Christopher Maslanka

Featuring the kind of witty and innovative puzzles that readers of The Guardian have come to expect from Chris Maslanka over the past 20 years and more, this collection includes brilliantly drawn illustrations and brings together a variety of puzzles, across a range of difficulties. Chris's puzzles are by turns, literary, fun, inspired and zany - and are a must for the discerning problem solver seeking challenges with a twist.

hris Maslanka has been thrilling (and frustrating) readers of The Guardian with his utterly unique brand of witty and innovative puzzles for the past 20 years and more. This collection includes brilliantly drawn illustrations and brings together a variety of puzzles, across a range of difficulties. Chris's puzzles are by turns, literary, fun, inspired and zany - and are a must for the discerning problem solver seeking challenges with a twist.

Through these 200 puzzles and challenges, youâ??ll be able to elevate your powers of deduction, detection and general brilliance. With explanations of how Sherlock (and hopefully you) arrived at the solutions, this official puzzle book is your chance to learn how to think like Sherlock.

Filled with eccentric characters, surrealistic illustrations, and humorous situations, 80 mind-bending problems will test the powers of logic and ingenuity of even the most avid puzzlists. The author, acclaimed as "the foremost British enigmatologist" by "The Oxford Times," offers hints as well as solutions in a splendid tangle of storytelling that provides both chuckles and challenges.