The Last Carnation Word Search & Mystery: An Original Short Story with 12 Clues Hidden Across 72 Large-Print Puzzles, 10 Cryptograms & 6 Coloring Pages

Word search books are everywhere; this one is different – it has an original mystery short story tied to the clues inside the puzzles, ten cryptograms, six coloring scenes, and more.

It is a cozy activity book for book lovers, cozy mystery readers, puzzle fans, and anyone who wants a small-town secret without the gore. Large print throughout. Great as a gift for readers, grandparents, teachers, librarians, or anyone who has ever refused to put a book down.

The Last Carnation combines 72 large-print word search puzzles with an original six-part mystery written for this book. Ashlynn Voss is nineteen, home for the week to help her mother restore the Ambrey Opera House – a building the town has crossed the street to avoid since the fire of 1971. On the Monday she reaches into her jacket pocket and finds a paper flower somebody made a long time ago, and put there. Her grandmother was six years old that afternoon, and nobody in Ambrey has ever wanted to hear what she saw. Twelve of the puzzles hide the evidence.

What You’ll Discover Inside:

An original cozy mystery in six parts, written for this book and no other72 large-print word search puzzles across six themed sections12 hat-marked puzzles where the clue is the word that is missing from the gridA Complete the Evidence page and a Solve the Mystery deduction page10 cryptograms to crack, each one a passage from the story in a substitution cipher6 full-page coloring scenes, each with a blank back so markers will not bleedThe twelve missing words printed in full, so nothing is left hangingComplete solutions for all 72 puzzles

A Few Cozy Benefits You Will Love:

Large print that is genuinely easy on the eyesA reason to come back to the book every evening of the holiday weekPuzzles you can enjoy on their own if you skip the story entirelyColoring pages that will not bleed throughCryptograms that give you a second way to playA mystery that plays fair – every clue is findableSad in the right places, never frightening or gruesome

Why This Puzzle Book Is Different:

The story and the puzzles are one thing, not two things in the same bookThe clue is the word that is missing – a mechanic you will not find elsewhereWritten, drawn, and built from scratch for this editionGenerous 7 x 10 inch pages with room to writeWorks three ways: read it straight through, dip in and out, or ignore the story and just solveMakes a great gift for book lovers, cozy mystery readers, and puzzlersSolutions included for every single puzzle

One Week. Twelve Clues. One Man Nobody Believed.

Read the story.
Search the grids.
Find the word that isn’t there.
Collect all twelve.
Answer the three questions.
Solve it before she does.

From a bent nail by the stage door to a room nobody has opened in fifty-five years, the trail runs through seventy-two puzzles – and the last carnation is still waiting.

Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” to start solving.

From the Publisher

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0HJDY5YY8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 10, 2026
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 130 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8173268426
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.3 x 10 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Word Search & Mystery
Best Sellers Rank: #2,026,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9,067 in Cozy Craft & Hobby Mysteries #11,595 in Word Search Games #12,619 in Word Games (Books)
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