Gareth, Moore, Dr – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:22:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Gareth, Moore, Dr – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The Official Agatha Christie After School Detectives Club https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-official-agatha-christie-after-school-detectives-club/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=52174 With fifty mystery puzzles for budding detectives!

From a crisis on a cruise ship to a country house poisoning and a treacherous train journey, there’s something perilously exciting for every budding detective to solve!

* Created in collaboration with the official Agatha Christie estate
* Bringing the thrilling and mysterious world of Agatha Christie to a new generation of puzzle-solving, code-cracking detectives?
* For children aged 8 and up

]]> The Armchair Detective Puzzle Book https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-armchair-detective-puzzle-book/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=51858 Put your logic and reasoning to the test and use your powers of deduction to solve over 70 fiendish cases.Can you think like a detective? Sit back in your armchair, grab a pen and get ready to put your sleuthing skills to the test with this bumper casefile of over 70 criminally difficult puzzles to solve. Work out whodunnit by observing the details of each crime, examining the clues and investigating the suspects, and piece it all together to stop the culprit in their tracks. Pit your wits against audacious thieves, mysterious murderers and many more perplexing perpetrators besides, as you try to solve the crimes in time.Featuring an array of puzzles, from logic challenges to picture and memory games and more, The Armchair Detective Puzzle Book is the ultimate book for fans of murder mysteries and true crime alike.Also available:The Perfect Crime Puzzle Book (9781789293357) The Whodunnit Puzzle Book (9781789295825)Private Investigator (9781789296341)The Undercover Agent Puzzle Book (9781789294095)Who’s the Imposter? (9781789297300)Killer Cruise (9781789298185)Detective in Paradise (9781789298178)Murder by Christmas (9781789297621)Crime Scene Puzzle Book (9781789296952).

]]> The Murder Mystery Club Puzzle Book: The Perfect Plot https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-murder-mystery-club-puzzle-book-the-perfect-plot/ Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-murder-mystery-club-puzzle-book-the-perfect-plot/ One crime to solve. Over 70 killer conundrums to piece together the clues. A classic murder mystery game in a puzzle book. The second book in the Murder Mystery Puzzle Club series.The Murder Mystery Puzzle Club is back – and there’s another killer on the loose in Wobberley Edge. The timing couldn’t be worse as the village prepares for the arrival of famed crime novelist Verity Winchester. But while the residents are in the thrall of detective fiction, our five amateur sleuths must search for a very real killer – and this time there’s more than one victim. Can you help them piece together the clues in time to stop the murderer in their midst?Put your logic and reasoning to the test and master the art of deduction as you examine hidden clues, eliminate the suspects and piece together the evidence to stop the killer in their tracks. Get ready to join this team of amateur sleuths to solve over 70 puzzles and catch the culprit – or culprits. Do you have what it takes to make an accusation, and pin down WHO, WHY and HOW?Also available:The Murder Mystery Club Puzzle Book: Murder in the Village (9781789296839)The Murder Mystery Club Puzzle Book: The Perfect Plot (9781789296822).

]]> The Penguin Book of Puzzles https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-penguin-book-of-puzzles/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=42832 MURDLE FANS LOOK NO FURTHER . . .

Want to keep your brain active and your wits trim? Challenge your mind with The Penguin Book of Puzzles and find out if you’ve got what it takes to beat the Penguin.

‘An explosion of a puzzle collection’ The Times Literary Supplement

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From the riddles of the ancients to puzzles that perplex the greatest minds of today. Now a pocket-sized paperback, The Penguin Book of Puzzles is a glorious compendium of conundrums from throughout history.

These challenges will require all the reader’s wits to solve, but range from the easy to the brain-bending and are suitable for novice and veteran puzzlers alike.

There is something here to suit every taste, including crosswords, mathematical challenges, word games and logic conundrums, but also some intriguing types of puzzles that have been unearthed from centuries gone by.

Hours of fun await you in this timeless and entertaining miscellany of puzzlement.

ENJOY THESE TWO TEASERS

A Sumerian Riddle (circa 18th Century)
There is a house. The blind enter it and then come out seeing. What is that house?


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A Charade
I have wings, yet never fly –
I have sails, yet never go –
I can’t keep still, if I try,
Yet forever stand just so.

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‘Fiendish, frustrating, annoying, fulfilling’ Guardian

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