Death and Lobster Rolls — Printable PDF

When sea-glass shop owner Mabel Martin pedals down to Clam Bake Weekend with her old blue bicycle, her sharp opinions, and her three-legged orange cat, Buoy, she expects damp bunting, competitive chowder, and at least one argument about folding tables.

She does not expect to find Harold Pike, the most disliked man on the harbor, collapsed beside his overturned thermos in the old bait shed.

In the foggy coastal village of Bufflehead Reach, everyone has a grievance, everyone has a theory, and someone has hidden murder among the lobster rolls.

After every chapter, solve a themed word search puzzle drawn from the story's clues, characters, objects, and atmosphere. Some puzzles hide a clue word that does not appear in the grid. Record the missing words as you read.

When the final reveal puzzle is solved, the killer's identity is spelled out letter by letter.

Inside you'll find:

🔎 50 bite-sized cozy mystery chapters

🔎 49 themed word search puzzles

🔎 A hidden clue trail that reveals the killer

🔎 A dry-witted sea-glass sleuth with a battered bicycle bell and a sharp eye for harbor nonsense

🔎 Buoy the three-legged cat, whose investigative priorities include naps, sunny windows, and sitting on important paperwork

🔎 A charming New England harbor town full of secrets, suspects, chowder, and murder

Perfect for fans of Cranberry Creek Word Search Mysteries and Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club.

Tropes and Vibes:

• Cozy mystery with a three-legged cat
• Retired librarian amateur sleuth
• A foggy coastal Maine village
• A clever, completely clean whodunit
• A small town stuffed with secrets
• Festival setting: Clam Bake Weekend
• A fair-play puzzle you can solve along

Genre: Cozy Mystery Puzzle Book Tone: Warm, witty, gentle Maine seaside village cozy Series: Book 1 of the A Bufflehead Reach Word Search Mystery Type: Standalone mystery in an interconnected series Ending: Complete case resolution POV: Single POV, Third Person Format: Short cozy mystery chapters with themed word search puzzles Content Notes: Off-page murder, grief, adoption-related secret, no graphic violence, no gore

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