Five Minute Mysteries - Softcover

Weber, Ken

3.13

306 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773752102 ISBN 13: 9780773752108

Publisher: Stoddart Publishing, 1996

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Updated covers revitalize the first two titles in our extremely popular Five-Minute Mysteries series by Ken Weber, the master of the succinct whodunit. This attractive new series look is sure to appeal to young adults, introducing them to the lifelong literary pleasures of mystery novels. Each book contains more than 30 baffling cases, each with an ingenious solution guaranteed to challenge and entertain. Best of all, every mystery is short and sweet—easy to read in less time than it takes to microwave popcorn!

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About the Author:

Ken Weber is professor emeritus of the University of Toronto and the best-selling author of more than 40 educational and general interest books, including the very successful Five-minute Mysteries and Armchair Detective series. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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Every five minutes another crime is committed. All clues are told in vignettes. Through your superior observation and deduction, you figure out whodunit. Fortunately, the solutions follow each story. Unfortunately, the vocal characterizations and narrative style of the seven readers make these five-minute mysteries about four minutes too long. The amateurish and dull characterizations sound like television commercials. The clues are obvious and there is little nuance, no style or wit, no music, no suspense and no fun. The material should be great for audio presentation, but this program won't interest any mystery fan for more than thirty seconds. M.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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