Parnell Hall

Perplexed by a crossword puzzle clue found on the body of a murdered teenage girl, police chief Dale Harper recruits the town's famed "Puzzle Lady," the eccentric author of a weekly syndicated crossword puzzle column.

A Clue for the Puzzle Lady

Stuart Woods

In this exhilarating adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Teddy Fay races to stop a scheme of extortion and a hostile takeover. Ever a man of mystery and intrigue, Teddy Fay has donned a new disguise--that of Mark Weldon, a stuntman and actor starring in Centurion Studios' newest film. When the picture's leading lady begins receiving blackmail threats, Teddy is in the perfect position to investigate, and it soon becomes clear that the villains have more in their sights than just money. Money they've got. What they need is prestige, the cache of a respected studio to lend authority and legitimacy to their artistic endeavors . . . and a little bit of vengeance in the bargain. From the seedy hidden corners of Los Angeles to the glamorous Hollywood Hills, it will take every ounce of Teddy's cunning to save an actress's career, protect the studio, and finish filming Centurion's next big hit.

The Money Shot

Teddy Fay returns to his roots in espionage, in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. When Teddy Fay receives a freelance assignment from a gentleman he can't refuse, he jets off to Paris on the hunt for a treasonous criminal. But as Teddy unearths more information that just doesn't seem to connect, his straightforward mission becomes far bigger--and stranger--than he could imagine. The trail of bread crumbs leads to secrets hidden within secrets, evildoers trading in money and power, and a global threat on an unprecedented scale. Under the beautiful veneer of the City of Lights, true villainy lurks in the shadows...and Teddy Fay alone can prevent the impending disaster.

Skin Game

Hoping to escape a lonely winter by investigating a woman's suspicions that her husband is trying to kill her, Cora Felton discovers that the man is having an affair before having to prove her client's innocence in his subsequent murder. Includes six crosswords and a sudoku puzzle by Will Shortz.

A Puzzle Lady Mystery

Puzzled Indemnity

Emma Hurley's will has her greedy relatives climbing the walls when they learn the bulk of the old woman's fortune will go to the first one of her would-be heirs who can solve an elaborate puzzle. By the author of A Clue for the Puzzle Lady. Reprint.

Last Puzzle & Testament

Teddy Fay returns to his roots in espionage in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods. When Teddy Fay receives a freelance assignment from a gentleman he can't refuse, he jets off to Paris on the hunt for a treasonous criminal. But as Teddy unearths more information that just doesn't seem to connect, his straightforward mission becomes far bigger--and stranger--than he could imagine. The trail of breadcrumbs leads to secrets hidden within secrets, evildoers trading in money and power, and a global threat on an unprecedented scale. Under the beautiful veneer of the City of Lights, true villainy lurks in the shadows . . . and Teddy Fay alone can prevent the impending disaster.

"Includes crosswords and sudoku puzzles by Will Shortz that help you solve the mystery"--Jacket.

Presumed Puzzled

Descending upon the Big Apple, Puzzle Lady Cora Felton goes up against a gruff NYPD homicide sergeant who needs some convincing that she is not a murderer as a twisted killer leaves crossword puzzle clues throughout the city that never sleeps. 15,000 first printing.

NYPD Puzzle

The Puzzle Lady just can’t stay out of trouble. When the late Chester T. Markowitz, a man she never met, leaves $10,000 to his beloved wife, Cora Felton, the Puzzle Lady can’t help cashing the check. Quicker than you can say legal proceedings, Cora’s least favorite ex-husband, Melvin, shows up in Bakerhaven with an attorney and a young bimbo, demanding that her alimony be terminated on the grounds she remarried. When a key witness in the alimony hearing gets murdered, a KenKen puzzle is left at the scene of the crime. Is someone trying to tell Cora something? Before she can find out, she runs into more murders, more puzzles (both KenKen and crossword) and a murder weapon that seems to point to Melvin as the killer! At least it might have, if Cora hadn’t suppressed it. Does the Puzzle Lady still have feelings for the scoundrel she once married? Don’t ask. She might kill you! This twelfth in the Puzzle Lady series is sure to please fans, and make some new ones.

The KenKen Killings

Stumbling over a murder scene while making a blackmail payment for a young attorney, Cora Felton's efforts to solve the crime put her in the path of a psychological killer who would target her niece and her niece's new baby. By the Edgar- and Shamus Award-nominated author of The KenKen Killings.

$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles

Sherry is off on her honeymoon when Chief Harper comes to Cora Felton, asking her to solve a crossword puzzle found on the body of Old Man Overmeyer. Small problem. Cora is the Milli Vanilli of cruciverbalists. Her niece, Sherry, writes the crossword puzzle column for her. Cora pokes into Overmeyer’s death, hoping to prove he died of natural causes. She learns the cranky hermit was the sole surviving member of a forty-year-old stock pooling agreement, and before she can say “capital gain,” the town is full of heirs. Complicating things is Sherry’s ex-husband, Dennis, who is playing detective in the hopes of impressing his ex-wife. With Sherry out of town, her restraining order against him is moot, and he is taking full advantage of the fact. Parnell Hall delivers another stellar, puzzle-packed entry in this entertaining series.

Dead Man's Puzzle

After she accidentally frames her nemesis--Minami, the Sudoku Lady--for a murder at which a Sudoku puzzle was left at the scene, Cora Felton must clear her rival's name and trap the real killer, in a mystery that includes four Sudoku puzzles and two crossword puzzles.

The Puzzle Lady Vs. The Sudoku Lady

Hired to write a book on sudoku, Cora Felton, the Puzzle Lady, is baffled by the arrival in Bakerhaven of two rival Japanese publishers who are vying for her services, a situation that becomes increasingly complicated by the lengths to which the men--and archenemies--will go to beat each other, machinations that result in murder, in a mystery complemented by sudoku and crossword puzzles. 15,000 first printing.

The Sudoku Puzzle Murders

Cora Felton, the Puzzle Lady, is stunned when Benny Southstreet, a two-bit gambler, accuses her of stealing a crossword puzzle, a case that is further complicated when her own attorney files a plagiarism suit against her and the police arrest her for murder. 20,000 first printing.

You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled

Puzzle Lady Cora Felton is confronted by a stalker who is using her own crossword column to follow her every move, a situation complicated by her niece Sherry's domestic crisis involving her ex-husband and new bride, as she races against time to unmask a killer. Reprint.

Stalking the Puzzle Lady

When her hometown of Bakerhaven, Connecticut, decides to host a charity crossword puzzle tournament, Cora Felton, "the Puzzle Lady," is reluctant to become involved, until the mysterious death of one of the celebrity contestants forces Cora into the role of amateur sleuth to find the killer. Reprint.

Puzzled to Death

With Christmas just around the corner, Puzzle Lady Cora Felton feels no holiday cheer thanks to her role as one of the Eight Maids A-Milking in the local holiday pageant and the murder of an actress in front of an entire audience.

A Puzzle in a Pear Tree

A fourth installment of the popular puzzle mystery series finds Cora Felton contemplating wedded bliss once again when she is courted by distinguished widower Raymond Harstein III, a relationship that is overshadowed by the arrival of cautionary cryptograms in the mail. Reprint.

With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill

Cruciverbalist Harvey Beerbaum's birthday party for Puzzle Lady Cora Felton at the Bakerhaven Library leads to murder when a corpse is thrown from the seond floor stack and lands in the middle of a huge cake decorated like a crossword puzzle, in a new mystery featuring five original crosswords. Reprint.

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