Parnell Hall

Parnell Hall is one of the most popular authors from The United States, who has written a number of successful books based on the thriller, crime fiction, and mystery genres. He is particularly famous for writing the Puzzle Lady Mystery series, the Stanley Hastings series, and the Steve Winslow series. Author Hall has written the latter series out the three under the pen name of J.P.

The best place to start is the Stanley Hastings series, the earliest of Parnell Hall's multi-book series: it opens with Detective (1987) and runs to 27 books across 1987–2020, ending with The Dead Client (2020). Parnell Hall's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Parnell Hall has 98 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1987 and 2025. 87 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Stanley Hastings series with 27 books — and 11 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Parnell Hall's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Stanley Hastings (1987–2020, 27 books), Steve Winslow (1988–2013, 7 books) and Puzzle Lady (1999–2019, 21 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits Parnell Hall's 98 books into 6 named series and 11 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Stanley Hastings (27 books, 1987–2020); Puzzle Lady (21 books, 1999–2019); Teddy Fay (8 books, 2016–2025); Steve Winslow (7 books, 1988–2013); Herbie Fisher (1 book, 2017), plus 1 further series.