I would like to find a children’s book from the 1970’s, I presume. It was a smaller hardcover (I swear a red cover).
It was a collection of a few “help solve the mystery” stories in which every time you turned a page, it followed with a super intricate, detailed black & white drawing in which you looked for a clue…usually from the previous pages’ words.
A sort of “Where’s Waldo” style art – black and white.
I wish I had more to go on. It was in my elementary school library in NY 1977-1980-ish.
Please help!
I think the book you are after is one of the “Black Hand Gang” books by Hans Jurgen.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5620711.Hans_J_rgen_Press
In my searches to try to find the books (I’d forgotten the title) I found that someone has made all the books into an interactive game (using the original text and art, according to the details). I haven’t tried it but it may be of interest!
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1743