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The Crossword Code

Herbert Resnicow

3.4/5 ( ratings)

FBI agent Burke is certain: the young Russian must be a spy. Otherwise he would never appear so innocent. But Valentin Zulkov is the very picture of innocence as Burke follows him through his morning routine: newsstand, bus, doughnut shop, office.

Then, on the twenty-first day of Burke’s surveillance, the pattern breaks. Without finishing his doughnuts, without completing his crossword puzzle, Zulkov darts out of the doughnut shop… and into the path of an oncoming car.

Who killed Valentin Zulkov?

And, more important, what kind of threat did he pose to national security? Retired criminal lawyer Giles Sullivan and his lady love, Isabel Macintosh, are called onto the scene by the top-secret Semiotics Institute. Their task is to find some answers—fast.

Where do they find their clues? In crossword puzzles, of course! And that’s where you can help. Solve the puzzles and you may solve the mystery!

Henry Hook, who created the puzzles for this mystery, is one of America’s foremost crossword constructors.

Language: English

Pages: 247

Format: paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release: July 01, 1986

ISBN: 0345327330

ISBN 13: 9780345327338

The Crossword Code

Herbert Resnicow

3.4/5 ( ratings)

FBI agent Burke is certain: the young Russian must be a spy. Otherwise he would never appear so innocent. But Valentin Zulkov is the very picture of innocence as Burke follows him through his morning routine: newsstand, bus, doughnut shop, office.

Then, on the twenty-first day of Burke’s surveillance, the pattern breaks. Without finishing his doughnuts, without completing his crossword puzzle, Zulkov darts out of the doughnut shop… and into the path of an oncoming car.

Who killed Valentin Zulkov?

And, more important, what kind of threat did he pose to national security? Retired criminal lawyer Giles Sullivan and his lady love, Isabel Macintosh, are called onto the scene by the top-secret Semiotics Institute. Their task is to find some answers—fast.

Where do they find their clues? In crossword puzzles, of course! And that’s where you can help. Solve the puzzles and you may solve the mystery!

Henry Hook, who created the puzzles for this mystery, is one of America’s foremost crossword constructors.

Language: English

Pages: 247

Format: paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release: July 01, 1986

ISBN: 0345327330

ISBN 13: 9780345327338

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