When colorful crossword editor Thompson C. Briephs turns up dead under mysterious circumstances, private detective Rosco Polycrates joins forces with a beautiful crossword editor from the victim's rival newspaper to find the killer before he or she strikes again, in an entertaining mystery accompanied by six crossword puzzles. Original.

The Crossword Murder (Prime Crime)

Literature & Fiction

Blanc, Nero

United States

Berkley Trade

In this brain-teasing follow-up to the smash-hit debut, The Crossword Murder, P.I. Rosco Polycrates returns to discover that--up, down, or across--S.O.S. spells danger...
When a famous Hollywood actress and her friend set sail off the coast of Nantucket Island--and never return, it sounds like foul play to P.I. Rosco Polycrates and his paramour/crossword editor Belle Graham. They are sharpening their pencils and their minds to solve this case. But the truth is not so easily spelled out, and it will take all their sleuthing skills to fill in the missing blanks.
Praise for Nero Blanc's The Crossword Murder:
"A puzzle lover's delight...a touch of suspense, a pinch of romance, and a whole lot of clever word clues...sure to appeal to crossword addicts and cozy lovers alike. What's a three-letter word for this book? F-U-N." --Earlene Fowler
"Evoe! At last puzzle fans have their revenge...super sleuthing and solving for puzzle lovers and mystery fans." --Charles Preston, Puzzle Editor, USA Today
"Adroit word play and high society intrigueEan enjoyable, complex solution and likable protagonists...Clever." --Publishers Weekly

Two Down: A New Crossword Mystery with Puzzles Included

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

BERKLEY

When colorful crossword editor Thompson C. Briephs turns up dead under mysterious circumstances, private detective Rosco Polycrates joins forces with a beautiful crossword editor from the victim's rival newspaper to find the killer before he or she strikes again, in an entertaining mystery accompanied by six crossword puzzles. Reprint.

The Crossword Murder

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Private detective Roscoe Polycrates and crossword editor Belle Graham are forced to put their forthcoming wedding on hold when they find themselves caught up in a murder investigation, in an entertaining mystery that is accompanied by six crossword puzzles. Original.

The Crossword Connection (Crossword Mysteries)

In a new crossword mystery featuring six entertaining puzzles, private detective Rosco Polycrates and his lover, crossword editor Belle Graham, investigate the disappearance of a famed Hollywood actress, who vanished, along with a friend, during a sail off the coast of Nantucket Island. Reprint.

Two Down

When Belle's deadbeat father drops dead of an apparent heart attack, she and Rosco become suspicious about the timing of his demise and set out to investigate her late father's strange past, in an entertaining whodunit that also features six crossword puzzles. Original.

Crossword to Die For

Private detective Rosco Polycrates and crossword editor Belle Graham are forced to put their forthcoming wedding on hold when they find themselves caught up in a murder investigation, in an entertaining mystery that is accompanied by six crossword puzzles. Reprint.

The Crossword Connection

Crossword editor Belle Graham joins forces with private detective Rosco Polycrates to solve five delightful crossword mysteries, in a holiday anthology of whodunits that comes complete with crossword puzzles and a bonus recipe.

A Crossworder's Holiday (Crossword Mysteries)

Berkley Hardcover

Angered ofver a developer's plans to build on fifteen acres of land in Tanyesville, Massachusetts, the townspeople are stunned when his plans are put on hold when his construction crew unearths the skeleton of a young woman on the site, and Belle and Rosco must put their talent for crosswords to work to solve the case. Original.

Corpus de Crossword

When Belle's deadbeat father drops dead of an apparent heart attack, she and Rosco become suspicious about the timing of his demise and set out to investigate her late father's strange past, in an entertaining whodunit that also features six crossword puzzles. Reprint.

A Crossword to Die for

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