Perfect your puzzle-solving skills and boost your brain power at the same time!

Always wanted to solve Sudoku? Think you're up for the challenge of cryptograms? This puzzle-packed guide is bursting with fun exercises that will give you hours of enjoyment as well as a great mental workout! From riddles to word searches to crosswords, you'll find savvy strategies for solving even the trickiest of puzzles.

• Prepare your puzzle strategies — get to know the different types of puzzles and the best ways to solve them

• Learn the importance of mental exercise — see how (and why) to improve your cognitive fitness through puzzle-solving

• Jump into the game — solve crosswords, tackle word searches and scrambles, take on Sudoku, figure out logic puzzles, and more

• Master various difficulty levels — work your way through the easy puzzles first, then move to the tricky, tough, and truly treacherous!

• Understand the answers — see how each puzzle is solved (but try to resist peeking!)

Open the book and find:

• Crosswords

• Word searches

• Word scrambles

• Cryptograms

• Sudoku

• Riddles

• Logic puzzles

• Tips for keeping your mind sharp

• Information on other fun games and puzzles to try