MORTANGLE - Investigations in New York

Grab a pencil and meet your first case.
A crossword, a word search and an anagram share a single grid, and a murderer is hiding where they overlap. Read it the right way and you name the culprit.

Every grid in this book is a case of its own, and the same letters spell a place, a suspect and the scene of the crime all at once, packed together on one fifteen by fifteen grid for you to crack.

How a case works

• Fill in the crossword and a corner of New York takes shape: its streets, its corners, its landmarks.
• Track down the five suspects hidden among the letters.
• Figure out which of the five is guilty and name the culprit.
• Rearrange the circled letters, rebuild the scene of the crime, and the case closes.

What's inside

• 100 fresh cases to crack, each set on a different block of New York, from Soho to Harlem to Brooklyn to Times Square.
• A test of sharp eyes and clear logic you will not find in any other puzzle book.
• Clever, clean cases with no violence and no grim detail, made for a quiet evening or a long flight.
• Beginner level: a first letter is given for every place, so you are never stuck at an empty grid.
• One case worked through in full at the front, so the method clicks before you turn the page.

Stuck? Help comes on three levels

• Stuck on a place? The crossword answers are right there in the book.
• Think you have your culprit? Check the verdict and the scene of the crime, case by case.
• Want them all? Scan the QR code and work through every one of the 100 cases, fully solved.

Solve it anywhere, no screen needed
The kind of book you reach for on the couch or on a long flight. It keeps your brain sharp, works your memory, and gives you the rare pleasure of naming the culprit before you fill the last square.

The perfect gift
For whodunit fans, cozy-mystery readers and anyone who loves to keep their wits sharp. An ordinary puzzle book gets shelved and forgotten by the weekend. This one starts an argument over who gets to crack the next case.

MORTANGLE New York opens the series. A new city each volume, and a different culprit in every case.

Open the first file. The case is yours.