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The Actor And The Housewife

Hale, Shannon
A Mormon mother-of-four from Utah sells a movie script in LA and becomes best friends with a famous actor. Explores what friendship and marriage relationships are, with lots of witty dialogue. Some of the things that happened were like a punch in the gut to me, so it is not all fun.

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(I need to keep it just as it is, just in case it was all a mistake, just in case Mike's alive and coming home any day.) -- page 278

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8/2014

$10,000 In Small Unmarked Puzzles

Hall, Parnell
I'm too lazy to work the puzzles, and I'm annoyed by Cora, but these stories have a certain charm. In this one Cora's niece, Sherry is have a baby, and Cora's annoying ex is being harassed by a loan shark.

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7/2023

A clue for the puzzle-lady

Hall, Parnell
The first of the series. Light enjoyable read, with a crossword puzzle to solve.

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9/2004

A Puzzle In A Pear Tree

Hall, Parnell
The Puzzle lady is in an unlikely 12 Days Of Christimas production. The Virgin Mary gets murdered. First time I read this series, so let me get this straight; everybody thinks she can solve puzzles, but she can't? Huh? Several acrostics to be puzzled over. I like Stanley more, but the puzzles are interesting.

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9/2003

Client

Hall, Parnell
Stanley is hired to follow a guys estranged wife.

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9/2000

Cozy

Hall, Parnell
Stanley goes on vacation with Alice to an inn, where a girl drops dead of poison. Irritating dialogue with the police chief. Includes recipes!! .

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4/2002

Detective

Hall, Parnell
Evidently (get it?) the first of the Stanley Hastings books. Pretty OK, not the best, but enjoyable.

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5/2000

Hitman

Hall, Parnell
Stanley is supposed to help a hitman not hit someone. Things go awry. I wasn't too excited by this one. I found the repartee confusing.

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4/2008

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7/2012

Juror

Hall, Parnell
P.I. Stanley Hastings can't get out of jury duty. I like this guy!

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5/2000

Manslaughter

Hall, Parnell
P.I. Stanley Hastings is hired to find a blackmailer. Rather convaluted plot, I say. Neato ending.

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9/2003

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12/2005

Movie

Hall, Parnell
Stanley Hastings investigates murder on the set of the movie he wrote a script for.

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6/2000

Scam

Hall, Parnell
Stanley Hastings, P.I., is afraid his client is pulling some sort of scam on him.

QUOTE:

I'm being set up!

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5/2000

Strangler

Hall, Parnell
Stanley Hastings tries to find out who is strangling his boss's clients.

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6/2000

Suspense

Hall, Parnell
Stanley Hastings is hired to find out who is threatening a suspense writer's wife.

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6/2000

The Puzzle Lady vs The Soduku Lady

Hall, Parnell
Cora gets some competition when a Japanese puzzle woman comes to town with her sixteen-year-old niece in tow.

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8/2010

With this puzzle, I thee kill

Hall, Parnell
A Puzzle Lady mystery. Cora and Sherry's friend Brenda somehow are planning a double wedding, Brenda to Sherry's abusive ex-spouse.

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12/2005

The Case Of The Missing Servant

Hall, Tarquin
An P.I. in India investigates the murder of a servant girl, among other things. Pretty good.

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7/2016

The Appeal

Hallett, Janice
(The Appeal, #1) I enjoyed reading this mystery, where nothing is revealed until the end, unless you are smart enough to figure it out. Which I am not. A plan to raise funds to help a child with cancer, some nurses who return from Africa, a doctor from Africa, and others, figure in this tale.

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8/2023

A Nail Through The Heart

Hallinan, Timothy
Poke is trying to adopt Miaow but vicious criminals cause problems.

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8/2015

Breathing Water

Hallinan, Timothy
Poke gets offered the opportunity to write a biography. He also gets threatened if he writes that biography. What to do? Good story!

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I thought that if anything ever happened to one of us, it would happen to me. -- Pg. 190

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8/2015
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