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Murder Most Puzzling is a gorgeous and witty book that invites readers to play detective and solve a series of absorbing, murder-mystery-themed puzzles.Readers are cast as the faithful sidekick to amateur sleuth Medea Thorne in order to solve 20 puzzling cases. Meet a cast of colorful characters - from ghost hunter extraordinaire Augustin Artaud, to Leonard Fanshawe, a competitor in the Annual Perfect Pickled Foods Festival.* A witty riff on the classic whodunit that brings out everyone's inner detective* Each mystery is sumptuously illustrated.* The mysteries require different deductive tactics, making them a good brain exerciseA body in the topiary garden, a death at a clairvoyants' convention, and the mysterious accident of the boating lake - prepare for a whirlwind adventure, laced with humor and a dash of the macabre.