How to Solve a Rill in a Book

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Millions of copies had been sold and worldwide. Kit Williams was adamant that a child could solve my riddle, a ten-year-old could solve it. So this was something that families were pouring over together. The clue tipped off two physics teachers from Manchester. They knew to go to the cross-shaped monument to Catherine of Aragon in Amptel Park on the equinox. And finally, they cracked the puzzle.

The story of a cryptic children’s book, a real-life treasure hunt, and its very mysterious winner: “He refused to be on camera. It’s just his voice. His wife even asks that they disguise his voice, but she asks too late. The interview is already happening. And she faints.”

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