• Square illustrative tablet mockup displaying the yellow Murder in the Margins cover. Thirty mystery word searches. Tablet PDF and printable, digital download; no physical item included.
  • Actual PDF puzzle page: After Closing. An 18 by 18 letter grid, 18 bookshop words with checkboxes, and page navigation.
  • Actual clickable index listing all 30 puzzle titles, from After Closing to Case Closed.
  • Actual how-to-play page explaining word directions, highlighting, tablet or paper use, and online word help.
  • Actual Night Train word-search page with 18 railway-themed words and a roomy letter grid.
  • Final PDF page offering an optional free seven-page highlighting mystery to try on the Poppy Quinn website.
  • Square illustrative tablet mockup displaying the yellow Murder in the Margins cover. Thirty mystery word searches. Tablet PDF and printable, digital download; no physical item included.
  • Actual PDF puzzle page: After Closing. An 18 by 18 letter grid, 18 bookshop words with checkboxes, and page navigation.
  • Actual clickable index listing all 30 puzzle titles, from After Closing to Case Closed.
  • Actual how-to-play page explaining word directions, highlighting, tablet or paper use, and online word help.
  • Actual Night Train word-search page with 18 railway-themed words and a roomy letter grid.
  • Final PDF page offering an optional free seven-page highlighting mystery to try on the Poppy Quinn website.
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Mystery Word Search PDF for Adults | 30 Puzzles | Murder in the Margins

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“I had so much fun with this! I downloaded to my iPad and used Goodnotes ap!”

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Square illustrative tablet mockup displaying the yellow Murder in the Margins cover. Thirty mystery word searches. Tablet PDF and printable, digital download; no physical item included.

Make a little time for mystery. Murder in the Margins is a collection of 30 traditional word searches with bookshop corners, night trains, secret letters, and other atmospheric settings. Find the words, highlight them, and enjoy a page at your own pace.

DIGITAL PDF DOWNLOAD — NO PHYSICAL ITEM
Use it on a tablet in a PDF annotation app, or print the pages you want. The tablet, stylus, highlighters, and apps shown are not included.

WHAT YOU GET
• One 34-page PDF in English
• 30 different word-search grids, each 18 × 18 letters
• 18 listed words or phrases per puzzle: 540 entries across the collection (some words recur in different puzzles)
• A clickable puzzle index, page links, and bookmarks
• Online help that reveals one requested word at a time
• An optional link to our free highlighting mystery mini

FAMILIAR WORD-SEARCH PLAY
Words run in straight lines horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, forward or backward. Letters can be shared. Each listed entry appears exactly once. Spaces, apostrophes, and hyphens are left out of the grid. These are standalone word searches with a mystery theme; there is no murder case to solve or extra deduction required.

TABLET OR PAPER
Import the PDF into a compatible annotation app and use its freehand highlighter. A stylus is optional. Annotation apps and any subscriptions or paid plans are separate purchases; features vary by app and device. Test that your marks save before starting. Exit the drawing tool to follow PDF links.

Page size is US Letter, 8.5 × 11 inches. Print at 100% on Letter or use Fit on A4. Internet is only needed to download the file and use online help.

SOLUTIONS STAY ONLINE
There are no answer grids at the back of the PDF. Visit poppyquinnbooks.com/word-search/murder-in-the-margins, choose a puzzle, and type one listed word. The helper shows that word’s location without revealing the rest of the grid.

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Download your PDF from Etsy’s purchase download page using a web browser, save a copy, and open it in your chosen PDF app. This is a ready-to-download file, not a personalized item.

For personal use only. Do not share, redistribute, or resell the file. Original puzzle grids and word lists by Poppy Quinn Books, created with AI assistance including writing and cover artwork. Placements have been checked. Cover and lifestyle illustrations are decorative; the other preview images show actual PDF pages. No solve-time guarantee.

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