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!).

*** NOTE: This file exists only for historical purposes. On May 1st, 2010, we modifed the format of the site; see Mystery Godoku Archives 2010 for the current version of this file. ***

04/26/10: Georgette Heyer’s mysteries feature Superintendent Hannasyde and this Inspector.
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04/19/10: This is the title of Clive Cussler’s 18th thrilling adventure featuring Dirk Pitt.
A B C D I K L N W
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04/12/10: This John Flanagan mystery introduced ex-Denver police detective Jesse Parker.
A E K M O P R S T
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04/05/10: This 1990 international thriller was the 7th in the Tweed & Co. series by Colin Forbes.
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03/29/10: He is the author of Earthly Justice, a collection of suspense short stories.
A D E G L M N O S
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03/22/10: La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, a Spanish language thriller, is translated as The Shadow ….
D E F H I N O T W
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03/15/10: Bill Guttentag’s debut novel, a crime drama set on the streets of Hollywood, has this title.
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03/08/10: This is the title of Michael H. Thomson's debut novel featuring journalist Toby Thomas (with "The").
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03/01/10: This Bill Pronzini short story features a con man who picks the wrong marks.
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02/22/10: This 2000 thriller by R. J. Kaiser features attorney Gabe Rose and his "crazy" client.
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02/15/10: Patricia A. Bremmer introduced this Denver homicide detective in Murder’s a Cinch.
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02/08/10: This is the title of a 2009 supernatural thriller by Michael Marshall.
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02/01/10: This 2008 thriller by R. Scott Bakker features a killer who will get inside your head … literally.
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01/25/10: This short story by Miles Hudson appeared in Detective Fiction Weekly (with “The”).
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01/18/10: This is the title of the third mystery in the Tally Whyte series by Vicki Stiefel (with “The”).
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01/11/10: This Bryan Smith paranormal thriller from 2009 features the Lamia, an ancient shape-shifting creature.
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01/04/10: Chris Simms writes a crime series featuring this Detective Inspector.
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12/28/09: He edited the alternate history and crime fiction anthology Sideways in Crime.
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12/21/09: The anthology The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers includes his short story “The Formula”.
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12/14/09: Mark Coggins’ fifth August Riordan mystery has this title (with “The”).
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12/07/09: Stephen Jay Schwartz's debut thriller has this title.
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11/30/09: Her short story "Copycat" appeared in the mystery anthology A Deadly Dozen.
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11/23/09: These “happen” in the title of Harry Dolan’s debut thriller.
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11/16/09: His short stories include “Of Vice and Men” and “Undercover Cop”.
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11/09/09: The 4th Mr. and Mrs. Darcy mystery by Carrie Bebris has this park in its title.
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11/02/09: Her short story “Even Gamblers Have to Eat” appeared in Michael Connelly’s anthology Murder in Vegas.
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10/26/09: This author had two of his short stories appear in Craft Cat Crimes.
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10/19/09: He is the Florida trial lawyer in this series of legal thrillers by James Sheehan.
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10/12/09: This is the title of the 6th mystery in the Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt.
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10/05/09: This author’s short stories include Death of a Tattle-Monger and The Mule Head Bank Robbery.
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09/28/09: Her short story "The Mechanique Affair" appeared in the anthology Death Dance.
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09/21/09: She is the author of the romantic thriller Cold Midnight.
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09/14/09: He is the author of the Sherlock Holmes pastiche "The Mystery of the Hanged Man’s Puzzle".
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09/07/09: This 1996 anthology of the murderous mind was edited by Ruth Rendell (with "The").
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08/31/09: His short stories include “Trigger” (2003) and “Graffiti Red” (2005).
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08/24/09: He co-wrote a neo-noir crime series with Tom Fassbender featuring PI Benjamin Drake.
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08/17/09: She is the author of the Margot O’Banion mystery series.
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08/10/09: His short story "White Like the Snow" appeared in the anthology Murder Most Merry.
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08/03/09: She is the author of a mystery series featuring hospital nurse Caroline Rhodes.
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07/27/09: The anthology Chesapeake Crimes included this author’s short story “Through the Roof”.
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07/20/09: His short story "One Cold Dish" appeared in the anthology Racing Can Be Murder.
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07/13/09: Daryn Parke’s debut thriller has this title (with “The”).
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07/06/09: "The Scent of Murder" by this author appeared in the anthology 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories.
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06/29/09: The Sherlock Holmes pastiche The Professor and the Valley of Fear was written by this author.
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06/22/09: This short story by Jo Bannister appeared in 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories.
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06/15/09: This is the title of the 2nd mystery by Terri Persons featuring psychic FBI agent Bernadette St. Clare.
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06/08/09: She edited the paranormal mystery anthology Deadknots.
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06/01/09: This group of buddies accidentally kill an intruder in this 1997 thriller by Ed Gorman (with “The”)
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05/25/09: Harry Kemelman featured this New England college professor in his short stories.
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05/18/09: Murder happened here in a 2009 Phyrne Fisher mystery by Kerry Greenwood.
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05/11/09: He edited The Killing Spirit, a 1996 anthology of murder for hire.
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05/04/09: This conspiracy is mentioned in the title of a 2009 thriller by (with “The”).
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04/27/09: Gary Lovisi is the author of a hard-boiled crime series featuring this PI:
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04/20/09: This Jack Dwyer story by Ed Gorman appeared in the anthology Criminal Elements (with "The"):
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04/13/09: He edited the anthology Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories:
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04/06/09: He is the Vicar of Stoneground, the most haunted parish in England:
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03/30/09: This is the title of a collection of Nameless Detective mysteries by Bill Pronzini:
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03/23/09: This is the title of the 4th thriller featuring Detective Jonathan Stride:
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03/16/09: He is the author of a series of techno-thrillers featuring Patrick McLanahan:
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03/09/09: This is the title of a 2009 collection of mystery and crime fiction edited by Otto Penzler:
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03/02/09: This is the title of the 8th mystery in the Artie Cohen series by :
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02/23/09: Indians believed it carried the voices of evil spirits in this short story by Bill Pronzini:
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02/16/09: According to the title of a 2009 mystery, Aunt Dimity slays this:
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02/09/09: This is the mystery book club imprint of Barbour Publishing (with "Presents").
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02/02/09: This Gerald Tollesfrud short story appeared in 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories.
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01/26/09: This is the title of the 13th mystery in the Carol Ashton series by Claire McNab.
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01/19/09: This Christopher Fahy short story appeared in the 1993 anthology Santa Clues (with “The”).
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01/12/09: This is the title of Douglas Preston’s 2008 satirical thriller on religious extremism.
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01/05/09: This is the title of the first mystery in the Tally Whyte series by
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