Murder Among the Stacks: Book 1
Solve the Puzzles—and the Plot of a Cozy Bookstore Mystery!
Adams Media · Print & ebook · November 25, 2025
A cozy mystery story combined with themed word search puzzles creates an interactive and charming whodunit experience in this fun new format that invites you to solve the case as you uncover clues.
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- Who it’s for
- Fans of cozy mysteries with interactive puzzles
- Themes
- mystery, community, puzzle-solving
- Pacing
- Mixed
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A cozy mystery story combined with themed word search puzzles creates an interactive and charming whodunit experience in this fun new format that invites you to solve the case as you uncover clues. Abby Jones has it all figured out: moving to Cranberry Creek will give her the fresh start she needs.
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From opening her brand-new bookstore on Main Street to learning to love her busybody landlady, Myrna, to spending her time on her favorite cozy hobby (word searches!), Abby has her hands full. But when a famous author is mysteriously murdered at her bookstore’s opening event, her new future is at stake. It’s up to Abby, with the help of some new friends, to solve the case.
Who it’s for
- Fans of cozy mysteries with interactive puzzles
- Readers who enjoy amateur sleuth stories set in small towns
Where it sits
| Cozy Bookshop Mysteries | 92% |
|---|---|
| Women Detectives | 61% |
| Amateur Sleuths | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Puzzles
- Word Games & Searches
- Activity Books
- Authors
- Rosie A. Point, Charles Timmerman
- Publisher
- Adams Media
- Published
- November 25, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- mystery · community · puzzle-solving
- Reading lane
- Puzzles