Welcome to the Mystery Godoku archives, weekly puzzles created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books. 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. 04/19/10:
This is the title of Clive
Cussler’s 18th thrilling adventure featuring Dirk Pitt. 04/12/10:
This John Flanagan mystery
introduced
ex-Denver police detective Jesse Parker. 04/05/10:
This 1990 international thriller was
the 7th in the Tweed & Co. series by Colin Forbes. 03/29/10:
He is the author of Earthly Justice,
a collection of
suspense short stories. 03/22/10:
La
sombra del viento by Carlos
Ruiz Zafon, a Spanish language
thriller, is translated as The
Shadow …. 03/15/10:
Bill
Guttentag’s debut
novel, a crime drama set on the streets of
Hollywood, has this title. 03/08/10:
This is the title of Michael
H. Thomson's debut novel featuring journalist Toby Thomas (with "The"). 03/01/10:
This Bill Pronzini short
story
features a con man who picks the wrong marks. 02/22/10:
This 2000 thriller by R. J. Kaiser
features attorney Gabe Rose and his "crazy" client. 02/15/10:
Patricia
A. Bremmer introduced this
Denver
homicide detective in Murder’s
a Cinch. 02/08/10:
This is the title of a 2009
supernatural thriller by Michael Marshall. 02/01/10:
This 2008 thriller by R. Scott Bakker features a killer who will get
inside your head … literally. 01/25/10:
This short story by Miles Hudson
appeared in Detective Fiction Weekly (with “The”). 01/18/10:
This is the title of the
third mystery
in the Tally Whyte series by Vicki
Stiefel
(with “The”). 01/11/10:
This Bryan Smith paranormal
thriller from 2009 features the Lamia, an ancient shape-shifting
creature. 01/04/10:
Chris
Simms
writes a crime series featuring this Detective Inspector. 12/28/09:
He edited the alternate
history and crime fiction anthology Sideways
in Crime. 12/21/09:
The anthology The Mammoth Book of
Legal
Thrillers
includes his short story “The Formula”. 12/14/09:
Mark
Coggins’ fifth August
Riordan mystery has this title (with “The”). 12/07/09:
Stephen
Jay Schwartz's debut thriller
has this title. 11/30/09:
Her short story "Copycat"
appeared in the mystery anthology A
Deadly Dozen. 11/23/09:
These
“happen” in the
title of Harry Dolan’s debut thriller. 11/16/09:
His short stories include
“Of Vice and Men” and “Undercover
Cop”. 11/09/09:
The 4th Mr. and Mrs. Darcy
mystery by Carrie
Bebris
has this park in its title. 11/02/09:
Her short story
“Even Gamblers Have to Eat” appeared in Michael
Connelly’s anthology Murder in
Vegas. 10/26/09:
This author had two of his
short
stories appear in Craft Cat Crimes. 10/19/09:
He is the Florida trial
lawyer in this series of legal thrillers by James
Sheehan. 10/12/09:
This is the title of the 6th
mystery
in the Andy Carpenter series by David
Rosenfelt. 10/05/09:
This author’s short
stories include Death of a Tattle-Monger and The Mule Head Bank
Robbery. 09/28/09:
Her short story "The
Mechanique
Affair" appeared in the anthology Death
Dance. 09/21/09:
She is the author of the
romantic thriller Cold Midnight. 09/14/09:
He is the author of the
Sherlock
Holmes pastiche "The Mystery of the Hanged Man’s Puzzle". 09/07/09:
This 1996 anthology of the
murderous mind was edited by Ruth Rendell (with "The"). 08/31/09:
His short stories include
“Trigger” (2003) and “Graffiti
Red” (2005). 08/24/09:
He co-wrote a neo-noir crime
series with Tom Fassbender featuring PI Benjamin Drake. 08/17/09:
She is the author of the
Margot
O’Banion mystery series. 08/10/09:
His short story "White Like
the Snow" appeared in the anthology Murder
Most Merry. 08/03/09:
She is the author of a
mystery series
featuring hospital nurse Caroline Rhodes. 07/27/09:
The anthology Chesapeake Crimes
included this
author’s short story “Through the Roof”. 07/20/09:
His short story "One Cold Dish" appeared in the anthology Racing Can Be Murder. 07/13/09: Daryn
Parke’s
debut thriller has this title (with “The”). 07/06/09:
"The
Scent of Murder" by this author appeared in the anthology 100
Menacing Little
Murder Stories. 06/29/09:
The Sherlock Holmes pastiche The
Professor and the
Valley of Fear was written by
this author. 06/22/09:
This short story by Jo Bannister
appeared in 100 Menacing Little
Murder Stories. 06/15/09:
This is the title of the 2nd mystery
by Terri Persons featuring psychic FBI agent Bernadette St. Clare. 06/08/09:
She edited the paranormal mystery
anthology Deadknots. 06/01/09:
This group of buddies accidentally
kill an intruder in this 1997 thriller by Ed Gorman (with
“The”) 05/25/09:
Harry Kemelman featured this New
England college professor in his short
stories. 05/18/09:
Murder happened here in a 2009 Phyrne
Fisher mystery by Kerry
Greenwood. 05/11/09:
He edited The
Killing Spirit, a 1996
anthology of murder for hire. 05/04/09:
This conspiracy is mentioned in the
title of a 2009 thriller by Phillip
DePoy (with
“The”). 04/27/09:
Gary Lovisi is the author of a
hard-boiled crime series featuring this PI: 04/20/09:
This Jack Dwyer story by Ed Gorman
appeared in the anthology Criminal
Elements (with "The"): 04/13/09:
He edited the anthology Great
Canadian Murder and
Mystery Stories: 04/06/09:
He is the Vicar of Stoneground, the
most haunted parish in England: 03/30/09:
This is the title of a
collection of Nameless Detective mysteries by Bill Pronzini: 03/23/09:
This is the title of the
4th Brian Freeman
thriller featuring
Detective Jonathan Stride: 03/16/09:
He is the author of a
series of techno-thrillers featuring Patrick McLanahan: 03/09/09:
This is the title of a
2009 collection of mystery and crime fiction edited by Otto Penzler: 03/02/09:
This is the title of the
8th mystery in the Artie Cohen series by Reggie
Nadelson: 02/23/09:
Indians believed it
carried the voices of evil spirits in this short story by Bill Pronzini: 02/16/09:
According to the title of
a 2009 Nancy Atherton
mystery, Aunt Dimity
slays this: 02/09/09:
This is the mystery book
club imprint of Barbour Publishing (with "Presents"). 02/02/09:
This Gerald
Tollesfrud short story appeared in 100
Dastardly Little Detective Stories. 01/26/09:
This is the
title of the 13th mystery in the Carol Ashton series by Claire McNab. 01/19/09:
This
Christopher Fahy short story appeared in the 1993 anthology Santa Clues
(with
“The”). 01/12/09:
This is the
title of Douglas Preston’s 2008 satirical thriller on
religious extremism. 01/05/09:
This is the
title of the first mystery in the Tally Whyte series by Vicki
Stiefel
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