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Vic SHUN’s Bell Book and Candle emporium long ago ceased to sell ringing instruments and wax lights but still does a reasonable trade in reading material. This morning, the “just published” shelf contains six (6) new tomes by new authors. From the clues can you name the author of each book on the shelf and give its title and genre? Books A-F are left-to-right on the shelf.
1 – Ulysses a new biography of the US general and President Ulysses S GRANT is immediately next to the book by young author Carol LEWIS.
2 – Book B on the shelf, by first-time author Dick CHARLESTON is not a romantic novel.
3 – Kidnapped is to the immediate left of the self-help book.
4 – Austin JAYNE’s novel is not book F.
5 – Book A is a crime novel but book E, Hard Times is not a novel.
6 – Steven ROBERTSON’s book Heart of Midlothian is to the immediate right of Joyce JAMES’ adventure novel.
7 – Hunting the Shark is not next to Kidnapped.
Note: Generate a 18 by 18 matrix to aid you in your solutions: Shelf Positions A-F for rows 1-6; Genre for rows 7-12, Book Titles for rows 13-18; - Authors for columns 1-6; Book Titles for columns 7-12, Genre for columns 13-18.
Position Author Book Title Genre
A ____(A) _____(G) ___(P)
B ____(B) _____(H) ___(R)
C ____(C) _____(J) ___(S)
D ____(D) _____(K) ___(T)
E ____(E) _____(L) ___(V)
F ____(F) _____(M) ___(X)
Cache Coordinates GF AK.KAE north RKA XK.HFT west
Heart of Midlothian = 0, self-help = 1, Carol LEWIS = 2, Kidnapped = 3, Austen JAYNE = 4, biography = 5, Joyce JAMES = 6, Persuasion = 7, romance = 8, Scot WALTER = 9, Ulysses = ?, Hunting the Shark = ?, Hard Times = ?, Dick CHARLESTON = ?, Steven ROBERTSON = ?, crime = ?, history = ? adventure = ?
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