A Table Rock Lake Word Search Mystery: Book 2
Publication Date: September 12, 2026
A field full of witnesses. Not one of them saw a thing. 48 word searches to the truth.
On Halloween night, a hundred people from three counties walked the haunted corn maze out on the Flat Creek bottoms. At first light, somebody found Shane Merrick in the uncut corn — the equipment operator who turned up in March looking for work, got hired off a handshake, and was leaving the day the maze closed. The sheriff’s office worked the case on people who had already gone home. Retired biology teacher Eleanor “Nell” Ashworth spent that whole evening at the ticket table. She is new here, and she is the only one still asking the questions the county is content to leave alone.
But this time, the detective is you.
Each chapter hands you a scene and a word search. Solve the puzzle, and the leftover letters reveal a hidden clue — a suspect cleared, a motive exposed, a small hard fact nobody thought to write down. Track them across forty-eight puzzles and you will be ready to name the killer, the motive, the means, and the place before Nell does.
Six suspects. One night nobody can account for. A verdict only you can reach.
A complete solve-along mystery — no apps, no downloads, nothing to charge. Just you, a pencil, and 48 word searches that build to a single solution. Perfect for cozy-mystery lovers and puzzlers alike.
A crisp-weather read for autumn and Halloween — and it stands entirely on its own, whether or not you have been to Persimmon Bluff before.
Sharpen your pencil. The corn is still standing.
The Flat Creek Haunted Maze draws a crowd for thrills and chills, but it is supposed to be a fun experience.
When a body is discovered, Nell Ashworth and other residents in Persimmon Bluff narrow the suspects to six. Murder Among the Cornstalks marks the second installment in the Table Rock Lake Word Search Mystery series by Jody Chaffin.
Through the use of a case tracker, amateur sleuths will read a brief chapter and then complete a word search. The remaining letters will form a clue. Once all 48 clues have been identified, readers will be able to determine the killer, the motive, the place, and the method.
This immersive experience is perfect for readers unable to devote blocks of time to a book without interruption. The word searches enhance the message from the attached chapters.
Murder Among the Cornstalks offers an interactive murder mystery set in a small community.
 
Jody Chaffin writes cozy mysteries for readers who like to do more than turn the page, pairing small-town whodunits with word-search puzzles you solve right alongside the characters. When he isn’t hiding a secret in a grid, he’s building software or out playing sports. He lives in Missouri.
His debut series, The Larkspur Hollow Garden Club Mysteries, follows a tight-knit Vermont garden club through small-town secrets with every solution hidden in the puzzle pages for readers to find.
