Puzzle in a Pear Tree

The crime-solving powers of the inimitable Puzzle Lady and her clever niece. Sherry, are put to the ultimate test as they square off against a yuletide killer who hides within the white-and-black shadows of an acrostic.... 'Tis the season to be jolly, but Cora Felton, shanghaied into "The Twelve Days of Christmas" as a most reluctant maid-a-milking, has reason to feel like a grinch. The partridge from the pear tree has been replaced with a cryptic puzzle-one that promises the death of an actress. Could the threat be aimed at Cora and her thespian debut? Or at Sherry, one of the ladies-dancing? Or at Sherry's nemesis, the pageant's predatory lead? But the show must go on-until a killer strikes in a most unexpected manner. And when Sherry becomes a prime suspect and the murderer strikes again, it's up to the detecting duo to read between the lines-before this becomes a Christmas to die for....Hall, Parnell is the author of 'Puzzle in a Pear Tree' with ISBN 9780553584349 and ISBN 0553584340.