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Puzzle Lady Mysteries Books in Order

Puzzle Lady Mysteries by Parnell Hall contains 21 books, published between 1999 and 2019. The first book is A Clue for the Puzzle Lady (1999) and the newest is Lights! Camera! Puzzles! (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1999–2019
Pages on record
5,968 in 18 of 21 books
Reading time
99–149 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,968 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

See all 21 books in order Printable Puzzle Lady Mysteries checklist

Cora Felton is the Puzzle Lady, an older woman sleuth linked to crossword puzzles in Parnell Hall's mystery series set in Connecticut. The 21 books began with A Clue for the Puzzle Lady (1999) and ended with Lights! Camera! Puzzles! (2019). Puns on the word puzzle fill the titles, including Last Puzzle & Testament, A Puzzle in a Pear Tree and The Sudoku Puzzle Murders. The series is listed as likely complete.

How many Puzzle Lady Mysteries books are there?

Puzzle Lady Mysteries has 21 books, released between 1999 and 2019.

Puzzle Lady Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Puzzle Lady Mysteries books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall, book 1 of the Puzzle Lady series (1999)
  2. Cover of Last Puzzle & Testament by Parnell Hall, book 2 of the Puzzle Lady series (2000)
  3. Cover of Puzzled to Death by Parnell Hall, book 3 of the Puzzle Lady series (2001)
  4. Cover of A Puzzle in a Pear Tree by Parnell Hall, book 4 of the Puzzle Lady series (2002)
  5. Cover of With this Puzzle, I Thee Kill by Parnell Hall, book 5 of the Puzzle Lady series (2003)
  6. Cover of And a Puzzle to Die On by Parnell Hall, book 6 of the Puzzle Lady series (2004)
  7. Cover of Stalking the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall, book 7 of the Puzzle Lady series (2005)
  8. Cover of You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled by Parnell Hall, book 8 of the Puzzle Lady series (2006)
  9. Cover of The Sudoku Puzzle Murders by Parnell Hall, book 9 of the Puzzle Lady series (2008)
  10. Cover of Dead Man's Puzzle by Parnell Hall, book 10 of the Puzzle Lady series (2009)
  11. Cover of The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady by Parnell Hall, book 11 of the Puzzle Lady series (2009)
  12. Cover of The KenKen Killings by Parnell Hall, book 12 of the Puzzle Lady series (2011)
  13. Cover of $10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles by Parnell Hall, book 13 of the Puzzle Lady series (2012)
  14. Cover of NYPD Puzzle by Parnell Hall, book 16 of the Puzzle Lady series (2014)
  15. Cover of Puzzled Indemnity by Parnell Hall, book 17 of the Puzzle Lady series (2015)
  16. Cover of Presumed Puzzled by Parnell Hall, book 18 of the Puzzle Lady series (2016)
  17. Cover of A Puzzle to be Named Later by Parnell Hall, book 19 of the Puzzle Lady series (2017)
  18. Cover of The Purloined Puzzle by Parnell Hall, book 20 of the Puzzle Lady series (2018)
  1. 1
    A Clue for the Puzzle LadyPuzzle Lady #11999 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999323
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  2. 2
    Last Puzzle & TestamentPuzzle Lady #22000 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000370
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  3. 3
    Puzzled to DeathPuzzle Lady #32001 · 391 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001391
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  4. 4
    A Puzzle in a Pear TreePuzzle Lady #42002 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002384
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  5. 5
    With this Puzzle, I Thee KillPuzzle Lady #52003 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003322
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  6. 6
    And a Puzzle to Die OnPuzzle Lady #62004 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004384
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  7. 7
    Stalking the Puzzle LadyPuzzle Lady #72005 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005350
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  8. 8
    You Have the Right to Remain PuzzledPuzzle Lady #82006 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006368
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  9. 9
    The Sudoku Puzzle MurdersPuzzle Lady #92008 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008304
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  10. 10
    Dead Man's PuzzlePuzzle Lady #102009 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009323
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  11. 11
    The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku LadyPuzzle Lady #112009 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009309
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  12. 12
    The KenKen KillingsPuzzle Lady #122011 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011326
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  13. 13
    $10,000 in Small, Unmarked PuzzlesPuzzle Lady #132012 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012308
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  14. 14
    Arsenic and Old PuzzlesPuzzle Lady #142013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  15. 15
    Lethal LuncheonPuzzle Lady #152013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  16. 16
    NYPD PuzzlePuzzle Lady #162014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  17. 17
    Puzzled IndemnityPuzzle Lady #172015 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015262
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  18. 18
    Presumed PuzzledPuzzle Lady #182016 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016288
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  19. 19
    A Puzzle to be Named LaterPuzzle Lady #192017 · 393 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017393
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  20. 20
    The Purloined PuzzlePuzzle Lady #202018 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018291
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  21. 21
    Lights! Camera! Puzzles!Puzzle Lady #212019 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019272
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Do you have to read Puzzle Lady Mysteries books in order?

You should read the Puzzle Lady Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Puzzle Lady Mysteries book also stands alone.

Where to start with Puzzle Lady Mysteries

Start with A Clue for the Puzzle Lady (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Puzzle Lady Mysteries book?

Lights! Camera! Puzzles! (2019) is the newest Puzzle Lady Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Puzzle Lady Mysteries book coming?

No next Puzzle Lady Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Puzzle Lady Mysteries at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Puzzle Lady Mysteries title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Puzzle Lady Mysteries books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,968 pages across the 18 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 323 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Puzzle Lady Mysteries books, 10 of 21, were published in the 2010s.

What the Puzzle Lady Mysteries books are about

19 of the 21 Puzzle Lady Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crossword puzzle makers is tagged on 15 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Parnell Hall

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Series that include Puzzle Lady Mysteries books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.