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St. Martin's Minotaur,
February,2010,
ISBN13:978-0312612184, $24.99/US
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The Battle of the Century!
It should have been fun when the Sudoku Lady showed up in Bakerhaven to challenge the Puzzle Lady, whose books had just edged hers off the Japanese Best Seller List. Fat chance. Before the two women can lock horns, a killer strikes, Minami is arrested, and Cora finds herself in the unhappy position of having to save her rival, whom she inadvertantly framed for the murder.
Sudoku puzzles by Will Shortz!
Crosswords by Manny Nosowsky!
"The combination of engaging characters and plenty of sudoku puzzles to solve are the draw here, but fans of the Puzzle Lady series will also be pleased to catch up with the personal lives of Cora and her newlywed niece, Sherry." - Booklist
"Cora will have to pull off a tricky denoument in front of a judge in order to reveal the true killer. Cora is always good value, especially for puzzle fans who delight in the requisite crosswords and sudokus." - Kirkus
"Amusing!"- Publishers Weekly
"Groucho Marx meets Jessica Fletcher!" - Romantic Times
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Pegasus Books,
July 2010,
ISBN 9781605981048 , $25.00/US
Stanley's back!
After working for a Hitman, Stanley needed a break, so the sexy young mother who wanted to find out why her teenage daughter was skipping school seemed like just what the doctor ordered. Piece of cake, right? I'll give you a hint. The book's called Caper.
“(Caper) is typical of the series: charming, funny and cleverly plotted. Stanley is the living embodiment of the old Rodney Dangerfield punch line: "I don't get no respect." His boss thinks he's a goof, his wife disregards him, and hisNYPD connection addresses him as a "moron." Readers just root for him. Engaging reading.. - Booklist
"What Mr. Hall does to the private eye formula is very funny, but it is not frivolous. His puzzles, for all their manic nonsense, are fiendish constructions of sound logic." - New York Times
"Like Agatha Christie ... Hall knows how to plant clues and red herrings. Only he's a lot funnier." - Denver Post & Rocky Mountain News
"First-class fun from start to finish." - Booklist