Showing posts with label Parnell Hall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parnell Hall. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Lights! Camera! Puzzles! by Parnell Hall

Lights! Camera! Puzzles!: A Puzzle Lady MysteryThe Puzzle Lady's ex-husband has written a (mostly fictitious) tell-all about their marriage. The book has wrecked her image as everyone's grandma and the lucrative promotions have dried up. So Cora has made a deal with the devil and is a producer on the film the book is being turned into
 She's not happy to begin with and then the body of a staff member is found. And  then there's another.
I hadn't read this series in a while but I am glad to see that Cora has branched out and it made sense for her to find a body in a new place.

Four Stars
This book came out April 2nd
ARC kindly provided by publisher and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Presumed Puzzled by Parnell Hall

Huh. I thought I had been keeping up on the Puzzle Lady books but my library is lagging seriously behind. When I got this ARC, I was surprised to see how much time had passed. But that didn't affect my enjoyment of the book.
Presumed Puzzled by Parnell HallBecky , the local lawyer is having trouble finding a client so she asks Cora for help. When Cora finally finds a client, it doesn't go well. Paula Martindale is found over her husband's dead body with a knife in her hand. And she doesn't want to let Becky do her job. The problem with this case is that the more they clear Paula's name, the more it seems that Cora may be the killer.
A serviceable Puzzle Lady mystery. It certainly follows the formula of previous books in the series. Would you have to have read all the other books in the series? No. In fact, it probably helps to have a fresh eye.

Three stars
Comes out January 19, 2016