Whodunit Puzzles: Mysteries for the Super Sleuth to Solve by Tim Dedopulos

​Ok, well, this was humbling. Turns out in no way am I ready for a career as a detective. Guess I don’t pay enough attention to details and this is all about the details. Every one of the cases offered in this book, written quaintly in a style of golden age mysteries old-timey and all, hinges on details.
Well, at least the first level cases of which there’s a majority. Once you move on to the second level, it gets more complicated and, frankly, more far-fetched and reliant on supposition and imagination. But with the first level, you just have to really closely read the testimonies.
It’s a cute book; it features three detectives, two ladies and one scrumptiously named Paddington Parnacki, who solve various cases – mostly murder or theft – through their awesome attention to detail. And the reader gets to play along and see if they can match the dedicated detectives.
All in all, I had fun with this one. Frustrating sort of ‘grrr, can’t believe I missed that’ sort of fun, but fun all the same. The cases are mostly entertaining and only ever so slightly repetitive. The writing’s surprisingly decent considering that this book technically doesn’t require such a thing.
Oddly enough, I’m really good at solving traditional contemporary long-form murder mysteries, but not these things. My sleuthing must be more attuned to dark psychology of crime instead of minute details. But either way, fun was had. Thanks Netgalley.