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Crossword
Fiction/Thriller
ISBN 1-891799-50-9
13-Digit ISBN 978-1-891799-50-1
Hardcover - $24.95
Publication Date: 2006
Harbor House
Crossword is a follow-up to Rawlings’s 2004 hit thriller, The Rutherford Cipher. In Crossword Matt Rutherford is unwillingly drawn into an investigation of the mysterious murder of his house guest.
Matt soon finds his own life is in danger. A disk containing several cryptic crossword puzzles is the key to solving the murder and also saving Matt’s life and that of his love, Lisa Li. As the two try to solve the puzzles, and the mystery, they venture from the mountain resort of Highlands, N.C., to the beautiful beaches of St. Simons Island, Ga., which may be the last sites they ever see.
Praise forCrossword
“Masterful! Rawlings chauffeurs you along with comfortable prose and easy dialogue, then slams you with a violent twist or abrupt murder. And climaxes keep coming. There are more action peaks than the Himalayas.”
- Jack Markley, International Business Consultant, Retired Division Head, Proctor & Gamble Company
“What Dan Brown spawned in his Da Vinci Code, William Rawlings has mastered in his fourth mystery, Crossword, a cruciverbalist’s dream that pits language against mathematics in a furious hunt for a top-secret, life saving truth.
A master of surprise reversals, Rawlings spreads suspense from Walkerville, St. Simons, and Savannah, Georgia, to Highlands, North Carolina, and New York, where every character suspect in a perilous scheme of deception and wide-spread annihilation. Indeed, the heroine of this intricately crafted novel rivals the author in the clever way she entices the reader to discover clues that might ward off the last and most significant of a series of mystifying murders and suicides. Like invisible messages penned with lemon juice, not till the very end does Rawlings bathe them with light.”
- Randolph P. Shaffner, Professor Emeritus, retired Publisher, Author and Founder of Cyrano’s Bookshop, Highlands, N.C.
- Larry Walker, Attorney and Former Georgia State House Majority Leader
“If one puzzle isn’t enough, William Rawlings gives you four to solve in Crossword-with a couple of homicides to boot. This is an absorbing page-turner with a conclusion that blows you away. A great read for all who love mysteries.”
- Charles F. Rinkevich, Director (Ret.), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Saint Simons Island, Georgia
“Crossword is crammed full of mystery, colorful characters, and intellectual challenges, particularly to those having even causal aspirations as “cruciverbalsists.” Charming! Readers will have great fun with this one, and will flock to the movie house when this thriller eventually finds its way there.”
- John Diaz, CEO of Diaz de Navarra Vineyards, Inc., Lt. Col. (Ret.) Special Forces
"Matt and Lisa are reunited for another galvanizing romp involving big money, international intrigue, cryptic clues, false friends and dangerous enemies. Tre to the Rawlings style, each chapter ends on a suspenseful note that draws you irresistibly into the next. Once you pick up Crossword, don't plan on getting anything else done for the next couple of days-you won't want to put it down for such relatively trivial activities as food and sleep."
- Kenneth S. Saladin, PhD Professor, Georgia College and State Universtiy
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