The Purloined Puzzle
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 389 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
When 16-year-old Peggy Dawson approaches Cora with a crossword puzzle that the girl thinks is important to solve, Cora foists her off on Harvey Beerbaum, a crossword expert. After the puzzle disappears, Harvey refers Peggy to police chief Dale Harper. Naturally, the puzzle, when found, connects to a murder-that of stabbing victim Fred Winkler-as does a bloody knife found by Peggy's brother, Johnny, in his room. The police settle on Johnny as a suspect in Winkler's death, but then find an even better one: Cora's ex-husband, Melvin Crabtree, whose planned tell-all book, Confessions of a Trophy Husband: My Life with the Puzzle Lady, threatens Cora's secret-that she's the public face for the crossword puzzles created by her niece Sherry Grant. A barrage of insults, put-downs, confusions, and double entendres will keep fans of light humorous mysteries happily turning the pages.
Series: Hall, Parnell. Puzzle Lady mystery.
Subjects:
Felton, Cora (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Crossword puzzle makers -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Women detectives -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Felton, Cora (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Crossword puzzle makers -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Women detectives -- Fiction.
Large type books.
ISBN:
9781432853952
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LPM Hall | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Mystery | In |