Parnell Hall (1944–2020)
Forfatter af A Clue for the Puzzle Lady
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Parnell Hall is a part-time actor, a former private detective, singer/songwriter, and full-time writer of novels and screenplays. He writes the Stanley Hastings Mystery series, the Steve Winslow courtroom drama series, and the Puzzle Lady Mystery series. He also writes under the pseudonym J. P. vis mere Hailey. He wrote the screenplay to the 1984 movie C.H.U.D. Hall co-authored New York Times bestseller Smooth Operator with Stuart Woods. (Bowker Author Biography) Parnell Hall has been nominated for the Edgar, the Shamus, and the Lefty Awards for his mysteries. Bantam will publish his third Puzzle Lady mystery, Puzzled to Death, in Fall 2001. He lives in New York City. (Publisher Provided) vis mindre
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Associated Works
In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero (2012) — Bidragyder — 75 eksemplarer
Writing the Private Eye Novel: A Handbook by the Private Eye Writers of America (1997) — Bidragyder — 56 eksemplarer
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Bidragyder — 45 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Andre navne
- Hailey, J. P.
- Fødselsdato
- 1944-10-31
- Dødsdag
- 2020-12-15
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Erhverv
- private investigator
actor (regional theater)
writer - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award, PWA 2015)
- Agent
- Henry Morrison
- Kort biografi
- Hall uses some of his own experience from two years as a New York City P.I. for cases he assigns Stanley. A part-time actor, Hall has worked in summer stock, regional theater and interactive dinner theater events. Writing as J. P. Hailey, he is the author of the Steve Winslow courtroom mysteries.
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A Clue for the Puzzle Lady (The Puzzle Lady Mysteries) af Parnell Hall
The first clue came with a corpse. The body lay next to a gravestone in the Bakerhaven Cemetery. Police Chief Dale Harper stood in the pouring rain and looked down at it with displeasure. What was a corpse doing in the cemetery? Chief Harper was not unaware of the humor in the question. A body in the cemetery - the press would have a field day. Chief Harper frowned and wiped the water off his face.
I love puzzles and I love books so a book about puzzles was always going to be a winner. I loved it. Still it wasn't without it's issues and I'm sure not everyone will enjoy it.
Cora was hilarious. She's such a nutter. I loved the whole cast of characters, Cora, Chief Dale Harper, Sherry and Aaron. The dialogue was fast and snappy with lots of word play. The murder itself wasn't terribly original - it was pretty obvious who the murderer was from the start but I did enjoy getting there. And there were a lot of laughs along the way. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.… (mere)
Cora was hilarious. She's such a nutter. I loved the whole cast of characters, Cora, Chief Dale Harper, Sherry and Aaron. The dialogue was fast and snappy with lots of word play. The murder itself wasn't terribly original - it was pretty obvious who the murderer was from the start but I did enjoy getting there. And there were a lot of laughs along the way. 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.… (mere)
I Love Stuart Woods and I enjoy the Teddy Fay series. It's nice not having all the sex going on like in the Stone Barrington books! Looking forward to more antics with Teddy.
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- Værker
- 59
- Also by
- 19
- Medlemmer
- 3,533
- Popularitet
- #7,191
- Vurdering
- 3.5
- Anmeldelser
- 80
- ISBN
- 221
- Sprog
- 4
- Udvalgt
- 4