It's one of those mystery books with the answers at back, like the Encyclopedia Brown books. Unlike those, it doesn't depend on knowing some more-or-less obscure fact; it requires answering a simple logic problem, like really tiny versions of the ones sold in magazines at the drug store. I'd say it's for a younger audience than Encyclopedia Brown books, and certainly not an older audience; say, eight to twelve maybe. (Take with salt.) As such, there's the murder of a pet, lots of theft, violence, fake death, and capping it off the real death of Mr. Boddy, all done with the same comic lightness you'd expect from a Clue book. ( )

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