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The Great Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Book

A Collection of Enigmas to Puzzle Even the Greatest Detective of All

Sidney Paget Gareth Moore George Wylie Hutchinson

9781788882866
256 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview

Sherlock Holmes is the world's best-loved fictional detective and his novels and the adaptations of them are enduringly popular.

The solving of puzzles is a universally popular pastime and is also a great way of keeping our brains active, helping to reduce the risk of cognitive decline.

The puzzles are accompanied by beautiful illustrations by Sidney Paget and George Hutchinson throughout the book.

Over 75,000 copies sold worldwide.

Author Bio

Dr. Gareth Moore is the author of over 75 books of puzzles for both children and adults, and the creator of the daily brain-training site, BrainedUp.com. He creates all types of puzzles, ranging from crosswords and other word puzzles through to sudoku and logic puzzles, and all the way on to complex dot-to-dot, colour-by-number and maze books. He also creates sticker books and other types of activity content, as well as optical illusions, quizzes and trivia books. He has written several books of brain and memory training puzzles, exercises and tips, and frequently appears on TV and radio as both a brain-training and a puzzle expert.

Sidney Paget (1860-1908) was a popular British illustrator, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine.

George Hutchinson (1852-1942) was a British illustrator. Born in Canada, he then moved to London at 14 and studied painting at the Royal Academy. His illustrated numerous works by classic authors, including Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson.