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Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
There's one corpse too many in this ingenious mystery featuring husband-and-wife sleuth duo PI Rosco Polycrates and crossword editor Belle Graham The residents of the bucolic Massachusetts hamlet are up in arms. A developer has bought the sprawling Quigley homestead, and his construction crew is causing a ruckus digging up the land. The noise stops abruptly when a female skeleton is found buried in the garden. Hired to find out who killed Jane Doe-and...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Nero Blanc's bestselling mystery series continues in a holiday tale featuring Belle Graham, Rosco Polycrates, and dessert recipes with ingredients that are clues to the crossword puzzles The Holiday Decoration Competition is in full swing at Newcastle's historic Paul Revere Inn. As the rivalry heats up, crossword editor Belle Graham unearths an abandoned treasure: a book of dessert recipes written in the form of crosswords handed down from mother...
23) Maze of worlds
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
The warrior, Spencer Gill, who understands machines with his senses, including taste and smell, leads Earth's defenses against an alien invasion. The aliens need Earth as a breeding ground.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
What's an eight-letter word for killjoy? Find out in this devilishly clever crossword mystery featuring husband-and-wife sleuth team Belle Graham and Rosco Polycrates Belle Graham hears it first from the gossip columnist for the Evening Crier, where Belle is resident crossword editor. Fire has destroyed one of the stables at King Wenstarin Farms, the multimillion-dollar corporation owned by the notorious Collins clan, and the barn manager lies...
Author
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Murder moves into the neighborhood in this witty and suspenseful crossword mystery featuring husband-and-wife sleuth team Belle Graham and Rosco Polycrates Belle Graham and her canine bodyguards, Kit and Gabby, are enjoying their daily outing in the local dog park with new friends Karen Tacete, her daughter Lily, and their dog Bear. But Karen's picture-perfect life shatters when her husband, Dan, fails to return home. He's barely been declared officially...
Author
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Santa comes to town, but crossword editor Belle Graham and her PI husband, Rosco Polycrates, may find this holiday more naughty than nice With Christmas approaching, Belle Graham and her husband, Rosco Polycrates, are getting into the holiday spirit. While Belle does her part creating a Noel crossword contest, Rosco dons red suit and snowy beard to collect toys for the town's annual children's drive. But his good will starts to dim when he and two...
32) Lucky scramble
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Tyler Goodman faces off against other competitive cubers at the Speed Cubing National Championships"--
33) Puzzlehead
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Puzzlehead and his friends go exploring to find out where they fit in, but Puzzlehead has a hard time figuring out where he belongs.
34) Puzzleheart
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When nonbinary twelve-year-old Perigee tries to reunite their dad with his estranged mother, they end up facing off against their grandmother's mysterious sentient "puzzle house," which has a dangerous agenda all its own.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The engines are filled with wonder at the fantastical new sights and sounds on Sodor. Volcanoes sizzle and dinosaurs roar as the engines help the Earl with a special surprise. Marion experiences some dino daydreams, as Bill and Ben send Timothy on an expedition for a rainbow-colored car. Samson discovers his slip-ups cause confusion and delay, while Emily marvels at her giant and worldly Special.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Ho Ho Ho! Thomas is full steam ahead as a Really Useful Reindeer, saving the day by guiding Santa's sleigh straight to the Sodor Christmas celebration! When snowfall transforms the island of Sodor into a winter wonderland, Thomas discovers that being safe is the best route to holiday fun. Percy makes everyone's Christmas wishes come true and Gordon discovers his friends' special skills are the gifts that keep on giving, all year long!"--Container....
37) Cain's jawbone
Author
Publisher
Unbound
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations...but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery? In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written. The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible--through logic and intelligent...
38) Gretchen
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The new tenants have a terrible secret. So do the landlord and his daughter ... Ever since Lucy was two, she's been on the run alongside her mother. She's never understood the reason for a lifetime of paranoia, aliases, and lies. All she understands are the rules: never lock eyes with strangers, never let down your guard, and always be ready to move on. Finally, after thirteen years and eleven states, their next hideaway seems perfect. An isolated,...
Author
Series
Publisher
OPUS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"PhDeath" is a fast-paced thriller set in a major university in a major city on a square. The faculty finds itself in deadly intellectual combat with the anonymous Puzzler. Along with teams of U.S. Military Intelligence and the city's top detective and aided by the Puzzle Master of The New York Times, their collective brains are no match for the Puzzler's perverse talents.--
In a major university in a major city, the faculty finds itself in deadly...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to bleed to death. When medical treatment only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins...
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