Parnell Hall (writer)
Parnell Hall (born October 31, 1944) is a mystery writer.[1] His works include the Puzzle Lady and the Stanley Hastings series, as well as the screenplay to the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D.[2] He has collaborated with Manny Nosowsky for crossword puzzles and with Will Shortz for sudoku puzzles incorporated in Puzzle Lady stories.[3][4]
Parnell Hall | |
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Born | Culver City, CA | October 31, 1944
Pen name | JP Hailey |
Occupation | novelist, short story writer |
Nationality | United States |
Period | 1980s - present |
Genre | Crime fiction, mystery fiction |
Website | |
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He also has written under the pen name J.P. Hailey, under which he wrote the Steve Winslow series. He co-authored "Smooth Operator" with Stuart Woods.
Bibliography
The Stanley Hastings Mysteries
- Detective (1987)
- Murder (1988)
- Favor (1988)
- Strangler (1989)
- Client (1990)
- Juror (1990)
- Shot (1991)
- Actor (1993)
- Blackmail (1994)
- Movie (1995)
- Trial (1996)
- Scam (1997)
- Suspense (1998)
- Cozy (2001)
- Manslaughter (2002)
- Hitman (2007)
- Caper (2010)
- Stakeout (2013)
- Safari (2014)
- A Fool for a Client (2015)
The Puzzle Lady Mysteries
- A Clue for the Puzzle Lady (1999)
- Last Puzzle & Testament (2000)
- Puzzled to Death (2001)
- A Puzzle in a Pear Tree (2002)
- With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill (2003)
- And a Puzzle to Die On (2004)
- Stalking the Puzzle Lady (2005)
- You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled (2006)
- The Sudoku Puzzle Murders (2008)
- Dead Man’s Puzzle (2009)
- The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady (2010)
- The KenKen Killings (2011)
- $10,000 in Small Unmarked Puzzles (2012)
- Arsenic and Old Puzzles (2013)
- NYPD Puzzle (2014)
- Puzzled Indemnity (2015)
- Presumed Puzzled (2016)
- A Puzzle to Be Named Later (2017)
- The Purloined Puzzle (2018)
Teddy Fay novels (with Stuart Woods)
-All novels also feature Woods' popular character Stone Barrington-
- Smooth Operator (2016)
- The Money Shot (2018)
- Skin Game (2019)
- Bombshell (June 2, 2020)
Herbie Fisher novels (with Stuart Woods)
-Also features Stone Barrington-
- Barely Legal (2017)
As J.P. Hailey
The Steve Winslow Courtroom Dramas
- The Baxter Trust (1988)
- The Anonymous Client (1989)
- The Underground Man (1990)
- The Naked Typist (1990)
- The Wrong Gun (1992)
- The Innocent Woman (2011)
Thriller
- Chasing Jack (2020)
Anthologies and Collections
Anthology or Collection | Contents | Publication
Date |
Comments |
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Crime Square | Times Square Shuffle | Edited by Robert J. Randisi | |
Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side | Death of a Vampire | Apr 2010 | Edited by Charlaine Harris |
Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table | Deal Me In | ||
Murder at the Foul Line | Fear of Failure | ||
Murder Most Crafty | Oh, What a Tangled Lanyard We Weave | ||
Show Business is Murder | Line Reading | ||
Death Dines In | Lethal Luncheon | ||
Most Wanted | Faking it | An anthology of short stories by past presidents of the Private Eye Writers of America | |
Murder Most Feline | The Witness Cat | JP Hailey | |
The Shamus Game | The Missing Heir | ||
Canine Christmas | Clicker Training | ||
Dark City Lights: New York Stories[5] |
Filmography
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers (C.H.U.D) - 1984 - screenplay
References
- St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers ,4th ed. (Chicago: St James Press, 1996) 472-473
- "FILM: 'C.H.U.D.,' A TALE OF STRANGE CREATURES" by Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times, Sept 01, 1984
- Cross wits with the puzzle lady Archived 2010-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Parnell Hall. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- Hall, Parnell (2009). Dead Man's Puzzle. Puzzle Lady mysteries. Minotaur Books. ISBN 978-0-312-37399-3.
- https://www.amazon.com/Dark-City-Lights-York-Stories-ebook/dp/B00USBMIMY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451977341&sr=1-1&keywords=dark+city+lights
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers (C.H.U.D) - https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087015/
External links
- Official website
- Parnell Hall on IMDb
- Parnell Hall on MysteryNet
- Hall's experience at book signings on YouTube