Last Puzzle & Testament
by Hall, Parnell
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553581430
- ISBN 13
- 9780553581430
- Seller
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Georgetown, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books. Very Good. 2001. 1st Bantam Mass Market Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Spine creasing. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 1.11 x 6.94 x 4.24 Inches. 400 pages. A Puzzle Lady Mystery, No. 2. Wealthy widow Emma Hurley died with only her servants at her side but after she passes away, her greedy heirs crawl out of the woodwork to stake a claim in Emmas fortune. To their surprise, Emma was not content to leave behind a simple will. Instead, her final testament includes a clever puzzle ... one to be given only to her living heirs.The first one to solve the puzzle will inherit Emmas entire estate; everyone else will be left with a pittance. The will also stipulates that Cora Felton local celebrity and famed author of a popular syndicated crossword puzzle column must referee the contest.Unfortunately, its Coras niece, Sherry Carter, who is the brains behind Coras Puzzle Lady persona. And its up to Sherry to unravel the bizarre riddle Emma Hurley engineered before her death. For soon its plain that Emmas game is one without a clear winner ... and that the players could lose far more than they ever imagined! .
Synopsis
Parnell Hall is the author of the critically acclaimed Stanley Hastings mystery novels and the Steve Winslow courtroom dramas, and has been nominated for the Edgar, the Shamus, and the Lefty Awards. His first Puzzle Lady mystery was A Clue for the Puzzle Lady , and he is currently at work devising his third, Puzzled to Death . He lives in New York City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Storbeck's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 602216
- Title
- Last Puzzle & Testament
- Author
- Hall, Parnell
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Bantam Mass Market Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553581430
- ISBN 13
- 9780553581430
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- FICTION, MYSTERY DETECTIVE, WOMEN SLEUTHS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Mystery/Detective-MassMarketPB / Women Sleuths;
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