A Crossworder's Holiday (Crossword Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Nero Blanc (Author)

Book Description

Series: Crossword Mysteries | Publication Date: October 7, 2003

From the national bestselling author of A Crossworder's Holiday and A Crossword to Die For...

These unique crossword mysteries (with puzzles included) have earned a large and enthusiastic following. Now crossword editor Belle Graham and P.I. Rosco Polycrates star in five stories from the bestselling author...

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From Publishers Weekly

Crossword buffs can curl up with Nero Blanc's Crossworder's Holiday, a collection of five Christmas-themed tales, each with its own crossword puzzle (answers in the back). Blanc is the pseudonym of husband and wife Steve Zettler and Cordelia Frances Biddle. In the best holiday spirit, they are donating a portion of the book's earnings to the St. Barnabas Mission in Philadelphia.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (October 7, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425192601
• ISBN-13: 978-0425192603
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,705,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cleverly designed holiday anthology, September 30, 2002

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Crossworder's Holiday (Crossword Mysteries) (Hardcover)

"A Crossworder's Holiday". On vacation with her husband private investigator Roscoe Polycrates in Nantucket are crossword editor Belle Graham are interrupted by antiquarian Sir Brandon Drake who needs her help to solve a puzzle he found in a recent purchase. If he fails, his life may go down.

"Proof of the Pudding". At the Misty Valley Inn, Vermont, Belle and Roscoe enjoy time away together until a guest dies. The answers may be in a hastily developed crossword puzzle that comes across as a recipe for death.

"A Partridge in a Pear Tree". In Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, Roscoe assists a college buddy with solving puzzles from the estate of Steve's deceased aunt in order to interpret the will.

"Mum's the Word". In Philadelphia, mobster Freddie Five sent tips to the Inquirer through professionally developed crossword puzzles that led to many busts. Freddie's dead and the FBI has his last puzzle. They ask Belle and Roscoe to solve the underlying meaning to the answers that inform the police that there will be trouble at the Mummers' Parade.

"Ghost of Christmas Past". In Cotswolds, England, Belle and Roscoe visit friends Angus and Judith who tell them about a haunted house. Belle finds a piece of a crossword puzzle that has clues to the haunted house's past. Now to find the other two segments and solve the house's mystery.

Ignoring the logic of the gimmick, the mixing of puzzles with mystery while the heroes are away from their home takes readers on a cleverly designed holiday anthology that crossword puzzle fans and mystery buffs will enjoy.

Harriet Klausner

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read, April 1, 2011

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This review is from: A Crossworder's Holiday (Crossword Mysteries) (Hardcover)

I'm thoroughly enjoying the Nero Blanc series and am looking forward to reading all of them. An easy read with some not-so-easy crosswords. For those of us who can't decide if we want to read or do a crossword, now we can do both!

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