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Two-Minute Mysteries
Two-Minute Mysteries Collection
Collects three previous books:
Two-Minute Mysteries
More Two-Minute Mysteries
Still More Two-Minute Mysteries
Two-Minute Mysteries
More Two-Minute Mysteries
Still More Two-Minute Mysteries
- GenresMystery
422 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2004
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About the author
Donald J. Sobol
181 books224 followersDonald J. Sobol was an award-winning writer best known for his children's books, especially the Encyclopedia Brown mystery series. Mr. Sobol passed away in July of 2012.
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June 5, 2023
I have mixed feelings regarding Donald J. Sobol's works. On one hand, stuff like Encyclopedia Brown and Two Minute Mysteries fits perfectly into my work schedule, with each single case taking up exactly the amount of goof off time I should be spending at once while on the clock. (Don't tell my boss!)
On the other, there are multiple EB cases that are near-copies of 2MM cases, or vice versa, with just the names changed (even the descriptions are identical).
Then I found this book, and the "two" cases, "The Case of the Speeding Train" and "The Case of the Death by the Tracks" are NEARLY EXACTLY cut-paste word for word, with barely any words and names changed or rephrased.
The SAME BOOK, my guy?? (granted, it's a collection)
Sigh.
Ignoring the duplicate cases, there are still a number that are horribly dated, such as the one with the solution: "The suspect claims the victim called him then made a gasping sound like he was stabbed, so he immediately hung up and called the police BUT both of them lived in the OLD part of town (pre-1951) where the phones are such that only the person who called can disconnect the call, therefore the suspect could NOT have called the police!"
Yeah, uh... that's not solvable anymore...
Okay read if you can get it for cheap, but warning on solutions based on old knowledge.
On the other, there are multiple EB cases that are near-copies of 2MM cases, or vice versa, with just the names changed (even the descriptions are identical).
Then I found this book, and the "two" cases, "The Case of the Speeding Train" and "The Case of the Death by the Tracks" are NEARLY EXACTLY cut-paste word for word, with barely any words and names changed or rephrased.
The SAME BOOK, my guy?? (granted, it's a collection)
Sigh.
Ignoring the duplicate cases, there are still a number that are horribly dated, such as the one with the solution: "The suspect claims the victim called him then made a gasping sound like he was stabbed, so he immediately hung up and called the police BUT both of them lived in the OLD part of town (pre-1951) where the phones are such that only the person who called can disconnect the call, therefore the suspect could NOT have called the police!"
Yeah, uh... that's not solvable anymore...
Okay read if you can get it for cheap, but warning on solutions based on old knowledge.
August 25, 2022
This was like my favorite book growing up because I loved (and still love) mysteries. However, reading this book at an older age, I realize that many of the solutions to the mysteries are stupid and illogical. They’re based on untrue statistics and assumptions. Also, I remembered majority of the mysteries from my previous reads years ago, so it wasn’t fun.
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September 18, 2024This sharpened me up a ton.
September 27, 2019
It was great and now I feel like a detective from trying to solve all those mysteries.
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