Deduction of the guilty party is done by tracking particular oddities given specific to the mystery, such as the guests all trying on specific scents of perfume or a note that some are wearing a particular style or color of clothing. The first nine mysteries typically involve some sort of competition between the guests (in which case readers must deduce who won), a guest attempting to murder another guest, or some sort of rare treasure of Mr Boddy's that has been stolen. The answer is printed upside-down on the next page, providing an explanation of how the criminal was foiled, or how the victim (if there was one) survived. Each mystery ends with a question to answer, and a picture of the checklist from the game is provided to assist with solving. This ends with some kind of cliffhanger that leads into the first chapter.Įxcept for the first book, which contains thirteen, all the books contain ten mini-mysteries similar to the Encyclopedia Brown books. He explains the situation and introduces the six suspects.
Each book begins with a small chapter where Mr Boddy introduces himself to the reader.
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