Whether you’re a longtime fan of noir mysteries or just love a good brain teaser, this book delivers satisfying, mind-stretching fun with a detective-story vibe you can take anywhere. Grab a pencil and start scanning—your next mystery is hiding in plain sight.

If you love a good police drama or a funny, sarcastic detective then this word puzzle book is for you. This book contains 130 puzzles covering detective and police television shows, radio shows, movies, and books. Turn off the screens and relax a little with some good detectives!

• The Golden Age of Movies: Film Noir, The Thin Man, The Falcon, The Saint, and many others. Did you know that the Torchy Blaine movies were based on a real life journalist and created just for the movies?
• The Golden Age of Radio: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar,” “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons,” and “The Green Hornet,” to name a few. Did you know that the Lone Ranger was created for radio by WXYZ Detroit?
• The Golden Age of Television: Everything from Dragnet to Perry Mason to Dick Tracy. There have been many crime solvers in television over the years and they were all great. We cover shows from the 1950s to the 1980s.
• The Golden Age of Detective Fiction: Dashiell Hammett, Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Black Mask Detective Magazine, and many more! Many authors created success for themselves in books, movies, television and radio. Some even found success in comic books, cartoons and pulp fiction magazines. Learn about them all!

Hey, Home Schoolers!  This word search book would also be perfect as an accompaniment to a class on literature and character development. As we researched the puzzles we saw that there are several discernible types of detectives with many variations in American and British detective genres. We included enough information on plot development and literary themes in the descriptions to complement a literature curriculum class nicely. It could be very useful as well as a fun set of activities and exercises for home schooling or for something to do while traveling!

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