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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties that bind us • The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers takes readers along on Clayton [Stumper]'s quest to discover his roots, treating us to a literary mood boost about friendship and found family.—Real Simple   “A lovely read, warm, amusing and engaging.”—Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency SeriesClayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists and now finds himself among the last survivors of a fading institution.When the esteemed crossword compiler and main maternal presence in Clayton’s life, Pippa Allsbrook, passes away, she besto

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*DON''T MISS OUT - STUNNING LIMITED FIRST EDITION WITH JIGSAW PIECE CUT-OUT AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!*THE INSTANT TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!''Utterly beautiful. I adored it'' JOANNA CANNON''Hugely uplifting and wonderful'' AJ PEARCE''Truly heartwarming'' THE TIMESSometimes finding your place in the world is the greatest puzzle of all...Clayton Stumper is an enigma.He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your grandad and drinks sherry like your aunt.Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest minds in the British Isles and finds himself amongst the last survivors of a fading institution. When the esteemed crossword compiler, Pippa Allsbrook, passes away, she bestows her final puzzle to him: a promise to reveal the mystery of his parentag

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*DON''T MISS OUT - STUNNING LIMITED FIRST EDITION WITH JIGSAW PIECE CUT-OUT AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!*THE INSTANT TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!''Utterly beautiful. I adored it'' JOANNA CANNON''Hugely uplifting and wonderful'' AJ PEARCE''Truly heartwarming'' THE TIMESSometimes finding your place in the world is the greatest puzzle of all...Clayton Stumper is an enigma.He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your grandad and drinks sherry like your aunt.Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest minds in the British Isles and finds himself amongst the last survivors of a fading institution. When the esteemed crossword compiler, Pippa Allsbrook, passes away, she bestows her final puzzle to him: a promise to reveal the mystery of his parentag

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