Calm Mind Word Search and Coloring Book
Find words in letter grids, then take a colouring break. 64 word searches and 32 bold colouring scenes.
Free 20-page sample
PAPERBACKS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON UK & US
Puzzle books
by Hazel Maple
Choose words to find, letters to decode, pictures to reveal or a case to solve together. Try a free sample before you pick a paperback.
Learn Codewords
Decode numbered letters to complete a word grid. 4 worked lessons and 56 practice puzzles, with optional hints.
Free 20-page sample
Learn Nonograms
Use row and column clues to uncover a picture. 4 worked lessons and 60 practice puzzles from 5×5 to 15×15.
Free 21-page sample
Logic Puzzles for Two
30 cases to solve together, with separate clues and shared discoveries. One paperback covers both readers.
Free 19-page sample
Here for a village mystery? Try The Early Kettle puzzle below, or download the six-puzzle Village sample.
BRITISH COSY MYSTERIES BY HAZEL MAPLE
The Borrowed Things Mysteries
Meet Jo Mercer at the Barrowcombe Borrowing Room, where ordinary objects lead to difficult questions.
Book One · Borrowed for Murder. A donated sewing machine, a misleading receipt and a chairman found dead in the stockroom. Available in paperback and on Kindle from Amazon UK.
Book Two · A Place Set for Murder. Six borrowed card holders and one guest the bride never invited. A complete novella, available in paperback and on Kindle from Amazon UK.
Book Three · A Last Cue for Murder. A borrowed costume, an old betrayal and a voice the cast should never have heard. Read the opening chapter, then choose Kindle or paperback.
Book Four · A Fatal Turn in the Garden. An open garden, a closed path and one journey that cannot be true. Read the opening chapter, then choose Kindle or paperback.
Book Five · A Killing in the Catalogue. A borrowed quilt, an unauthorised sale and a return that should never have been packed. Available in Kindle and paperback on Amazon UK and US. Read the first chapter now.
NEW PAPERBACKS FROM HAZEL MAPLE
Fresh puzzles for your shelf
Find these new paperbacks on Amazon UK and US. Prices and delivery dates are shown by your local store.
Jumbo Word Search for Seniors
100 easy puzzles in extra large print.
Christmas Word Search
100 large-print holiday puzzles.
Whodunit Logic Puzzles
100 mystery grid puzzles, from easy to hard, with solutions.
Cozy Autumn Word Search
100 large-print themed puzzles for adults and seniors.
A FEW CLUES. A LITTLE CURIOSITY.
The Little Village
Logic Club
A slow kettle, a cake stand, a handful of misplaced parcels. Thirty-six small village muddles, waiting for a pencil and a little thought.
36 Large-Print Puzzles with Gentle Clues, Helpful Hints and Step-by-Step Solutions
PDF · 29 pages · Includes grids, hints and worked answers
Paperback available on Amazon UK · £10.99. Price may change.
36original logic puzzles
132pages to explore
16-pointmain text and clues
FROM THE BOOK · PUZZLE 01
The early kettle
Start with three neighbours, three drinks and three places in line. New to logic grids? Follow our step-by-step solving guide.
At the village cafe, three neighbours collect a different drink each. The kettle is slow, so only one order is ready at a time. Match each neighbour with a drink and work out the order in which the three drinks are collected.
- The neighbours
- Amira · Ben · Cleo
- The drinks
- Mint tea · Cocoa · Coffee
Use a pencil and paper to note who comes first, second and third, and which drink each person collects. Each person and drink has a different place.
Your three clues
- The Mint tea entry is earlier in the order than Cleo.
- The Coffee entry is not first.
- Amira is immediately before the Mint tea entry.
“Earlier” can mean any earlier place. “Immediately before” means the place directly before.
A small nudge
Clue 1: Mint tea must be first or second.
If the Mint tea entry were third, there would be no later place for Cleo.
See the answer and how it follows
| Place | Person | Drink |
|---|---|---|
| First | Amira | Cocoa |
| Second | Ben | Mint tea |
| Third | Cleo | Coffee |
- Mint tea is before Cleo, so it cannot be third.
- Amira is immediately before Mint tea, so Mint tea cannot be first either. Mint tea is second and Amira is first.
- Cleo comes after Mint tea, so Cleo is third. That leaves second place for Ben.
- Coffee is not first, and Mint tea is second. Coffee is third, leaving Cocoa first.
Every clue fits. The book includes a separate hint and a worked solution for every puzzle.
KEEP A LITTLE VILLAGE ON YOUR TABLE
Five more muddles
to make sense of.
The free sample includes the solving guide, all six introductory puzzles, their grids, hints and worked answers. Print the pages you want and take them at your own pace.
Get the free sample