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The Crossword Murder
(Nero Blanc)

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With so many people writing murder mysteries these days, it helps
authors to attract readers? attention and gain an audience if their
books have a hook, something they can use to distinguish themselves
from the competition. Nero Blanc, a pseudonym of Cordelia Frances
Biddle and Steve Zettler, has come up with crossword puzzles as the
hook for their book?The Crossword Murder.They have definitely
come up with an unusual format for telling a story. Those who love
doing crossword puzzles should especially get a kick out of the book,
for it includes not one but five actual puzzles. What?s more, the
puzzles are integral to the story itself. (Yes, completed puzzles do
appear at the very end of the book. But, who would want to cheat and
look ahead at the answers before finishing reading the mystery
itself???)Like many entries in the genre, Blanc?s book features
a private detective. His name is Rosco Polycrates and he has a couple
of quirks which distinguish him from other private eyes. For example,
he gets seasick very easily, even though he lives in a city on the
water. And, for some reason, he refuses to wear socks. In short, he?s
no Joe Friday. Actually he decided to call it quits with being a police
officer because he couldn?t tolerate any longer all the bureaucratic
restrictions placed on him.In his sixth year as a private
detective, he?s called upon to investigate the death of a newspaper
crossword puzzle writer. And that?s where the fun begins, for it turns
out that, suspecting he was about to meet his day of judgment, the
writer had actually constructed a series of puzzles, to be published in
the paper, identifying his killer.Blanc succeeds in presenting
a lively story, with likeable characters, in an intriguing setting in
The Crossword Murder. It augurs well for Blanc enjoying much success in
the murder mystery genre.



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