Presumed Puzzled: Puzzle Lady Mystery

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A shocking crime of passion has Bakerhaven buzzing

The Puzzle Lady gets more than she bargained for when she s hired to track down Paula Martindale s straying husband. She finds him, all right hacked to pieces on his living room rug, while his blood-drenched wife haunts the crime scene clutching a butcher knife.

It s a tough spot for attractive young attorney Becky Baldwin. Paula is presumed innocent until proven guilty, but try to find one juror who s going to think so.

It s up to Cora to find the evidence to save the day. She has just two problems: She s a witness for the prosecution, and every bit of evidence she finds in Paula s favor, from crossword puzzles to Sudoku to alibi witnesses, tends to indicate that Cora herself is the killer "