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Killer Puzzles

Over 120 true crimes to crack, from serial killers and assassins to spies and femme fatales
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Put your detective skills to the test! With more than 120 crosswords, cryptograms, word searches, word scrambles, and quizzes, Killer Puzzles will keep you guessing. You'll uncover hundreds of fascinating facts about modern history's most notorious criminals and their shocking crimes while you ponder questions like... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Killer Puzzles

The ultimate code-cracking puzzle book for true crime mystery fans.

The ultimate code-cracking puzzle book for true crime mystery fans.

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Put your detective skills to the test! With more than 120 crosswords, cryptograms, word searches, word scrambles, and quizzes, Killer Puzzles will keep you guessing. You'll uncover hundreds of fascinating facts about modern history's most notorious criminals and their shocking crimes while you ponder questions like these:

What career did cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer wistfully wish he'd pursued?

Which junk food helped police catch California's Grim Sleeper?

For which band did murderer Charles Manson write a song?

What famous clothing designer had ties to Nazi intelligence?

Which cult carried out a deadly sarin attack to fulfil its world-ending prophecy?

What drug queenpin was known as 'The Black Widow'?

From serial killers and assassins to femme fatales, mob bosses, and cult leaders, no stone-cold criminal will go undiscovered in Killer Puzzles.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035091881

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 November 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 217.0mm

Height: 255.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 192

About the Author

ARCHER THORNE is a nonfiction writer whose fascination for forensics comes from his mom, a pathologist. He balances his true-crime research with plenty of time playing with his two kids and their dopey yellow lab, Noodle, in Portland, Oregon.

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