of the World's Most Difficult Cases

by Sinclair McKay

Overview

Pit your wits against the brilliant minds of Scotland Yard and see if you have what it takes to solve dozens of the world's toughest crimes.


"Scotland Yard" conjures up so much more than just London's Metropolitan Police. Since it opened its doors in 1829, Scotland Yard has been synonymous the world over with the highest level of detective work and famous for its ability to solve the most macabre of murders and catch the most audacious of thieves.


The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book mines the history of this famous institution to recreate some of the most complex conundrums its detectives have ever faced. Armchair detectives can now try their hand and keen powers of observation and deduction to solve for themselves dozens of the most difficult and challenging cases.


Activities include:

• Anagrams and cryptograms
• Logic, linguistic, and mathematical puzzles
• Map puzzles
• Coded and visual puzzles
• Brainteasers
• Hidden messages
• And more (answers are provided in the back of the book)!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762498246
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	05/05/2020
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	499,135
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sinclair McKay is a features writer for the Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday. He is also the acclaimed author of the bestselling The Secret Life of Bletchley Park.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 What Have We Here? 11

2 Hue and Cry 29

3 The Test Tube Triumphs 45

4 Storming the Citadel 65

5 Country Houses, Locked Rooms and Steam Trains 81

6 The Diabolical Masterminds 103

7 The Hinterland of Human Nature 125

8 Watching the Detectives 141

9 Footsteps in the Fog 159

10 The Global Arm of the Law 175

11 The Yard in the Future 187

12 The Final Challenge 201

Conclusion 215

Further Reading 217

Answers 219

Acknowledgements 271