谜题之书 The Baffle Book

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ American Mystery Classics

Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 24, 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1613167415

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1613167410

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.7 ounces

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches

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书籍简介

这本“精彩绝伦”又令人费解的谜题书，开启了20世纪二三十年代“自助解谜”的风潮（《纽约时报》语）。

所有谜题爱好者们，快来！正是这本书，开启了20世纪二三十年代“自助解谜”侦探小说的热潮，催生了无数模仿者，并衍生出一套四册的系列丛书。书中三十道简短的犯罪谜题包含了所有解谜所需的线索，包括地图、图表、密码和插图——但答案，还是要靠读者自己去拼凑，找出真凶。（正确答案附于书末。）

《谜题之书》既充满挑战又趣味十足，无论独自一人，还是像书的开头建议的那样，在“谜题派对”上一起解谜，都能让你享受数小时的足不出户的侦探乐趣。作者根据问题的难度，对提出的每个问题给予相应的分数，并在一个图表中将分数相加，从而给出业余侦探表现的评分。

The “brilliant” and baffling puzzle book that launched the “solve-it-yourself” mystery craze of the 1920s and ’30s (New York Times).

Calling all mystery puzzle fans! This is the book that launched the “solve-it-yourself” detective book craze of the 1920s and ’30s, spawning numerous imitators and a four-book series of its own. These thirty short crime problems incorporate all of the clues needed to find their solutions, including maps, charts, cryptograms, and additional illustrations—but it’s up to the reader to put all of this together and find out whodunit. (Correct answers included at the end of the book.)

Challenging and entertaining, The Baffle Book promises hours of armchair sleuthing delights, either on your own or at a “Baffle Party” as the book’s opening recommends. The authors award credits for each of the questions posed, depending on their difficulty, with a chart onto which scores can be added and a grade given for how well the amateur sleuth performed.

作者简介

拉西特·雷恩（笔名，真名约翰·T·科尔特）与兰德尔·麦凯合著的《谜题书》（The Baffle Book）于1928年问世，将“谜题书”的概念——读者化身侦探——推向了黄金时代的风潮。《谜题书》一经出版便迅速风靡，随后又推出了《谜题书2》（The Second Baffle Book，1929年）和《谜题书3》（The Third Baffle Book，1930年）。关于约翰·T·科尔特的其他生平事迹鲜为人知。

兰德尔·麦凯（笔名，真名理查德·罗文）与拉西特·雷恩合著的《谜题书》（The Baffle Book）于1928年问世，将“谜题书”的概念——读者化身侦探——推向了黄金时代的风潮。《谜题书》一经出版便迅速风靡，随后又推出了《谜题书2》（The Second Baffle Book，1929年）和《谜题书3》（The Third Baffle Book，1930年）。理查德·罗文曾就读于布朗大学和哥伦比亚大学，一战期间在美国陆军化学战部队服役。除了“巴弗尔”系列小说外，他还以本名出版了多部关于间谍史的非虚构作品。

G·T·卡伯在阿肯色州的一个小镇长大，父亲是法官，母亲是民权律师。如今，他是一位推理小说作家、计算机程序员，同时也是《谋杀》（Murdle）系列的创作者。该系列推理小说荣登《今日美国》和《星期日泰晤士报》畅销榜。

Lassiter Wren (pseudonym of John T. Colter), with co-author Randle McKay, launched the concept of the "puzzle book"—in which the reader becomes the detective—into a Golden Age phenomenon with The Baffle Book in 1928. The Baffle Book became instantly popular and it was soon followed by The Second Baffle Book (1929) and The Third Baffle Book (1930). Little else is known about John T. Colter.

Randle McKay (pseudonym of Richard Rowan), with co-author Lassiter Wren, launched the concept of the "puzzle book"—in which the reader becomes the detective—into a Golden Age phenomenon with The Baffle Book in 1928. The Baffle Book became instantly popular and it was soon followed by The Second Baffle Book (1929) and The Third Baffle Book (1930). Richard Rowan was educated at Brown and Columbia and served in the US Army Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Apart from the Baffle books, he also published a number of nonfiction books about the history of espionage under his own name.

G. T. Karber grew up in a small town in Arkansas, the son of a judge and a civil rights attorney. Now, he is a mystery writer, computer programmer, and the creator of Murdle, the USA Today and #1 Sunday Times bestselling murder-mystery puzzle book series.