Parnell Hall (writer)


Parnell Hall is a mystery writer. 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. He has collaborated with Manny Nosowsky for crossword puzzles and with Will Shortz for sudoku puzzles incorporated in Puzzle Lady stories.
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.

The Stanley Hastings Mysteries

  1. Detective
  2. Murder
  3. Favor
  4. Strangler
  5. Client
  6. Juror
  7. Shot
  8. Actor
  9. Blackmail
  10. Movie
  11. Trial
  12. Scam
  13. Suspense
  14. Cozy
  15. Manslaughter
  16. Hitman
  17. Caper
  18. Stakeout
  19. Safari
  20. A Fool for a Client

    The Puzzle Lady Mysteries

  21. A Clue for the Puzzle Lady
  22. Last Puzzle & Testament
  23. Puzzled to Death
  24. A Puzzle in a Pear Tree
  25. With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill
  26. And a Puzzle to Die On
  27. Stalking the Puzzle Lady
  28. You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled
  29. The Sudoku Puzzle Murders
  30. Dead Man’s Puzzle
  31. The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady
  32. The KenKen Killings
  33. $10,000 in Small Unmarked Puzzles
  34. Arsenic and Old Puzzles
  35. NYPD Puzzle
  36. Puzzled Indemnity
  37. Presumed Puzzled
  38. A Puzzle to Be Named Later
  39. The Purloined Puzzle

    Teddy Fay novels (with [Stuart Woods])

-All novels also feature Woods' popular character Stone Barrington-
  1. Smooth Operator
  2. The Money Shot
  3. Skin Game
  4. Bombshell

    Herbie Fisher novels (with Stuart Woods)

-Also features Stone Barrington-
  1. Barely Legal

    As J.P. Hailey

The Steve Winslow Courtroom Dramas

  1. The Baxter Trust
  2. The Anonymous Client
  3. The Underground Man
  4. The Naked Typist
  5. The Wrong Gun
  6. The Innocent Woman

    Thriller

  7. Chasing Jack

    Anthologies and Collections

Filmography

Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers - 1984 - screenplay