A bizarre old woman who worships the memory of her lost son. A nun with hidden secrets. A spinster housekeeper with a secret of her own. An angry young man with a troubled past. A neighbor who claims to talk to dead people at seances. Skip Valentine and Henry Finch encounter these eccentric people on their weekend trip to visit Henry’s uncle. When they learn of the groundskeeper who died in a mysterious fire shortly before they arrived, strange occurrences are imbued with ominous portent. The peculiar accidents, ghostly barking, a pounding heard late at night in the creepy old mansion, and a strange old box buried behind the burned-out carriage house all add up to something. Skip yearns to investigate. It’s all so perplexing. But when another death raises the stakes, the puzzle turns deadly. The solution may lie in a curious rhyme told by the groundskeeper before he died, but first Skip and Henry must decipher it.

Sage Gardens comes with idyllic surroundings, unlikely friendships, and a dead body at the puzzle table... Samantha, Jo, Eddy and Walt, are enjoying life in Sage Gardens, the seemingly idyllic retirement community. But it turns out that retirement never has a dull moment. When quirky Walt finds a dead body, the four friends jump headfirst into the investigation. They soon discover that the victim has a checkered past and some shady acquaintances. Walt becomes fixated on what he believes is vital evidence. Is he just being his usual obsessive self? Or has he discovered the clue that will crack the case? Determined to find the murderer the 'Sage Gardens Sleuths' use their varied skills, so that Walt can put his mind to rest and the residents of Sage Gardens can rest easy once again. Will they manage to solve the puzzling murder before one of them becomes the next victim? Puzzles Can Be Deadly is the fifteenth novel in the fast paced Sage Gardens Cozy Mystery Series by USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Cindy Bell. If you like astute amateur sleuths, strong friendships and quirky characters, you will love this page-turning cozy mystery that will keep you glued to the page.

From former Navy Seal operative and best-selling author Clint Emerson comes a fun, challenging, and seriously useful activity book that tests your observation, concentration, memory, reasoning, sequencing, and logical thinking skills. The Deadly Skills Puzzle and Activity Book is an entertaining companion to Clint Emerson's popular series of Deadly Skills survival guides and calendars. It features coloring pages, mazes, games, activities, and puzzles such as Pick the Pair, Spot the Difference, Killer Sudoku, Match Up, Word Search, and many more.

Nicky Sullivan is the resident manager of a sober living home in Chicago. There she rides herd on ten newly sober addicts and alcoholics, trying to point them in the right direction while keeping their chaos to a minimum. But when one of her residents is murdered, Nicky turns to the investigative skills honed during her past career as a homicide detective. She calls on her old police partner who has been assigned the murder investigation along with his new partner, a woman beautiful enough to give Nicky pause. The body count starts to mount as it becomes clear a serial killer is at work, targeting newly relapsed women, all of whom have some connection to Nicky. Each death makes her feel she’s wielded the knife herself. In the midst of the tragedy, she finds herself falling in love. With the lives of fragile women in the balance, Nicky finds her own sobriety threatened. Can Nicky save her lover and find the killer? How many others must die before she does?

Welcome to this brilliant collection of fabulously fiendish sudoku! Love traditional sudoku but looking for something a little harder? Look no further. This book is sure to test your very best puzzle solving skills and provide a great way to keep the grey matter in tip-top shape!The standard rules of traditional 9x9 sudoku apply to all puzzles. You will need all the usual solving methodologies you are familiar with from standard sudoku puzzles. In addition, some will require one or both of the harder rules- sets and xwing, as demonstrated inside.Remember, all solutions are noted at the back of the book so if you get stuck along the way- take a peek there! All puzzle books are printed on very high quality paper making the puzzle experience all the more enjoyable!

My patient, Veronica Vail, was murdered in her Park Avenue apartment. Lt. John Franklin asks my help in finding the killer. We interview her husband Roland, his daughter by a former marriage who never liked Veronica, and Carlos de la Cuesta, a handsome, black-haired drag queen in love with Roland. Lt. Franklin hypothesizes that a stranger broke into the Vail apartment to steal a painting. Roland confirms that an expensive painting has disappeared. A maid named Lottie Lobell tells us that while looking out the window on the day of the murder, she saw a black-haired man run away from the building carrying a painting. He is found and brought in for questioning. Using purely psychological clues, I confront all the suspects with the truth. The killer collapses under my inquisition, and confesses.