Killer Sudoku


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Maiden’s Bay is a small, scenic town on the Oregon Coast where citizens get their number fix thanks to Liza Kelly—Sudoku Maven with the Oregon Daily. Her challenging puzzles sharpen the mind, and her deductive skills unravel even the most enigmatic clues. Liza is looking forward to a refreshing change of pace as a competitor in the West Coast Sudoku Summit. It’s a chance to break away from her job and her almost-boyfriends back home. That is, until her paramours show up and an obnoxious TV crew decides to cover the Sudoku A-listers. Now Liza knows how the numbers feel—boxed in. During the first round, one of Liza’s toughest opponents makes a spectacle in front of the cameras—by dropping dead. And soon, contestants are being eliminated one by one, and not in the way Liza planned. There’s more at stake here than prize money, and if Liza doesn’t find out what’s up with the murderer’s pattern, she’ll the next one down.




Serial Killer Sudoku


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In this new installment of the popular, puzzle-based series, Kate has settled into her new life running the Avondale Puzzle Museum in Granville, New Hampshire. The locals have begun to accept her presence - until a serial killer from Boston starts...




The Virgin Book of Killer Sudoku


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If you thought Sudoku was difficult, wait until you try Killer Sudoku! The next step up from normal Sudoku, the Killer puzzles use the same grid as Sudoku and require the reader to fill in the numbers 1 to 9 as before. But this time the numbers in the outlined boxes must also all add up to a specific number. Already hugely popular in the national press, the puzzles are a must for Sudoku fans. With five difficulty ratings, from 'very easy' to 'deadly', the 100 brand new Killer Sudoku puzzles in this book will provide a challenge to the most ardent Sudoku addict.




Sudoku Variants


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Everyone knows sudoku is enjoyable--but these addictive puzzles come in endless variations too! They range from simple to very difficult, and can take almost no time to finish...or require many hours. This entertaining collection showcases a wide range of possibilities, offering solvers who have become accustomed to the standard rules and grids an exciting new challenge. Select from Mega Sudokus that provide a real workout; Diagonals or Odd and Even versions with extra constraints; Sum Sudokus that merge with kakuro; and Multisudoku with overlapping puzzles. There's something for every level--12 x 12 puzzles, ones with irregularly shaped areas, even Mini Sudoku--and lots of fun for everyone.




Puzzle Books for Adults


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USA TODAY Jumbo Puzzle Book


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You can be sitting in the train working on a puzzle but it can take you far away from the everyday. Before you know it you're at your stop or about to pass it. It's not like you were even in the train. It's something different, something removed from the ordinary." --Maki Kaji, Japanese Times The Nation's No. 1 Newspaper offers puzzlesmiths the ultimate cranium compendium boasting five challenging mind teasers. USA TODAY is America's most recognized newspaper reaching more than 5 million people each day. Now, USA TODAY has collected five popular game formats into one book, including: Logic Puzzles, Crossword, Killer Sudoku, and Hitori. Complete with 400 puzzles (that's twice the size of comparable game books), USA TODAY Jumbo Puzzle Book includes an introductory chapter that offers solution tips as well as a concluding chapter that reveals all the answers. Pen and pencil puzzles are big business. According to a national poll by the American Society on Aging, 84 percent of people report that they spend time daily in activities that are good for brain health.




Amazing Sudoku Variants


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Its time to break out of the box: the traditional 3x3 puzzle box, that is! This assortment of engaging and challenging variants takes sudoku up a notch. The creative twists include overlapping and unusually shaped grids, special rules that make solvers up their game, and even super-large sudoku for an extra-fun experience.




The Crow Girl


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The International Sensation It begins in a Stockholm city park where the abused body of a young boy is discovered. Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg heads the investigation, battling an apathetic prosecutor and a bureaucratic police force unwilling to devote resources to solving the murder of an immigrant child. But with the discovery of the mutilated corpses of two more children, it becomes clear that a serial killer is at large. Superintendent Kihlberg turns to therapist Sofia Zetterlund for her expertise in the psychopathology of those who kill, and the lives of the two women become quickly intertwined—professionally and personally. As they draw closer to each other and to the truth about the killings, what surfaces is the undeniable fact that these murders are only the most obvious evidence of an insidious evil woven deep into Swedish society.




Will Shortz Presents Supreme Sudoku


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If you were stranded on a deserted island and could only have one book with you, what would it be? For sudoku fans Will Shortz Presents the Supreme Book of Sudoku is the obvious answer. With 1,000 easy to hard sudoku puzzles you can satisfy your craving for these addictive, seductive puzzles. Features: · 1,000 top-quality easy to hard sudoku puzzles · Edited by legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz · Big grids with lots of space for easy solving




Razzle Puzzles Sudoku


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Enjoy Razzle Puzzles Sudoku, with 500+ puzzles across four levels of difficulty!