A mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in code.

My Secret Santa was one of the best SS I have ever seen. My SS was fun, inventive and very generous!

Back story: One day I received an anonymous message that was all jumbled up. I couldn't make heads or tails of it. I responded and was given a hint...it was a cipher and I needed to do some work to decode it. I did it and discovered the message. It was fun and piqued my interest. I was getting excited but would follow the directions I was given.

Another coded message came and I jumped to decode it. I was having a blast trying to first figure out the code then discover how it related to the gift. I had some hypotheses, but would have to wait to see if detective skills were up to the level of my Secret Santa's ingenuity.

Finally, the gifts started arriving. I got 2 of the three packages but had to wait for all three, according to the code. Package number 3 arrived and I could not wait to see what they mystery was. I opened all three and received 3 Artemis Fowl Books (One box had the hard and soft cover of the same book, the duplication error mentioned in the cipher). I was excited! This was a series that was on my list of ones to read but just haven't gotten around to yet.

Guess what just moved up to be next on my list???? I can't wait to apply my newly found detective skills as I read these books!

Thank you Secret Santa for being so fun, inventive, and thoughtful! I hope your exchange was just as fun and exciting as you made mine!