More Five-Minute Mysteries

by Ken Weber

Updated covers revitalize the first two titles in our extremely popular Five-Minute Mysteries series by Ken Weber, the master of the succinct whodunit. This attractive new series look is sure to appeal to young adults, introducing them to the lifelong literary pleasures of mystery novels. Each book contains more than 30 baffling cases, each with an ingenious solution guaranteed to challenge and entertain. Best of all, every mystery is short and sweet—easy to read in less time than it takes to microwave popcorn!

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories

211 pages, Paperback

First published November 12, 1991

Reviews

[Zach · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay. My main problem was the inconsistency with the difficulty of the mysteries. Some involved taking clues that indicated that the water was frozen or the sun was at the wrong angle, etc. Others involved knowing details such as determining that the road the narrator was a one-way in London from him hitting his elbow on a parking meter and commenting about the height of a no parking sign (you were supposed to notice that the sign was oriented in a direction for one way travel, but had to factor in that things were reversed due to opposite driver sides and road directions in England).

Reading scavenger hunt: book of short stories

[Bree]

Me and the boyfriend were reading this together and got the first one. By the second we were confused and thinking, is this the answer? and By the third and fourth we were just so confused as to how these were "solvable". Very silly.

[Meg · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love mysteries! And wanted to love this mystery, but I didn’t even like it. There is so much jumping back and forth between, who I think were horrible, characters. No personality. Dry. Unlikable, self absorbed people.

[Edwina Book Anaconda · Rating 1 out of 5]

None of the mysteries were actually solved, just a small part of each one, which I found somewhat annoying as there were so many questions left unanswered.

[Zack · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5

[Elise · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't finish. I read about 9 of these. They were good... just fine. I think it's really targeted for a younger audience though. It just wasn't my thing anymore; I want to read for plot.

[Teresa Reid · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great beginning to a new series.

[Julie · Rating 1 out of 5]

The writing isn't bad, but solving the mysteries requires you to make huge leaps and assumptions that don't always make a lot of sense (e.g. assuming that because someone sees their breath all puddles on the ground would be frozen and would completely obscure any objects lying inside of them, or assuming that ex-prisoners forget how to open doors because doors are opened for them in jail). Not worth the time.

[Rosalie Oneal · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was great. I enjoyed reading the different mysteries it had inside and being able to check the back of the book and for it to tell you what happened was a plus. This book has about 30 different 2-5 page mysteries for you to uncover and see how good you are with details. There are stories that have to deal with murder and robbery. I recommend this book to anybody who likes suspense and who may want to become a detective one day.

[Almeta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun challenges. Not too taxing.

[Jocelyn Montalvo Cullum · Rating 4 out of 5]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[Cathy Houston · Rating 3 out of 5]

quick short brain teasers