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Murder at the Library Book Sale: A Cozy Mystery Word Search for Adults – 36 Large Print Puzzles (Printable PDF)

A cozy library murder mystery: read each short chapter, solve its word search and name the culprit. With solutions.

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  • 36 puzzlesA – Z
  • 93 pages8.5 × 11 in
  • Printable PDFUS Letter, prints fine on A4
  • All solutionsat the back of the book

✓ Checked chapter by chapter: every word appears in its chapter and exactly once in its grid, no rude words hide in the filler, every hidden case clue is spelled by the leftover letters, and an independent reader checked that the mystery plays fair.

The Maggie Quill mysteries

Every book is a complete cozy mystery that reads on its own: a short chapter, then a word search whose leftover letters spell a clue. The Lighthouse Inn Murder · Murder at Hollyberry Lodge · Murder at the Library Book Sale

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About this book

A rare book, a spiral staircase and a light left off

Retired librarian Maggie Quill is helping with the Friends of the Library Book Sale at her old library in Portland, Maine. On the evening before the sale, a wealthy collector who keeps the Friends’ accounts is found at the foot of the spiral stairs to the rare book loft, and the loft is dark. An accident, everyone says. Maggie is not so sure. Read the story chapter by chapter, solve a large print word search after each one, and uncover the hidden clue in the leftover letters. Can you name the culprit before Maggie reveals the truth?The 36 chapters
Sale Week · The Spiral Stairs · The Bookseller · The Treasurer · A Second Look · Letters and Numbers · Rivals · Friday Morning · Closing Time · Labels and Boxes · At the Foot of the Stairs · The Register · The Light Switch · Detective Ortiz · The Missing Loupe · The Torn Page · Grace’s Budget · Dewey Finds a Glove · Whose Glove · The Book in the Case · A Pencil Mark · The Call Log · Pete’s Mop · The Professor’s Bench · Saturday Sale · The Parking Lot · Ivy’s Evening · The Basement Door · Back Hallway · Tea in the Friends’ Room · The Last Piece · Saturday Evening · In the Reading Room · Maggie Explains · A Confession · A New Children’s Room

Every grid is checked by our own program: each word appears exactly once, and no rude words hide among the random letters.

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Printable PDF, US Letter (prints fine on A4), 93 pages. Download right after purchase and print as often as you like for your own household. FunWords.

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