Holiday jitters abound this season when crossword editor Belle Graham and her P.I. partner Rosco Polycrates must catch a criminal to restore peace on earth.
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Nero Blanc is a pseudonym for Cordelia Frances Biddle and Steve Zettler, who are husband and wife and serious crossword buffs.
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fun holiday puzzler,
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
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ROSCO Polycrates entered the Newcastle Police station through the side door on Cabot Alley. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Abe Jones, Secret Santa, Newcastle Police Department, Stanley Hatch, Bartholomew Kerr, Skippy Two, Dew Drop Inn, Intimate Proposals, Martha Leonetti, Wise Men New!
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ROSCO Polycrates entered the Newcastle Police station through the side door on Cabot Alley. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
evidence room Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Abe Jones, Secret Santa, Newcastle Police Department, Stanley Hatch, Bartholomew Kerr, Skippy Two, Dew Drop Inn, Intimate Proposals, Martha Leonetti, Wise Men New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Wise Men with Puzzle (Connect-N-Play Puzzles) by Maureen Roffey on page 12, and page 14
- Two Down by Nero Blanc in Front Matter
- Santa Claus by Rod Green in Back Matter
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