The Puzzle Lady vs. the Sudoku Lady by Parnell Hall

Author:Parnell Hall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012-06-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Cora was not surprised to see Mrs. Cushman smiling. Mrs. Cushman was always smiling. The owner of Cushman’s Bake Shop was a plump, doughy-faced woman who gave the impression she spent the whole day baking. Nothing could have been further from the truth. In point of fact, the woman couldn’t bake a lick. Her muffins and scones were trucked in daily from the Silver Moon Bakery, and her genial smile actually reflected the serenity of being secure in the knowledge her wares came from the best bakery in New York.

“You have a note.”

Cora frowned. She thought she was familiar with all of Mrs. Cushman’s greetings, but that was a new one. “A note?”

“Yes. On the bulletin board.”

The bulletin board on the wall of Cushman’s Bake Shop served two purposes. It gave people something to peruse while waiting on line, and it allowed people to advertise such services as math tutoring, piano lessons, and tag sales. Some of the regulars would leave messages for one another. Cora had never done it, but she had seen the slips of paper thumbtacked to the board.

“Who left it?”

“Didn’t notice. It’s in the top-right corner.” Mrs. Cushman pointed in that general direction and went to make a latte.

Cora’s note was a piece of paper folded in fourths, which made it one of the larger messages on the board. Most weren’t much more than a Post-it. Her name, Cora Felton, was printed on it in black fountain pen. Cora pulled out the pushpin, unfolded the note.

It was a crossword puzzle.

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