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The Secretest Secret of Secrets

A Parody Puzzle Book - the perfect Secret Santa gift for Dads
By Dan Bowman and Daniel Bowman
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FOR FANS OF DAN BROWN, MURDLE AND MURDER MYSTERIES. THE IDEAL SECRET SANTA GIFT. 100 fiendish and humorous murder mystery puzzles to unscramble in a brainteasing chase around the world. Crosswords, codes, mazes, logic, sudoku and much more! Renowned theologist Sir Gordon Gladstone has been murdered... Read More
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For fans of Dan Brown and Murdle comes The Secretest Secret of Secrets, with 100 dastardly puzzles to unscramble in a brainteasing chase around the world.

For fans of Dan Brown and Murdle comes The Secretest Secret of Secrets, with 100 dastardly puzzles to unscramble in a brainteasing chase around the world.

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FOR FANS OF DAN BROWN, MURDLE AND MURDER MYSTERIES. THE IDEAL SECRET SANTA GIFT.

100 fiendish and humorous murder mystery puzzles to unscramble in a brainteasing chase around the world. Crosswords, codes, mazes, logic, sudoku and much more!

Renowned theologist Sir Gordon Gladstone has been murdered at the British Museum, mere moments before revealing the secretest secret of secrets. To add to the problem, ancient documents revealing this all-important secret are missing!

Join wits with Professor Lawrence Lightwood (a cryptographer) and Doctor Dolores Delgado (a literary historian) to find the culprit and retrieve the secret documents.

Featuring non-stop global travel, sneaky (and suspiciously silent) villains, and constant drama, this is a puzzle-strewn chase around the world that will delight all armchair detectives.

Have you got what it takes?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526697363

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 228g

Pages: 256

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Code Crackers & Mystery Puzzles Dan Bowman Daniel Bowman Fiction Humour

About the Author

Dan Bowman's background is in social media and copywriting, particularly comedy. He ran the socials for Have I Got News For You from 2018 to 2023, and has written for twelve seasons of the show as well as their two quiz books. On the social media side of things, he has been a senior creative and copywriter for clients including Channel Four, Amazon Prime Video, Greggs, Pringles, and The United Nations.

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