Winner of the CWA Golden Dagger for Best Crime Novel

Introducing Detective Lieutenant Jack Stryker. An obsessive, an oddball and - occasionally - a genius. Originally published in 1985, Monkey Puzzle is a vintage, suspenseful whodunit from Paula Gosling.

Grantham University, Ohio. When a professor is viciously murdered, campus is set on edge. There are myriad potential suspects - one of whom happens to be connected to Stryker's past.

The murderous attacks continue. Now, in the blank-faced and mazed city, death has become vicious, secret and cold. Somewhere out there, an ego is coiled, waiting.

The city and the campus panic. With his sidekick Toscarelli, Stryker is trapped in a maze of conflicting motives, emotions and clues. And at the center of the maze awaits a monster.

'Scintillating entertainment' - Sunday Times

With witty dialogue and dark turns, Monkey Puzzle is the first entry in the Jack Stryker series. Continue the series with Backlash.

An off beat police mystery set on an American university campus

About the Author
Paula Gosling was born in Detroit and moved permanently to England in 1964. She worked as a copywriter and a freelance copy consultant before becoming a full-time writer in 1979. She published her first novel, A Running Duck, in 1974. This won the John Creasey Award for the best first novel of the year and Monkey Puzzle, the first in her Jack Stryker series, won a Gold Dagger. She is a past Chairman of the CWA.

Reviews
Plotted with great guile, this is a scintillating entertainment * Sunday Times *
Grips and amuses to the last sentence * The Times *
A neat variation on old themes, nicely written and convincingly expounded * Financial Times *
Paula Gosling is one of the best in the genre * Police *
Done with immense dazzle * The Guardian *
An interesting plot in an excellently portrayed setting * TLS *



Book Information
ISBN 9781509855063
Author Paula Gosling
Format Paperback
Page Count 342
Imprint Macmillan Bello
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 390g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 19mm