You’ve cracked the cases and caught the culprits in the first two Black Beacon Books of Mystery and you’re back for more puzzling crimes to solve. The third volume won’t disappoint you with a new selection of original and enigmatic puzzles to both entertain and challenge even the greatest of armchair detectives. Sherlock Holmes won’t be here to help you this time around, but Doctor Watson is on call. You’ll be working with Oscar Tremont again on two strange cases, and Lena Lombardi is back, with Marmalade purring on her lap. There are plenty of new additions to the cast as well. You’ll be introduced to the Gallic private eye, François Genest, match wits with Tillie Kepler and State Trooper Burt Colosso at Tillie’s inn, calculate a crime with Dr. Leonard Simon, full-time professor of mathematics and logic, and part-time solver of murders, you’ll head back in time to the Roman Empire and witness Joshua the Seer catch a killer in Jerusalem, and Dougal Grieve will need a hand helping the constabulary uncover the truth in misty Scotland.

Do you consider yourself a case-cracking mastermind? Are you ready to pit your wits against our distinguished detectives?

Turn the page and find out!

★ Ingenious Investigators ★ Cunning Culprits ★ Clues and Red Herrings ★ Poison and Pistols ★ Impossible Crimes ★ Locked Rooms ★ Dying Messages ★ Hidden Treasure ★ Codes and Puzzles ★ And More!

The Painting and the Password by Cameron Trost
Death Goes Gourmet by Edward Lodi
Webster's Wallet by Robert Petyo
A Veiled Truth by Karen Keeley
Gunning for a Promotion by Jon Matthew Farber
Take Care of Zozo for Me by Christina Hoag
A Study of Death by Teel James Glenn
Storm in a Teapot by Chris Hook
The Roman in the Fountain by Ron Fein
The Lunt by S. B. Watson
The Adventure of Woodbury Barrow by Cameron Trost