Table Rock Lake Word Search Mysteries · Book Two
Murder Among the Cornstalks
Every fall the Sowder bottomland goes into a haunted corn maze, and everybody in three counties has walked it. On Halloween night a hundred people were out in that field in the dark, and not one of them saw a thing. At first light somebody found Shane Merrick in the uncut corn — the equipment operator who turned up in March looking for work, got hired off a handshake, and was leaving the day the maze closed. The sheriff's office worked the case on people who had already gone home. Retired biology teacher Nell Ashworth spent that whole evening at the ticket table, and she is the only one still asking.
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Work the forty-eight word searches scattered through the book. Each hides a leftover clue — a suspect cleared, a motive ruled out, a place crossed off. Piece the four columns together, then come back here and submit your verdict for an official reply from Nell (and a bonus for solvers who crack it).