The Hollow Files: 100 Gothic Mystery Word Search Cases - Paperback

by Tessa Hollcroft (Author)

Every puzzle in this book is a haunting - and every haunting is a trick.

The Hollow Files collects 100 original gothic word search cases, each one built

around a single idea: the ghost story is always the work of a human hand. Solve

the grid, and three pieces of evidence surface on their own.

Here's how it works. Cross out every word from the case's list that you can find

in the grid. One word will be missing - that's your first clue. Then look at the

letters no word touched. Read them in order, and they spell out the rest: the

haunt, the trick, and the site. The letter boxes beneath each case tell you

exactly how long each answer runs, so there's only one way the evidence fits

together.

The book builds through five difficulty tiers. It opens with a gentle 8x8 grid

and climbs to a Master finale where the two hidden answers interleave letter by

letter and both can run backwards - so only the letter counts will lead you out.

Most puzzle books stop at "hard." This one keeps going. A fully worked example

opens the book, so nobody has to guess at the mechanic before the first case.

Includes:

- 100 original cases across 24 gothic settings, from a weeping portrait to a

waxwork that blinks at midnight

- Five difficulty tiers, Beginner through Master

- Complete solutions for every case

- A short scene from the investigator Frost's desk opening each case

Every case has been independently verified for a single, unambiguous solution

before publication.

Find the words. Follow the clues. Unmask the haunting.