There are a number of books on a shelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?

Detective John was investigating a murder in China.
It was a difficult case, and John was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence Plates.
Detective John thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle, immediately arrested the guilty man.

Q1) How did John know the advert was a clue for him?

Q2) Solve the code and tell me who John arrested.

This is the newspaper advert (Car licence plates for sale) that Detective John saw.

Plates For Sale;

[W 05 NWO]
[H 13 HSR]
[O 05 EBM]
[D 08 UNE]
[U 10 HTY]
[N 04 BRE]
[N 16 TTE]
[I 26 LHC]
[T 10 AEE]
[I 26 CNA]
[X 22 VDA]

What does this below rebus puzzle mean?

How can you tell a raw egg from a hard-boiled egg?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

I have a hole in my back and legs I lack.
I live where I can’t breathe and I eat without teeth.
What am I?

You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer and a five-minute timer, how can you boil the egg for only two minutes?

Many have heard it, but nobody has ever seen it, and it will not speak back until spoken to. What is it?

Replace the question mark with the correct number in the below-given picture?

If,
29 - 1 = 30
9 - 1 = 10
14 - 1 = 15

Based on similar logic, Can you prove that the below algebraic equation is true?
11 - 1 = 10 ?