Cozy

Cozy

by ParnellHall (Author)

Synopsis

Put-upon investigator Stanley Hastings is stranded at the Blue Frog Ponds Inn, a trendy New England bed-and-breakfast, where he is vacationing with his wife, Alice. Their cheerless room with its paper-thin walls, no TV, and a blue cartoon frog on the door is doing little for Stanley's spirits and less for his libido. Besides that, someone has started bumping off the guests. The first murder in fact happens practically under Stanley's nose. He is sitting in the dining room when, with an ear-splitting scream, a waitress discovers that the stunning young blonde Scandinavian woman she is serving has lost a lot more than her appetite. So Stanley finds himself a key witness, if not a prime suspect, in the bristly local police chief Pinehurst's case. Back home, Stanley could call upon his friends on the New York City police force to help him solve the crime, but not at Blue Frog Ponds. Here he has only his wits, his wife, and a striped orange cat - all of which he will need if he's going to catch a killer before the culprit strikes uncozily close to home.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Orion
Published: 05 Sep 2002

ISBN 10: 0752853023
ISBN 13: 9780752853024
Book Overview: Parnell Hall has been nominated for the Edgar and Shamus awards Great reviews for the Stanley Hastings mystery series: 'What Mr Hall does to the private eye formula is very funny, but it is not frivolous. His puzzles, for all their manic nonsense, are fiendish constructions of sound logic' New York Times 'Fiendishly funny' Publishers Weekly 'Suspenseful and hilarious' Kirkus Reviews 'First-class fun from start to finish' Booklist

Author Bio
Parnell Hall, a nominee for the Edgar, Shamus and Lefty Awards, is the creator of the Stanley Hastings mystery novels and Steve Winslow courtroom series as well as the author of A CLUE FOR PUZZLE LADY and the recent LAST PUZZLE & TESTAMENT.