Murder at the Harvest Howl: Printable Cozy Word Search Mystery (PDF)

The town blames the dog. The Squad knows better.

Every October, the little mountain town of Bearberry Hollow throws a party for its dogs. This year, the Harvest Howl ends with a body at the bottom of the cider mill stairs, muddy paw prints on the dock, and black fur on the victim's coat. By morning, the whole town has decided who's guilty: Little Bear, a 34-pound black Pomeranian with a gold crown tag.

Retired 911 dispatcher Birdie Callahan knows her dog is innocent. She has six days until the Dangerous Dog Hearing, a vet tech with a microscope, a retired mailman who knows every shortcut in town, a dachshund who digs, and a basset hound who howls at secrets. What she doesn't have is a suspect. You'll find one for her.

Instant PDF download. 135 pages, letter size (8.5 x 11 inches). Print the whole case, or one chapter at a time, on any home printer.

You don't read this mystery. You solve it.

• Read a short chapter. Five suspects. Five motives. One lie.
• Search the full-page puzzle. Every bold word from the story is hidden in the grid.
• Reveal the clue. The leftover letters spell a secret message that moves the case forward.
• Name the killer before Chapter 49, then find out if you beat the Squad.

Inside

• 50 story chapters and 50 word search puzzles: one complete, fair-play mystery
• Large print throughout: every word is 16-point or larger
• A hidden clue in every puzzle, with blanks to fill in
• Difficulty that grows with you: forward words first, then backward, then all eight directions
• Cartoon illustrations on every chapter, and 10 hidden crowns to find
• Town map, suspect notebook, clue tracker, the Legend of the Crown, and the Squad Code
• A complete Case Closed solution and a full answer key
• Cozy and clean: no gore, no bad language, and no animal is ever harmed

Case 1 of the King Bear Squad Word Search Mysteries. Little Bear is based on a real dog: a fearless, water-loving, all-black Pomeranian raised by pit bulls.

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