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Puzzle Lady Mysteries

A Cozy Mystery Series by Parnell Hall

A Clue for the Puzzle Lady is the first book of the Puzzle Lady Mysteries series

FIRST PUBLISHED 1999

NUMBER OF BOOKS 18 books

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Crossword-driven cozy murders with puzzles baked into the case
Snarky amateur sleuths faking competence and somehow outsmarting everyone
Small-town family secrets fueling comic chaos and whodunits

Book Series In Order

A Clue for the Puzzle Lady

1

A Clue for the Puzzle Lady

Last Puzzle & Testament

2

Last Puzzle & Testament

Puzzled to Death

3

Puzzled to Death

A Puzzle in a Pear Tree

4

A Puzzle in a Pear Tree

With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill

5

With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill

And a Puzzle to Die On

6

And a Puzzle to Die On

You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled

7

You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled

The Sudoku Puzzle Murders

8

The Sudoku Puzzle Murders

Dead Man's Puzzle

9

Dead Man's Puzzle

The Puzzle Lady vs. the Sudoku Lady

10

The Puzzle Lady vs. the Sudoku Lady

The KenKen Killings

11

The KenKen Killings

$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles

12

$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles

Arsenic and Old Puzzles

13

Arsenic and Old Puzzles

NYPD Puzzle

14

NYPD Puzzle

Puzzled Indemnity

15

Puzzled Indemnity

Presumed Puzzled

16

Presumed Puzzled

A Puzzle to Be Named Later

17

A Puzzle to Be Named Later

The Purloined Puzzle

18

The Purloined Puzzle

Companion Books

Lights! Camera! Puzzles!

Lights! Camera! Puzzles!

Lethal Luncheon

Lethal Luncheon

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