num_pages: 280
description: When crossword editor Belle Graham arrives at the Evening Crier, the latest gossip is about the devastating fire at the Collins family stables. It's tempting to think it's a torch job. The Collinses made their fortune in bootlegged Prohibition whiskey before morphing into a legitimate, multi-million dollar corporation Now Newcastle high society, they're living the lives of the rich and shameless, feuding among themselves as the family's aged patriarch marries younger-and-younger women. The latest is even younger than his children - who have been pushed aside by their new "stepmom".Belle's P.I. hubby, Rosco, is investigating the fire for the insurance company. The blaze is being blamed on the barn manager, a hard drinker who was sober enough to rescue the horses before falling debris - or something else - knocked him into a coma. And as Rosco searches for a needle in a haystack of clues, Belle is guessing that someone in the quarrelsome Collins clan already knows the answers...(Six crossword puzzles included - solve the puzzles and solve the crime!)
language: English
title: Death On The Diagonal
titlecomplete: Death On The Diagonal
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Murder Mystery, Games, Detective, Cozy Mystery, Womens
ratings_count: 80
series: Crossword Mysteries
publisher: The Berkley Publishing Group