The Pilot Who Wore a Dress, Tom Cutler
The Pilot Who Wore a Dress, Tom Cutler
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The Pilot Who Wore a Dress

Author: Tom Cutler

Narrator: Jot Davies

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 11/05/2015


Synopsis

Devised by devious genius Tom Cutler, The Pilot Who Wore a Dress is a fiendish collection of riddles, mysteries and puzzles to test and tease your brain. This title includes an accompanying PDF. Here’s a simple one to get you started: four bodybuilders are huddling together in the street, under a small ladies’ umbrella, yet after 20 minutes not one of them has got wet. How is this possible? Separated into original brainteasers and timeless conundrums, plus locked-room head-scratchers and unsolvable crimes borrowed from the very best of detective fiction, this cunning collection will give your lateral thinking muscle a proper workout. See if you can crack the problems by tracing the clues tucked away in each mystery, before hopping to the next track to hear the answer. These puzzles are perfect for the squashed commute and after-dinner whoopla alike. They are guaranteed to entertain and delight, whether you’re a wannabe Sherlock Holmes or a budding Jonathan Creek. Side effects may include bafflement, laughter, smugness, and exclamations along the lines of, ‘It’s so obvious once you know the answer.’ Oh, and about those bone-dry bodybuilders – who said it was raining? So obvious!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meri

When I started with reading, I prepared myself to be a Sherlock Holmes. But, this was one big disappointment. This book is very poor, uninteresting, lukewarm and far, far away from the stories where you must shake it up your brain... sorry, but I didn't like it :(......more

Goodreads review by Adele

A very clever book, in fact, far too clever for me. I thought reading was supposed to be fun? My head now hurts ;o) I guess I am just not a very good lateral thinker......more

Goodreads review by Bruce

I received a digital copy of this title from the publisher via Netgalley. Ten Second Synopsis: A collection of lateral thinking puzzles, their solutions and instructions on how to use them to have a grand old time. From old favourites to new tricks, this is an essential shelf filler for those who love......more

This book does itself no favours by starting with a lengthy and very disposable section of naff posers – the answers to about half of which are more or less the same. Skip them, avoid the problems with the build-up of woolly and flowery writing to disguise the necessary clues in the set-ups, and you......more