The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin

Penrose waved his waffling answer away. “I know so. Winston Breen, I know you well by now. Walter Fredericks could have hidden an old fountain pen,” said Penrose, picking up an old fountain pen. “But if the puzzle intrigued you–and I’ve yet to find one that didn’t–you’d be there solving it” (p 84).

The deceased Walter Fredericks did not hid a pen, though. He has hidden a valuable ring, leaving a set of clues with each of his four children in the hope they will make amends and solve the puzzle together. The siblings never resolve their quarrels and now, all have passed on except Ms. Lewis, the town Librarian.

Winston enjoys puzzles, to put it mildly. When he accidentally happens upon one set of clues to Frederick’s hidden ring, he becomes involved in the search for the ring, now hidden for more than 25 years.

What a fun book! With intermittent puzzles that readers can solve (the answers are in the back of the book) or skip without detraction. An excellent pick for boys.

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