The Verdict Tapes
True Crime Case Files Word Search & Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles for Adults
- 164 pages
- 8.5x11″
- Paperback
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About this book
You've heard the podcasts. Now work the cases yourself.
The Verdict Tapes is a puzzle book built like a true crime podcast. Season One gives you 30 cold-case episodes to read, search and solve. Season Two hands you 24 murder scenes drawn as floor plans and asks one question: who was alone with the victim? Every case, person and place is fictional. You won't find trivia about real killers here, just mysteries for you to solve.
What's inside
Season One, 30 podcast episodes: each one opens with a full page in the host's voice: who died, where, a short timeline of the night, and what the police missed.
Hidden-verdict word searches: after each episode comes a word search built from that episode's own words. Cross them all out and the letters left over, read in order, spell the episode's verdict as a full sentence.
Big, easy-to-read grids: every word search is a 10 × 10 grid (a few are 9 × 10) that fills the frame, set in bold 24 pt type, so you won't need to squint.
Season Two, 24 floor-plan murder logic puzzles: a 6 × 6 floor plan, six people and one statement each. Place everyone, then find the one person who was alone with the victim. The cases go from easy to hard: 8 easy, 8 medium, 8 hard.
Clear how-to pages for both puzzle types, with tips on the easy cases so beginners can get started.
Step-by-step solutions for every logic case. Each deduction comes in order with its reason and a mini grid. The Season One answer pages show every word found and every verdict spelled out.
Checked by computer: every word appears exactly once in its grid, every hidden verdict comes out letter for letter, and every logic case has exactly one solution.
No app, no QR codes: 164 black-and-white pages on big 8.5 × 11 in. sheets, and all you need is a pencil.
Who it's for
Adults who binge true crime podcasts and documentaries and would rather solve the case than just hear about it. It's also for word-search fans who want a story behind every grid, and for logic-puzzle fans who want a fair whodunit. The tone is serious and restrained, with no gore and nothing cute.
A gift for the true crime fan in your life: birthdays, Christmas, a long flight, or a quiet night in with a pencil and the lights down low.
Press play on Episode One. The verdict is hidden in the letters.
