The Detective’s Collection of Mysteries, Puzzles & Riddles

Tarun Asthaniya is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Harish Kumar, Tarun’s wife Himanshi Asthaniya and his business partner Mr. Jason Negi . All three visited Tarun on the day of his murder, but all three provide the police with the stories […]

Old Mr. Rakesh was found dead in his bedroom by young Manish.Manish recounted his dismal discovery to FBI detective Donald, who happened to be around the scene.‘I was walking by Mr. Rakesh’s house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his bedroom light was on and I decided to

A girl, at the funeral of her mother, met a guy whom she did not know. She fell for him and just kept looking at him. Sometime later, she realized that the guy had gone and she forgot to take the number of the guy and now she couldn’t find him. A few days later,

Sherlock Holmes reviewed the information he had as regards the case so far.A lady named ‘Himanshi’ was found shot dead and he already had a list of suspects—Ankit, Tarun, Harish, Manoj and Manish.The killer is a fan of Sherlock and challenges him by leaving notes at various places. The first was found in a toilet

One evening, there was a murder in the home of a married couple, their son and daughter. One of these four people murdered one of the others. One of the members of the family witnessed the crime.The other one helped the murderer.These are the things we know for sure:1. The witness and the one who

It was a dark stormy night and a couple were in a car racing madly through a foreign city. The car broke down and the husband had to go and get help from someone who spoke his language. He was afraid to leave his wife alone in the car so he pulled up the windows

Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don’t know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker.

On a dark night, Harish and Priyanka were sitting together. Harish was watching a movie while his wife Priyanka was reading a mystery book. Suddenly, the power went out and Harish decided to go to bed, but strangely Priyanka kept on reading.There was no artificial light around; Priyanka kept on reading.How come? SolutionPriyanka was blind

The British police inspects a room where there is no windows, no doors, no tables and is almost empty expect there is just a puddle of water. They found a dead woman who obviously hanged herself from the ceiling, but they are not able to figure out how this had happened.Sherlock and John Watson entered

According to an old story, once there was a father and his three loving sons. One day, he met with a serious accident; Death approached to take the father. The oldest son asked Death to allow his father to live for some more years. Death was kind and agreed. After two years Death returns to

There is so small cabin inside a deep forest.The whole forest is burnt out to the worst possible but the inside of the cabin is still the same.However, all the persons inside the cabin die. SolutionSmoke inhalation.

Sherlock breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair and has a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on the table. On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message: ‘I have committed sins in

Eve admitted to hospital was on life-support system. Adam had just visited her and was moving down the elevator when it stopped suddenly. The elevator stopped and the remorse on his face was clear. He knew Eve had died.How did he know ? SolutionEve admitted to hospital was on life-support systems. Adam had just visited

You are living at you place alone. You own a shed which has been locked. The lock that has been placed on the door can be closed without a key but needs the key to be opened. You collected some old stuff and decided to keep it in the shed. After keeping the things, you

You have come to know that riddles and brain teasers are a great way to get a good laugh, or maybe to challenge a friend. You may even like to challenge yourself with these riddles. But do you know that thousands of years ago, people just like you were interested in a good riddle or