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The GCHQ Puzzle Book II

GCHQ author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:5th Sep '24

Should be back in stock very soon

This paperback is available in another edition too:

The GCHQ Puzzle Book II cover

STEP ASIDE MURDLE BECAUSE GCHQ ARE BACK WITH EVEN MORE BRAIN-BENDING PUZZLES TO PUT YOUR WITS TO THE TEST


Now a pocket-sized paperback, The GCHQ Puzzle Book II is the ideal present for armchair code-breakers and amateur cryptographers alike

Fiendish, frustrating, annoying, fulfilling’ Guardian

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The spooks at GCHQ need your help again.

Can you break these fiendish codes and prove you’re a master puzzler?

The defence of the realm depends on GCHQ. And these fiendish puzzles and tests are how they test the best. Have you got what it takes in this second round of brain-bogglers?

Inside you’ll find puzzles to develop:

- Lateral thinking and ingenuity
- Skills to spot patterns
- Your ability to break ciphers
- A mindset to tackle authentic entrance tests

Keeping the country safe in secret since 1919, GCHQ is always on the look out for new recruits. Discover if you’ve got the kind of incredible, puzzle-solving mind to work there . . .

ENJOY THESE TWO TEASERS

Can you see how the following words are connected?
Chuckle, Double, Euro, Pro, Stereo, Super, Tunnel

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If Groundhog Day is 1, Bastille Day is 2, Valentine’s Day is 7, then Hallowe’en is?

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‘An explosion of a puzzle collection’ The Times Literary Supplement

This isn't your grandfather's Sudoku book. Rather, it's a puzzle compendium put together by the organisation that made the Bletchley Park breakthroughs - quizzes, bewilderments and brainteasers to challenge even the sharpest of mindsThe Gentleman's Journal

The fiendishly difficult puzzle book is back. This is the perfect gift to fuel his ludicrous presumption that he could have definitely been a spy - even better if he's already dog-eared the first versionHuffington Post

ISBN: 9781405970501

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 28mm

Weight: 357g

384 pages