It would not be a Puzzle Lady Mystery unless Cora Felton gets herself into a most outrageous situation. And in this latest entry in the series, she outdoes herself. It begins when her attorney, Becky Baldwin, asks Cora to accompany her to meet a new client in his bachelor apartment in New York City. When they get there, they find a body on the floor, shot and killed.Cora checks out the rest of the apartment and finds a stocking-masked perpetrator in the bedroom. She pulls out her gun and tells him to freeze. Instead he jumps out a window and she fires at him, missing. And when the cops arrive, of course she is found holding the proverbial smoking gun. Cora is arrested, but is released when Becky points out that a comparison of Cora’s gun and the slug in the victim wouldn’t match. Meanwhile, a crossword puzzle left on the corpse provides the first clue.That is the beginning of a series of crossword and sudoku puzzles spanning the novel, leaving clues of a sort along he way. A Puzzle Lady Mystery is always good for an amusing read, as well as for an intriguing plot. Cora’s wacky dialogue and behavior certainly adds to the zest of each story. And “NYPD Puzzle” keeps up the reputation of the series. Recommended. Becky Baldwin hires Cora as a guard when she gets a request for an interview in NYC. But when they arrive there is a body and Cora confronts a burglar and takes a shot. NYPD come and arrest Cora and Becky. They taken to the station where they meet Sgt. Crowley. He doesnt know what to make of Cora or Becky. Cora gets released to go home where the sheriff is trying to figure why the town hall was burglarized. Then enter corpse #2 and Cora thinks it is connected to the NYmurder as there is puzzle and sudoku. No valid suspects just the killer. It has twist that are unexpected but a good story. It keeps you guessing.
What do You think about NYPD Puzzle (2014)?
Humorous but convoluted. Overly long. Added more sex than usual for a Parnell Hall novel.
—marriah91
Quick read. Keeps you guessing until the end.
—arnav
