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Find the Bent Copper
Uncover Corruption in Over 70 Gripping Puzzles
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Ever watch your favourite police drama and think you've cracked the case? Well, now's your chance to prove it! Find the Bent Copper puts you at the centre of an intense internal affairs investigation filled with twists and turns. Armed with nothing but your wits, you’ll...
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See moreStep inside a high-stakes anti-corruption investigation, packed with logic puzzles, visual challenges and riddles. Find the Bent Copper delivers the thrill of a TV police investigation with the satisfaction of cracking the case yourself.
A darkly immersive crime puzzle book from bestselling puzzle master Dr Gareth Moore, placing readers inside a Line of Duty-style internal affairs investigation and challenging them to uncover corruption through a series of clever logic, deduction and evidence-based puzzles.
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Description
Ever watch your favourite police drama and think you've cracked the case? Well, now's your chance to prove it!
Find the Bent Copper puts you at the centre of an intense internal affairs investigation filled with twists and turns. Armed with nothing but your wits, you’ll be tasked with following the evidence, interrogating suspects and uncovering the truth.
Across a series of over 70 gripping puzzles, you’ll sift through clues and decode hidden messages. But in a world of shifting loyalties and carefully constructed lies, nothing is ever straightforward. One wrong assumption and you could be left holding a sprat when you should have been holding a mackerel.
To crack the case, you’ll need to question everything, follow the evidence and keep your eyes open for the smallest detail that gives the game away.
Perfect for fans of gripping crime dramas, twist-filled police procedurals and avid Line of Duty watchers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781807710323
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 November 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Illustration: 70 B&W puzzles
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 295g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Gareth Moore (Author)
Dr Gareth Moore (B.Sc (Hons) M.Phil Ph.D) is the internationally bestselling author of a wide range of brain-training and puzzle books for both children and adults, including Anti-stress Puzzles, Ultimate Dot to Dot, Brain Games for Clever Kids®, Lateral Logic, Extreme Mazes and The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book. His books are available in over 40 countries, with worldwide sales of over 5 million copies. He is also the creator of online brain-training site BrainedUp.com and runs the daily puzzle site PuzzleMix.com.
Laura Jayne Ayres (Author)
Laura Jayne Ayres is a puzzle writer and researcher.After studying Linguistics at the University ofCambridge, she worked as a playwright before joiningDr Gareth Moore’s puzzle team. Books that she hasworked on include Hacked: The Cyber Crime Puzzle Book,The Great British Puzzle Book, The Perfect Crime PuzzleBook, The Nautical Puzzle Book and The Ordnance SurveyKids’ Adventure Book.
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