Wrapped Up in Crosswords (Crossword Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Nero Blanc (Author)

Book Description

Series: Crossword Mysteries | Publication Date: November 2, 2004

It's a lethal new tale filled with more "super sleuthing and solving" (Charles Preston, USA Today puzzle editor) from the bestselling authors...

Santa Claus is coming to the town of Newcastle, Massachusetts. But this year, there are three of them-and more is not the merrier. That's because these Santas look an awful lot like the three escaped prisoners who are supposedly missing from a nearby jail. Now as holiday jitters abound, crossword editor Belle Graham and her P.I. partner Rosco Polycrates must follow a trail of crossword clues to make sure these costumed convicts are caught red-handed...

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About the Author

Nero Blanc is a pseudonym for Cordelia Frances Biddle and Steve Zettler, who are husband and wife and serious crossword buffs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (November 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425199746
• ISBN-13: 978-0425199749
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,933,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun holiday puzzler, October 31, 2004

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This review is from: Wrapped Up in Crosswords (Crossword Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Christmas is right around the corner and crossword puzzle construction guru Belle Graham and her husband Private Investigator Roscoe Polycrates are getting into the holiday spirit. Roscoe is a little concerned that three dangerous men broke out of a Boston Prison and might be heading for his hometown Newcastle. Roscoe and his two policemen friends are dressed in Santa suits collecting children's gifts from merchants who used the stores as drop off points.

Roscoe and Company are pulled over by the police because they think the Santas are the escaped convicts. The real criminals are in a gun shop getting supplies as they make a run for freedom. Meanwhile Roscoe and Belle and their two canines believe their master is buying two love birds for his wife and their antics to dissuade him are hilarious. At a neighborhood Christmas party, gifts are being exchanged from a grab bag when the third escaped convict (the other two already in custody) breaks in and is brought down by one of the canines. Christmas in Newcastle is a success.

Just like the animals in the Mrs. Murphy books by Rita Mae Brown, the animals in Newcastle are able to communicate with one another which make for amusing scenes. Belle and Roscoe are as much in love as ever and both construct puzzles as a means of communicating what Christmas gifts they bought for one another. Nero Blanc has given the perfect Christmas gift for crossword fanatics, the canine caper crew lovers
and mystery fans.

Harriet Klausner