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Baffling Whodunit Puzzles: Dr. Quicksolve Mini-Mysteries
Professor of Criminology Dr. Quicksolve and his son Junior bust crimes wide open by simply. . .paying attention! Join them as they visit over 40 crime scenes, and solve each mystery in minutes. Figure out how they did it. Check each clue to see if it's real or just a red herring. The puzzles present robberies, kidnappings, firebombings, prison escapes and more. Sharpen your wits and become a master detective too.
- GenresMysteryYoung Adult
96 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1996
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April 29, 2021
Anyone who loves solve-it-yourself mini-mysteries would love this! Reminds me of Encyclopedia Brown. Love Dr. Quicksolve!!
January 24, 2012
Baffling Whodunit puzzles:Dr.Quicksolve mini mysteries by:Jim Sukach is a very fun and challengeing book because there are all types of mysteries from bank robbers to murders. The tricky part is you have to read super carefully. I like that they put the answers at the back of the book so that you actually have to there so you can think for as long as you want without the answer right there on the page. Also I like it because it is just little stories and not a big story and I like that change in my reading.
February 10, 2026
A breezy enough quick read.
A fair amount of these mysteries are - as another reviewer did point out - based around catching the guilty party making some sort of spoken contradiction moreso than piecing together logic. There's potential for this to be an "If you like Ace Attorney" readalike, also because of the ridiculous pun-based names. I do have a bit of a gripe with the solutions that take the form of "You can tell this person is guilty because a normal person would/woulkdn't...." Backing up a suspicion based on expected human behavior wouldn't bother me in the context of, say, a novel-length story, but this sort of thing seems out-of-place when the story is just two pages long (in large type, as well).
While I'm at it, I'm going to mention the few "mysteries" that come down to being trivia questions requiring knowledge outside of the information presented in the story. One revolves around knowledge of how a certain kind of gun works, another is car knowledge, and one pertains to a fact about a male historical figure. Do we think it's a coincidence that guns, cars and history just happen to be topics in which men are known to have a strong interest?
The real star here is illustrator Lucy Corvino, putting in some fine work on a detailed black-and-white drawing for each and every one of the mini mysteries, complete with shading. If these were a weekly comic strip, it'd be almost a full year's worth of work! Does anyone else ever think about how a job like this requires the artist to come up with several "extras," by which I mean drawings of completely invented people - sometimes from head-to-toe - that most readers will end up looking at for like two seconds overall?
A fair amount of these mysteries are - as another reviewer did point out - based around catching the guilty party making some sort of spoken contradiction moreso than piecing together logic. There's potential for this to be an "If you like Ace Attorney" readalike, also because of the ridiculous pun-based names. I do have a bit of a gripe with the solutions that take the form of "You can tell this person is guilty because a normal person would/woulkdn't...." Backing up a suspicion based on expected human behavior wouldn't bother me in the context of, say, a novel-length story, but this sort of thing seems out-of-place when the story is just two pages long (in large type, as well).
While I'm at it, I'm going to mention the few "mysteries" that come down to being trivia questions requiring knowledge outside of the information presented in the story. One revolves around knowledge of how a certain kind of gun works, another is car knowledge, and one pertains to a fact about a male historical figure. Do we think it's a coincidence that guns, cars and history just happen to be topics in which men are known to have a strong interest?
The real star here is illustrator Lucy Corvino, putting in some fine work on a detailed black-and-white drawing for each and every one of the mini mysteries, complete with shading. If these were a weekly comic strip, it'd be almost a full year's worth of work! Does anyone else ever think about how a job like this requires the artist to come up with several "extras," by which I mean drawings of completely invented people - sometimes from head-to-toe - that most readers will end up looking at for like two seconds overall?
November 6, 2017
This is a very amazing book that uses common sense about the world. I highly suggest this book for people seeking an active mind and using your creativity.... If you have any left from finishing school.
The main character is Dr. Quicksolve. The book gives you clues to solve all the puzzles. Some of the crimes are easy for some people and hard for other people. Dr. Quicksolve instantly solves it and then gives you a question which could help you also solve it.
The main character is Dr. Quicksolve. The book gives you clues to solve all the puzzles. Some of the crimes are easy for some people and hard for other people. Dr. Quicksolve instantly solves it and then gives you a question which could help you also solve it.
June 28, 2012
As usual, clean, fun, challenging mysteries. (some references to drunk driving and murder. No sexual content or profanity)
The only things I didn't like were the ones (Kris Crossing Convict) where "If the thief was in this room, it COULD be that one", and not necessarily meaning *that person is guilty*.
But most are where the criminal is obviously lying, and you have to carefully read the one-to-two page story.
Definitely not something when you're sleepy!
The only things I didn't like were the ones (Kris Crossing Convict) where "If the thief was in this room, it COULD be that one", and not necessarily meaning *that person is guilty*.
But most are where the criminal is obviously lying, and you have to carefully read the one-to-two page story.
Definitely not something when you're sleepy!
February 14, 2017
This one was passable, but fairly simple. I could have read this and figured them out when I was ten. Most of the stories depend on paying attention to how the criminals phrase things, as opposed to evidence that proves them to be guilty. Most of these cases, I feel, wouldn't stand up in court because they said the wrong thing.
I wouldn't recommend this one to a friend. I feel like they're just not realistic. I did enjoy the punny names, however.
I wouldn't recommend this one to a friend. I feel like they're just not realistic. I did enjoy the punny names, however.
August 8, 2014
This is a fun and imaginative book to read with your kids. Each page is a different mystery that you and your child can read and then solve. My son is 10 and it was just a little bit too easy for him to figure out the solutions. I'd say 7-9 would be the right age group for this book.
March 31, 2015
Fun! They are also challenging but fun! Kinda like "Encyclopedia Brown", but I like Encyclopedia Brown better.
June 4, 2016
A much better variety of suspects, and some cases I couldn't figure out
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