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Author:   Chris McGee
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032747972

ISBN 10:   1032747978
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   22 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: A Game You Want to Win: The Westing Game and the Art of the Classic Mystery 2: A Game You Are Allowed to Play: The Puzzling World of Winston Breene, Puzzles, and Apprenticing Young Sleuths 3: Down These Mean Hallways: The Big Splash and the Enduring Appeal of the Hardboiled Story 4: Detecting Power: The Parker Inheritance, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, Tangerine, Enola Holmes, and Other Updates on the Kid Sleuth 5: Ersatz Solutions: The Metaphysical Tradition from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events to When You Reach Me, Turtles All the Way Down, The Deathly Hallows, and Other Recent Attempts at Anti-Detection Conclusion: Counterfeit Mysteries: The London Eye Mystery, Disability, Neurodiversity, Thinking Deeply, and Why It Is So Hard to Write a Good Mystery

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Chris McGee teaches children's literature and film courses at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.

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