Analog Mode

A book designed to be written in, carried around and actually used — and a better thing to reach for than your phone.

Analog Mode is split into seven modes. Quick Mode has two-, five- and ten-minute challenges. Brain Mode brings logic, deduction, wordplay and ciphers. Mystery Mode is a run of eight connected cases from the strange little town of Briar Hollow. Maker Mode sets drawing and writing challenges with unusual rules, Two-Player Mode has classic strategy games, and Field Mode sends you out of the chair on real-world missions.

Then there's The Long Game. Twelve activities in the book are marked, and each one reveals a letter. Collect all twelve to unlock the final mystery — and find out why a small-town radio station has broadcast an hour of silence every night since 1961.