If you like Sherlock Holmes, you will love this. If you love figuring out puzzles, you will love this as well!!! This will take you time, being in Sherlock Holmes times, trying to see what happened!!!! I would recommend this book to anyone!!! It would be wonderful for a family night read through!

I love puzzle books and would have adored this as a child. I found the puzzles very easy as an adult, but would make a great gift for the puzzle-loving child in your life.

Well I've had reason to call out puzzle books linking themselves to Sherlock Holmes with very spurious connections before now, so it's great to see a book that really tries to grab the nettle and run with it through the Conan Doyle canon and see how far it can get. Starting with 'The Mazarin Stone' and going through five further short story narratives (that have been suitably tweaked a little) we get an introductory paragraph about the story, and a map we're supposed to follow en route through the chapter. This flicking to and fro really kills this as a digital entity, or it did for me, but the puzzles are easy enough to see, being on a strictly one-a-page arrangement.

And they're suitably old-fashioned, although a good mix of the old types and the new. We get half a dozen silhouettes with a tiny difference each time to spot, grids to fill in, logical/IQ number tests to work round, copious word games, and so on. Now there may well be a reason for the map being the contents page if you like for each group of tests, but the instructions for our moving around it also can be retconned into being a clue for the puzzle we're supposed to solve first (ie we're supposed to work out a playing card value, then do something numerically to that value – which limits the possibilities for the card in the first place, etc). So I'm not really on board with this idea, when the only benefit is that we are supposed to be limited in our progress, with both our way through the book and the stories being rationed.

But as I say I am definitely on board with the spread of puzzles; some of them are welcome guests from the traditional monthly puzzle book's selection, but many are a different take on the visual spot-the-difference/incongruity kind, many have more to them that first appears the case, and many will involve quite a lot of doodling, scratching around and working out. Yes, a great majority could still be presented without the Holmesian window dressing, but the vintage feel to our challenges are very much in keeping with the characters, meaning this is very much the real thing where these books are concerned. A cerebral success, and a strong four stars.

This was my first time doing this type of puzzle and I actually had fun doing it, loved how it was a mixture of puzzle and of one of my all time favorite books Sherlock Holmes, would I do more like this , yes I would , if they were just as fun as this one , thank you so much for letting me read it and give it a try .

This title consists of six sections or stories based on works by Doyle and the puzzles that go along with them. Each chapter contains twenty-four puzzles and a map challenge. The author notes that the book is not strictly chronological and that becomes clear as a reader interacts with it. The puzzles are varied, intriguing and not always easy. Readers who enjoy puzzles and challenges may want to add this volume to their collection.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title. All opinions are my own.

What a fun concept! The Ultimate Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Book includes 6 mysteries to solve. The clues to help you solve each mystery are laid out as individual logic puzzles. A perfect gift for any fan of Sherlock Holmes or puzzle fan.

What a fantastic way to while away the hours while exercising your mind palace! This is a brilliant series of logic, word and number puzzles centred on Sherlock Holmes short stories, with many details to entertain true Conan Doyle fans and puzzle fans alike. There are six chapters, each with immersive puzzles which have the feel of an armchair escape room, and each chapter is based on a different Sherlock Holmes case. A lot of the answers to the puzzles lead to a clue for another puzzle, and there is a great satisfaction in cracking the cases! I’m really looking forward to trying all the other titles in the Puzzlecraft series.

With thanks to NetGalley and Wellfleet Press for an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

This is a must-have for all the Sherlock and mystery lovers. It is fun, highly engaging, can be played with friends and loved ones. The puzzles are not very easy, not very hard. The book's design is beautiful, and I love how the clues make you travel throughout the book. And, I must say, this would make a perfect gift!