Welcome to the Mystery Godoku archives, weekly puzzles created by the editors of the .

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. The goal of Godoku is to fill in every empty box with one of nine letters. Each letter can appear only once in each horizontal row as well as in each vertical column and in each of the 3x3 grids. Some letters are always provided to get you started. Finally, we also give you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

Archived puzzles from 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006.

07/20/09: His short story "One Cold Dish" appeared in the anthology Racing Can Be Murder.
A D G H I M N R S
Puzzle / Solution.

07/13/09: Daryn Parke’s debut thriller has this title (with “The”).
A E F I L O R T V
Puzzle / Solution.

07/06/09: "The Scent of Murder" by this author appeared in the anthology 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories.
A B C E J K N R Y
Puzzle / Solution.

06/29/09: The Sherlock Holmes pastiche The Professor and the Valley of Fear was written by this author.
A B C I M N R S T
Puzzle / Solution.

06/22/09: This short story by Jo Bannister appeared in 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories.
A F I K L N O S T
Puzzle / Solution.

06/15/09: This is the title of the 2nd mystery by Terri Persons featuring psychic FBI agent Bernadette St. Clare.
A B D E G I L N R
Puzzle / Solution.

06/08/09: She edited the paranormal mystery anthology Deadknots.
C E I J N R S T W
Puzzle / Solution.

06/01/09: This group of buddies accidentally kill an intruder in this 1997 thriller by Ed Gorman (with “The”)
B C E K L O P R U
Puzzle / Solution.

05/25/09: Harry Kemelman featured this New England college professor in his short stories.
C E I K L N T W Y
Puzzle / Solution.

05/18/09: Murder happened here in a 2009 Phyrne Fisher mystery by Kerry Greenwood.
A D E H I K N R T
Puzzle / Solution.

05/11/09: He edited The Killing Spirit, a 1996 anthology of murder for hire.
A E H J L O P R Y
Puzzle / Solution.

05/04/09: This conspiracy is mentioned in the title of a 2009 thriller by (with “The”).
A E G I J K M N S
Puzzle / Solution.

04/27/09: Gary Lovisi is the author of a hard-boiled crime series featuring this PI:
C E I O P R S V W
Puzzle / Solution.

04/20/09: This Jack Dwyer story by Ed Gorman appeared in the anthology Criminal Elements (with "The"):
A E H N O R S W Y
Puzzle / Solution.

04/13/09: He edited the anthology Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories:
A B D E I L N O Y
Puzzle / Solution.

04/06/09: He is the Vicar of Stoneground, the most haunted parish in England:
A B C E H L M R T
Puzzle / Solution.

03/30/09: This is the title of a collection of Nameless Detective mysteries by Bill Pronzini:
A D E K O P R S W
Puzzle / Solution.

03/23/09: This is the title of the 4th thriller featuring Detective Jonathan Stride:
A D E H I K N R T
Puzzle / Solution.

03/16/09: He is the author of a series of techno-thrillers featuring Patrick McLanahan:
A B D E L N O R W
Puzzle / Solution.

03/09/09: This is the title of a 2009 collection of mystery and crime fiction edited by Otto Penzler:
A B C I K L N O R
Puzzle / Solution.

03/02/09: This is the title of the 8th mystery in the Artie Cohen series by :
A D E I K N R S T
Puzzle / Solution.

02/23/09: Indians believed it carried the voices of evil spirits in this short story by Bill Pronzini:
A B C D I K L N W
Puzzle / Solution.

02/16/09: According to the title of a 2009 mystery, Aunt Dimity slays this:
A D E G H N O R T
Puzzle / Solution.

02/09/09: This is the mystery book club imprint of Barbour Publishing (with "Presents").
A E G H N O R S T
Puzzle / Solution.

02/02/09: This Gerald Tollesfrud short story appeared in 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories.
G H I K N O R T W
Puzzle / Solution.

01/26/09: This is the title of the 13th mystery in the Carol Ashton series by Claire McNab.
A B C D E H L T U
Puzzle / Solution.

01/19/09: This Christopher Fahy short story appeared in the 1993 anthology Santa Clues (with “The”).
A E G H I L N R T
Puzzle / Solution.

01/12/09: This is the title of Douglas Preston’s 2008 satirical thriller on religious extremism.
A B E H L M P S Y
Puzzle / Solution.

01/05/09: This is the title of the first mystery in the Tally Whyte series by
A B D O P R S T Y
Puzzle / Solution.

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