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Sunday, February 26, 2012

YOU solve the crimes!

Solve-Them-Yourself Photo Crimes, From the Files of Inspector Black of Scotland Yard (HC, 1983, $2.50)

If this is not the coolest thing! Inspector Henry Black believed that only education would make a good detective, and he took it onto himself to provide it to new recruits. He took some of his cases from the 1930s and made them into a slide show. The recruits would then have to discover the culprit, and explain how they had figured it out. When Black died, his slides were moved to the attic and forgotten till his great-nephew came upon them. He updated the slides into photos, included the clues, and left us the fun of figuring out for ourselves these "who-done-it" criminal puzzles.

Have fun! Look for this on the new non-fiction table, avail. 2/29.     (GNF)