The GCHQ Puzzle Book II

Author: GCHQ

Mathematical logic

Published on 5 September 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 384 pages
198 x 130 x 28 | 356g

STEP ASIDE MURDLE BECAUSE GCHQ ARE BACK WITH EVEN MORE BRAIN-BENDING PUZZLES TO PUT YOUR WITS TO THE TESTNow a pocket-sized paperback, The GCHQ Puzzle Book II is the ideal present for armchair code-breakers and amateur cryptographers alikeFiendish, frustrating, annoying, fulfilling’ Guardian----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 testsKeeping 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 -If Groundhog Day is 1, Bastille Day is 2, Valentine’s Day is 7, then Hallowe’en is? ----‘An explosion of a puzzle collection’ The Times Literary Supplement