The House of Puzzles

by Richard Newsome

  ‘I swear,’ he said to himself, ‘as long as I live, I will never understand girls.’

  Acknowledgments

  With thanks to:

  • Mum and Dad, with love and appreciation.

  • As always, to Jane Pearson for her skill and endless patience.

  • Stephanie Stepan, to whom all horse-related action contained within is dedicated.

  • James Phelan for introducing me to the real puzzle house of New York. Seriously. Go to nytimes.com and search ‘Puzzle House’.

  • My wife Kathryn, our son Sam and daughters Ruby and Ella, who remind me of what is important in life.

  • Oh, and Pippin the cat.