Puzzle Box

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A fun, DaVinci Code–style blend of puzzles, mysticism and high-octane action” (People, Best Books of the Month), from the author of The Puzzle Master “This rip-roaring adventure thriller is an escapist puzzle box of delights: a neurodivergent hero, an unsolvable...

Getting to the good solutions of complex management challenges can make the difference between fulfillment and frustration for teams, and, ultimately, the success or failure of companies. Will Larson's An Elegant Puzzle orients around the particular challenges of engineering management - from sizing teams to technical debt to succession planning - and provides a path to the good solutions.

Death doesn't take a vacation, but neither does justice. Returning to her sleepy hometown in Pennsylvania was the last thing former athlete Julia "JJ" Kamaras thought she'd ever do. So was solving murders. Stuck in Florida with a dead-end gym job and non-existent love life, JJ's world is upended when disaster strikes. Her Greek-American father convinces her to return to the supposed safety of Jim Thorpe, PA, and their family restaurant, the Kamaras Grill. But security proves fleeting when murder shatters the town's tranquility. Teaming up with her quick-witted friends, Rebecca and Gwen Q, ...

Solving crimes at a crusty old Florida inn was NOT in Lilly Livingston's 5-year plan. But when she discovers she's the executor of her forgotten stepfather's will and inherits Magnolia Manor, things get a little off track... Despite local law enforcement's warnings to mind her own business, Lilly refuses to back down when things don't add up. And when it comes to murders in sleepy Drifter's Cove—and even Magnolia Manor itself—this amateur sleuth has an uncanny knack for finding both trouble AND answers. Join Lilly alongside her quirky gang as she continues to unravel scandalous town ...

Have you ever felt a glitch in reality? A moment of déjà vu so intense it convinced you you’d lived this second before? Or a coincidence so strange it felt like a message from the universe? These moments are loose threads on the sweater of reality. This book grabs those threads and pulls. Journey through twenty of the most profound and unsettling thought experiments ever conceived. These aren't just dusty philosophical questions; they are living problems that haunt the frontiers of modern science and technology, presented here in clear, accessible language. Inside, you will confront ...

Reality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery—one with explosive consequences for the fate of humanity—in this suspenseful thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Angelology “This novel has it all and more. In the nimble...

The Aldens are on vacation in Seattle! On their first day of sightseeing a mystery falls right into their laps when Benny finds a riddle taped to the bottom of a table. What does the riddle mean, and where will it take them? Follow Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny as they crack the mysterious riddle on their way through the Emerald City.

Start a bingeable heartwarming cozy mystery series filled with endearing friendships, puzzling small-town murders, coffeehouse charm, and one clue-finding cat. Hattie Calder thought running Brewed Awakening coffee shop meant early mornings, loyal regulars, and the occasional over-caffeinated gossip storm. Then bodies start turning up. With her sarcastic sister Sam, tech-savvy friend Liam, and Beans—the clever cat who keeps batting evidence into plain sight—Hattie gets pulled into three mysteries darker than her strongest roast. A museum gala turns deadly after dessert. A billionaire’s...

A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today  The invention of language began with the apelike calls of our earliest ancestors. Today, the world is home to thousands of complex languages. Yet exactly how, when, and why this...

When a billionaire’s assistant drops dead clutching a cup from Brewed Awakening, Hattie Calder’s cozy coffee shop becomes the scene of Maplewood’s biggest scandal. A friendly note on the cup—her signature smiley and heart—turns from charm to evidence overnight, painting her as the town’s prime suspect. Determined to clear her name, Hattie follows a trail of gossip, greed, and poisoned secrets to the doors of Maplewood Manor, where eccentric tycoon Graham Larken offers her an impossible deal: help solve his assistant’s murder, and earn ten million dollars in the process. With ...

The Grace Thompson Cozy Mystery Collection: Stories 1–10 Ten charming cozies, one unforgettable sleuthing duo—and a clever Westie who always sniffs out the truth. From flower festivals to escape rooms, small-town bakeries to lakeside vacations, murder has a way of blooming wherever Grace Thompson and her best friend Chloe Sutton go. With Rosie the Westie at her side, Grace untangles twisted motives, long-buried secrets, and sinister puzzles hidden in the heart of Bloomsville and beyond. Inside this box set, you’ll find: A prequel that reveals Chloe’s past and the shocking case that ...

The unapologetic intensity with which Emily Brontë wrote this story ensures that it will forever be considered one of the greatest works of English literature. A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights transcends your average romance and, with its Gothic undertones, takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge.

A vanished letter. A murdered accountant. Can a quick-witted pub landlady untangle deadly secrets before the killer strikes again? It's March 1977 in Kestrel Green, a picture-perfect Derbyshire village where everyone knows your business—or thinks they do. Margaret 'Mags' Munro pulls pints at The Kestrel Arms, serving ale and collecting secrets in equal measure. When she watches a nervous stranger post a letter addressed to her in the bright red village postbox, she thinks nothing of it—until the letter mysteriously vanishes. Days later, the sender, Dennis Collier, is found bludgeoned to...

When Gracie Carr stumbles upon an antique puzzle box in her late grandfather's attic, she has no idea it will lead her on the adventure of a lifetime. With the help of history professor Shaw England, they embark on a dangerous quest to uncover the mystery. Gracie and Shaw must dodge authorities and break laws while navigating their undeniable chemistry. Their thrilling journey through risk and danger will test their wits and courage but also force them to confront the growing connection between them. Will they be able to put the pieces together and discover something great...or will the ...

Six strangers arrive at the home of preeminent puzzle master Alexei Vasiliev for the reading of his will. Among them are the deceased's widow, who'd already begun divorce proceedings, a virologist troubled by actions in his past, and a convicted murderer on day release. The potential...

An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties that bind us Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by...

Maplewood Museum’s most despised security guard drops dead after dessert. When the coffee froth and glitter settles, the only thing missing is the museum’s prized artifact…and everyone’s alibi. Hattie Calder planned to spend the evening serving coffee, not stumbling into chaos. But when whispers of theft, blackmail, and betrayal echo through the gala hall, the barista with a talent for noticing what others miss becomes the prime candidate to untangle the truth. Armed with her quick wit, her friend Liam’s tech savvy, and her cat Beans’ uncanny knack for being in the wrong place ...

A one-star review was bad enough. A dead blogger is much worse. When sharp-tongued food blogger Baxter Quinn storms into Maplewood’s Taste Trail event, Hattie Calder expects trouble, not murder. His final post hints that one beloved café built its charm on something stolen—and the cup beside his body points straight at Brewed Awakening. With Sam protecting the coffee shop, Liam untangling Baxter’s deleted reviews, and Beans sniffing out clues no one else notices, Hattie follows a trail of passport stamps, old recipes, missing notebooks, and bitter small-town secrets. A furious baker,...

In Maplewood, the coffee is strong, gardens are perfect, and chamomile is deadly. One cup drops the town’s most notorious gardener. A living will plants a new owner squarely in the fallout. Hattie Calder runs Brewed Awakenings on routine, loyal regulars, and a stubborn smile. When Doris Bloom collapses like a cut flower, the town calls it a sad, simple end. But Doris’s living will hints at a different story—leaving Hattie The Bloom Works and instructions that read less like a gift and more like a warning. With her sister Sam, tech-savvy best friend Liam, and a watchful cat Beans, ...

A dead elder. A community bound by silence. And a secret stitched into the fabric of a murder… Clara Miller wants nothing more than a peaceful life running The Heritage Quilt Shop on her family’s ancestral Lancaster County farm. But the quiet rhythm of her needles is shattered when a prominent Amish elder is found dead inside his own locked barn. The community is quick to dismiss it as a tragic accident, desperate to keep the modern world at bay. But Clara possesses an extraordinary eye for detail, and she notices what others miss. Draped over the body is an unfinished patchwork quilt ...