Minute Mysteries [Detectograms]

How it begins

Here is a fascinating game of wits for a party of any size. It can be played in either of two ways. 1. Select one or more stories from the Minute Mysteries that particularly appeal to you. Make as many copies of each as there are guests at the party. Then pass the copies around and allow three minutes, say, for your guests to study them. At the end of this time each must hand you a written solution, giving the line of reasoning which was used. You compare these with the solutions at the back of the book; the one who is most often correct is the winner. 2. Instead of making copies of each story, you may read it aloud, slowly and carefully.