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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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Brian Martin was wearing an orange shirt. The suspect who has no hair was wearing an orange shirt. Therefore, Brian Martin has no hair. The murderer has brown hair, so Brian Martin is not the murderer.
The suspect who has red hair has a wife named Betty. The suspect who was wearing a black shirt has a wife named Betty. The suspect who was wearing a black shirt is 6 feet 2 inches tall. Therefore, one suspect has a wife named Betty, has red hair, was wearing a black shirt, and is 6 feet 2 inches tall. But Tom Smith has a wife named Sue, Bob Fox is 5 feet 6 inches tall, Fred Graig was wearing a white shirt, and Brian Martin has no hair. Therefore, the only suspect who could be this suspect is Marty Stevenson. Since Marty Stevenson has red hair, he is not the murderer.
The suspect who was wearing a yellow shirt has a wife named Sally. The suspect who has brown hair has a wife named Sally. Therefore, one suspect was wearing a yellow shirt, has a wife named Sally, and has brown hair. Tom Smith has a wife named Sue, Fred Graig was wearing a white shirt, Brian Martin has no hair, and Marty Stevenson has red hair. Therefore, that one suspect is Bob Fox. Since the murderer has brown hair and Bob Fox has brown hair, he is the murderer.

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