Murdle Junior 3: Wild Goose Case

Name: Murdle Junior 3: Wild Goose Case
Brand: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781805223887
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40 Brain-Twisting Mystery Puzzles for Young Detectives

By G. T. Karber

Series: Murdle Junior

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From the internationally bestselling Murdle series comes the third instalment of Murdle puzzles for young detectives! Jake, Olivia, Julius and Buster McPaws are back on the scene with more cases to crack and mysteries to solve in Murdle Junior 3: Wild Goose Case! And this time,... Read More

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The third book of children's Murdle puzzles from the internationally bestselling series.

The third book of children's Murdle puzzles from the internationally bestselling series.

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From the internationally bestselling Murdle series comes the third instalment of Murdle puzzles for young detectives!

Jake, Olivia, Julius and Buster McPaws are back on the scene with more cases to crack and mysteries to solve in Murdle Junior 3: Wild Goose Case! And this time, they are entangled in animal mayhem. Who will these junior detectives catch in the act as they investigate a new line-up of sinister characters?

With another forty fiendishly fun mystery puzzles, young readers will love to unravel these mysteries full of codes, mazes, clues and Murdle deduction grids to find whodunnit!

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805223887

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Souvenir Press Ltd

Edition: Main

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

G. T. Karber is the award-winning creator of Murdle, the global bestselling puzzle sensation. He grew up in Arkansas, the son of a judge and a civil rights attorney, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arkansas with a degree in mathematics and English literature, before gaining an MFA from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. His books have sold in over thirty languages and he is one of only three non-British authors ever to have published a no. 1 Christmas bestseller in the UK.

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