Mystery on Main Street

Usborne Advanced Puzzle Adventures

by Tony Allan

The reader must solve an assortment of puzzles to help Tim when he finds an old Hypnoman comic book and lands inside the story, where he must find the Hypnostone before the Namtar gets it first.

Genres: Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994

About the author

After studying History at Oxford, Tony Allan worked for the British Broadcasting Company and as a magazine editor before turning to book publishing, including the Myth and Mankind series.

Reviews

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these puzzle adventure books put out by Usbourne. Each book is a story involving some mystery that needs to be solved. Each page give you a picture or series of pictures, comic book style, in which are a lot of visual clues to solve a puzzle. There are often a lot of messages to decode, mazes and hidden picture clues.

[Felicity · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last of the advanced puzzle books.

Tim discovers a comic about Hypnoman in his uncle's attic but when he chants a secret code something happens.

This is just the right level of fantasy for me. Again, some of the puzzles are fiendish but others were doable and the plot is excellent.

I might have to buy some of the easier series that I don't already own. Maybe after the wedding is paid for...