Parnell Hall
Parnell Hall (1944-2020) was an American mystery writer known for the Puzzle Lady crossword puzzle mysteries, Stanley Hastings private eye novels, Steve Winslow courtroom thrillers under the pen name J.P. Hailey, and co-authoring the Teddy Fay series with Stuart Woods. Before writing, he worked as an actor, screenwriter, singer/songwriter, and private investigator, and he wrote the screenplay for the 1984 film C.H.U.D. He received a Shamus Award, Edgar and Lefty nominations, and a 2019 Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mystery
Crime
Puzzle
Cozy (Beeler Large Print Mystery Series)
Safari: Library Edition
Stakeout (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery Series)
The Kenken Killings
Last Puzzle & Testament (Puzzle Lady Mysteries Book 2)
Arsenic and Old Puzzles: A Puzzle Lady Mystery (Puzzle Lady Mysteries)
Puzzled Indemnity: A Puzzle Lady Mystery (Puzzle Lady Mysteries (eBook))
The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles: A Puzzle Lady Mystery (Puzzle Lady Mysteries Book 13)
Arsenic and Old Puzzles: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
Safari: A Stanley Hastings Mystery
You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled (Puzzle Lady Mysteries)
NYPD Puzzle: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
The KenKen Killings: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
Scam (Stanley Hastings Mystery Book 12)
Puzzled Indemnity: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
Stakeout: A Stanley Hastings Mystery
A Fool for a Client: A Stanley Hastings Mystery
The KenKen Killings: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
Caper: A Stanley Hastings Mystery
Cozy: A Stanley Hastings Mystery
$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
And a Puzzle to Die On: A Puzzle Lady Mystery
Dead Man's Puzzle: A Puzzle Lady Mystery