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When nerdy cruciverbalist Harvey Beerbaum throws a birthday bash for Cora Felton at the Bakerhaven Library, it's no surprise that the centerpiece, a huge cake decorated like a crossword puzzle, is a complete bust--until a corpse thrown from the second floor stacks hits it dead center and fills in 14 down. Cora may hate birthdays almost as much as she hates crossword puzzles--but when it comes to solving crimes, no one can hold a candle to the Puzzle Lady.Tags
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Cora Felton is hooked into a complex case before she knows it. I'm not sure even I understand the ending although she spends 2.5 pages attempting to explain it to me. I was hoping I would like this series, but this book didn't do it for me. The character seems to be a crotchty version of Jessica Fletcher.
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Parnell Hall is a part-time actor, a former private detective, singer/songwriter, and full-time writer of novels and screenplays. He writes the Stanley Hastings Mystery series, the Steve Winslow courtroom drama series, and the Puzzle Lady Mystery series. He also writes under the pseudonym J. P. Hailey. He wrote the screenplay to the 1984 movie show more C.H.U.D. Hall co-authored New York Times bestseller Smooth Operator with Stuart Woods. (Bowker Author Biography) Parnell Hall has been nominated for the Edgar, the Shamus, and the Lefty Awards for his mysteries. Bantam will publish his third Puzzle Lady mystery, Puzzled to Death, in Fall 2001. He lives in New York City. (Publisher Provided) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- And a Puzzle to Die On
- Original publication date
- 2004
- People/Characters
- Cora Felton; Sherry Carter; Harvey Beerbaum; Daryl Daigue; Anita Dryer; Becky Baldwin (Rebecca) (show all 7); Ricky Gleason
- Important places
- Bakerhaven, Connecticut, USA (fictitious town); Connecticut, USA; Danbury, Connecticut, USA
- Dedication
- For Will,
who knew who to ask - First words
- "Is it a milestone?" Iris Cooper asked.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Cora chuckled. "You know something? This is turning out to be the best birthday I ever had!"
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- Members
- 164
- Popularity
- 197,790
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.45)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 3
