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The Escape Room Puzzle Book

50 Fiendish Scenarios to Think Your Way Out Of: Lose Your Mind in Clues, Riddles, Wordplay and More
Brief Description
Can you crack the code and escape to freedom? Dive into this entertaining collection of 50 escape-room-style puzzles to find out... Could you escape from inside a coffin? Find your way out of a scientific research experiment? Break out of Sultan Vinegar's Cryptic Crisp Crypt? Test... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Can you escape from inside a coffin? Break out of a scientific research experiment? Test your powers of deduction with this delightfully silly puzzle book. Find clues, decipher riddles, solve anagrams, survive puns and see if you can free yourself from the 50 fiendish scenarios in this book.

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Can you crack the code and escape to freedom? Dive into this entertaining collection of 50 escape-room-style puzzles to find out...

Could you escape from inside a coffin? Find your way out of a scientific research experiment? Break out of Sultan Vinegar's Cryptic Crisp Crypt?

Test your powers of deduction with this delightfully curious puzzle book. Find clues, decipher riddles, solve anagrams, survive puns and see if you can free yourself from the 50 fiendish scenarios in this book.

The Escape Room Puzzle Book is for everyone. Anyone can play, whatever your age or puzzling ability.

The puzzles are entirely Google-proof, so cheating isn't even possible! Everything you need to solve the puzzle is right in front of you, but only if you are patient enough to figure it out...

These addictive puzzles are guaranteed to get the cogs turning and have you kicking yourself along the way. Are you up to the challenge? See you on the other side!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837998241

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Summersdale Publishers

Illustration: 120 pages of full-colour photo collages

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 146.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Louis Catlett is an author, illustrator and puzzle creator. He pondered up a peculiar style of visual puzzles that started as a way to amuse the group chat. Having exhausted the patience of friends and family, Louis then went on to fill six books (and counting!) with his unique brand of eye-catching, head-scratching puzzle art, that now intrigues and entertains readers worldwide.

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