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.- Detective
- Murder
- Favor
- Strangler
- Client
- Juror
- Shot
- Actor
- Blackmail
- Movie
- Trial
- Scam
- Suspense
- Cozy
- Manslaughter
- Hitman
- Caper
- Stakeout
- Safari
- A Fool for a Client
- A Clue for the Puzzle Lady
- Last Puzzle & Testament
- Puzzled to Death
- A Puzzle in a Pear Tree
- With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill
- And a Puzzle to Die On
- Stalking the Puzzle Lady
- You Have the Right to Remain Puzzled
- The Sudoku Puzzle Murders
- Dead Man’s Puzzle
- The Puzzle Lady vs. The Sudoku Lady
- The KenKen Killings
- $10,000 in Small Unmarked Puzzles
- Arsenic and Old Puzzles
- NYPD Puzzle
- Puzzled Indemnity
- Presumed Puzzled
- A Puzzle to Be Named Later
- The Purloined Puzzle
-All novels also feature Woods' popular character Stone Barrington-
- Smooth Operator
- The Money Shot
- Skin Game
- Bombshell
Herbie Fisher novels (with Stuart Woods)
-Also features Stone Barrington-
- Barely Legal
As J.P. Hailey
The Steve Winslow Courtroom Dramas
- The Baxter Trust
- The Anonymous Client
- The Underground Man
- The Naked Typist
- The Wrong Gun
- The Innocent Woman
Thriller
- Chasing Jack
Anthologies and Collections
Filmography
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers - 1984 - screenplay