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mystery and detective fiction

Codes and Code-breakers

Play the Spying Game to crack the code used by Mary, Queen of Scots.

Learn all about codes with Encryption for Kids.

Solve the Crime

Invisible Ink

With a fine paint brush or cotton bud, write your message on paper using milk or lemon juice and let it dry and become invisible. To read the secret message, you have to heat up the page. You can do this by ironing the page, or by putting the paper in a warm oven for a few minutes. Be careful the paper does not catch alight!

You Can Write a Mystery

Free online workshop from author SD Brown aka Spike Brown. Click here.