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Note: If you like logic puzzles, here are a few books at Amazon Books you might like:
1000 Play Thinks: Puzzles, Paradoxes, Illusions & Games
Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
If you like murder mystery games, here are a few murder mystery party games you might like:
Lethal Luau (Murder Mystery Party) and Murder at Tall Oaks: Murder Mystery Party .
Here is a murder mystery puzzle combined with a jigzaw puzzle: Murder on the Hindenburg Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle .

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Bob Alberts owns a purple car. The murderer owns a white car, so Bob Alberts is not the murderer.
The suspect who owns a silver car was carrying a green umbrella. The suspect who was carrying a green umbrella has a wife named Joyce. The suspect who has a wife named Joyce was wearing red shoes. Therefore, one suspect was carrying a green umbrella, owns a silver car, has a wife named Joyce, and was wearing red shoes. But Larry Brown was carrying a white umbrella, Tom Edison was wearing black shoes, Fred Davis has a wife named Sue, and Bob Alberts owns a purple car. Therefore, the only suspect who could be this suspect is Bill Fox. Since Bill Fox owns a silver car, he is not the murderer.
The suspect who was carrying a purple umbrella has a wife named Jill. The suspect who owns a white car was carrying a purple umbrella. Therefore, one suspect has a wife named Jill, was carrying a purple umbrella, and owns a white car. Larry Brown was carrying a white umbrella, Fred Davis has a wife named Sue, Bob Alberts owns a purple car, and Bill Fox owns a silver car. Therefore, that one suspect is Tom Edison. Since the murderer owns a white car and Tom Edison owns a white car, he is the murderer.

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