Claire Malloy Series by Joan Hess

3.67 · 46 ratings
  • Strangled Prose (Claire Malloy #1)
    #1

    Strangled Prose (Claire Malloy #1)

    Joan Hess

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1985

    She would have killed for a bestseller--but someone beat her to it...Professor of Passion, the smutty new romance from Mildred Twiller--a.k.a. Azalea Twilight--isn't the kind of book Claire Malloy likes to hock at her bookstore, but Claire agrees to host a book party for her friend's trashy tale. As torrid as the novel is, it's nothing compared to the evening. After the party, poor Mildred is found dead in her home--strangled with a tightly knotted silk scarf... more

  • Tickled to Death (Claire Malloy #9)
    #9

    Tickled to Death (Claire Malloy #9)

    Joan Hess

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1994

    The book business is in a slump in Farberville, and Claire Malloy, owner of The Book Depot, is feeling the pinch of financial woes and the pull of summer doldrums. The plucky amateur sleuth thinks her life is for the birds until a mysterious new predicament sends her to a posh lakefront community near a bird sanctuary. The problem: Her friend Luanne is having an affair with a man she wants to believe is the perfect lover - except that he just may have murdered both his previous wives... more

  • The Goodbye Body (Claire Malloy #15)
    #15

    The Goodbye Body (Claire Malloy #15)

    Joan Hess

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2005

    Claire Malloy runs a bookstore in the normally quiet college town of Farberville, Arkansas-an enterprise which provides the verging-on-meager living for her and her deeply sarcastic teenage daughter Caron... more

  • Deader Homes and Gardens (Claire Malloy #18)
    #18

    Deader Homes and Gardens (Claire Malloy #18)

    Joan Hess

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2012

    Claire Malloy discovers that house-hunting can be murder—literally—in the latest entry in Joan Hess's "wildly entertaining series." (Mystery Scene) Back from her somewhat unusual honeymoon, Claire Malloy must face the harsh reality of life with her new husband, police chief Peter Rosen, and her teenage daughter Caron—three people simply can’t fit into her cosy two bedroom apartment... more

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