11/26/2002 Puzzle in a Pear Tree blooms

November 26, 2002.  The fourth novel in Parnell Hall's Puzzle Lady series was published on this date.

“If you want a well-plotted mystery… try Parnell Hall’s A Puzzle in a Pear Tree. This delightful series is a throwback to the frothy detective puzzlers of the 1930s and 1040s [which] helped make reading mysteries fun.” – Otto Penzler, New York Sun