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Title: Five Minute Mysteries: 37 Challenging Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve by Ken Weber ISBN: 0-89471-690-5 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: May, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: diverting but not too taxing..
Comment: I love logic puzzles and the like so this seemed like it would be something I'd enjoy. I found the book to be interesting, but the solutions to the puzzles were generally a bit easy, I often managed to pick out the clue and solve the puzzle after just one read through. I have read all the Sherlock Holmes books though - so I am kind of attuned to such foreshadowing....This would make a great book for younger people, who might find such a book a good introduction to logic puzzles.
Rating: 4
Summary: Unique, engaging, but can be esoteric
Comment: If you like solving puzzles, but want something different from the traditional word or logic puzzles that you are used to, you'll like this book. The idea of making each puzzle a mystery that needs to be solved is both clever and engaging.
One of the nicest things about each mystery is that it does only take about 5 minutes to read through, making it easy to pick up the book at any time and complete an entire mystery.
The biggest problem with the book is that the solutions oftentimes rely on facts that I find a bit esoteric, such as how certain airplane models are built. But, not all of the mysteries are like this. I would recommend this book to any puzzle lover.
Rating: 4
Summary: Challenge yourself or your child
Comment: Most of these terse stories are sharp and clever in their ability to give you the clue that will "solve the case" right within the short tale. The few that do this poorly you can easily forgive in that at least a couple of stories will force themselves on your mind or create a bit of trivia that you will never forget. For parents with young readers these mini-mysteries are especially useful in identifying those readers who can sort through a varity of information and discern what is needed or what is false. For voracious readers you will find these are similar to, and condernsed versions of, the famous "Encyclopedia Brown" and "Mini-Mysteries" series of tales by Sobol (which were aimed expressly at youth).
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Title: Even More Five-Minute Mysteries: 40 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve by Ken Weber ISBN: 1561387452 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Two-Minute Mysteries by Donald J. Sobol ISBN: 0590447874 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: November, 1991 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: More Five Minute Mysteries: 34 New Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve by Ken Weber ISBN: 156138058X Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Further Five-Minute Mysteries by Ken Weber ISBN: 156138190X Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Stories to Solve by George Shannon, Peter Sis ISBN: 0380732602 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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