A Puzzle to Be Named Later
A Puzzle Lady Mystery
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author Parnell Hall comes A Puzzle to be Named Later
“If sweet-looking, gray-haired Miss Marple cursed, smoked, and carried a gun in her purse, she’d be a ringer for Cora Felton.”—Booklist
The Puzzle Lady couldn’t be happier. Matt Greystone, the rookie sensation who just signed a huge contract with the Yankees after coming to the team as the player to be named later in a trade with the Diamondbacks, winning seventeen games as a starting pitcher, was coming to town to rehab from an arm injury. A diehard Yankee fan, Cora was delighted when Matt invited her to a weekend pool party.
On the plus side, she got to meet Derek Jeter.
On the minus side, she had to solve a puzzle (that was also named later), and a couple of the guests got killed.
Solving murders is right up the Puzzle Lady’s alley. Unfortunately, someone has broken into the house of a local psychiatrist and rifled her patient files, and Chief Harper wants Cora to solve that, too.
Cora already knows who broke into the house.
She did!
INCLUDES CROSSWORDS AND A SUDOKU BY WILL SHORTZ THAT HELP YOU SOLVE THE MYSTERY
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Hall's diverting 18th Puzzle Lady mystery (after 2016's Presumed Puzzled), Cora Felton, who secretly writes a puzzle column for her niece, is thrilled to learn that the New York Yankees' newest pitching sensation, Matt Greystone, has chosen her hometown of Bakerhaven, Conn., as the place to recuperate from an auto accident. At a party Matt hosts shortly after he and his wife, Jackie, move to a house in Bakerhaven, Jackie discovers a gossip columnist's corpse in the sauna. Cora, who's a guest, soon takes over much of the subsequent investigation from police chief Dale Harper, and she redoubles her efforts after the murder of the town's resident medium. Cora shrewdly questions everyone involved and, as usual, finds crime clues in crossword puzzles. Hall performs a sort of magic, conjuring a reasonable resolution out of the constant wash of seemingly inconsequential chatter. Series fans will enjoy solving four puzzles one Sudoku and three crosswords right along with Cora.
Customer Reviews
Fun, Fast Read
A fun, fast read, A PUZZLE TO BE NAMED LATER features an intrepid heroine, an amusing cast of supporting characters, and a couple crossword and sudoku puzzles for those who enjoy solving them. Witty banter makes up the bulk of this book, and the dialogue between the characters can be laugh-out-loud funny. Those who appreciate a light, humorous mystery will find themselves entertained throughout this one.
Disclosure: I won a free copy of this book in a giveaway.