A Really Cute Corpse (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 4)

by Joan Hess

Book Overview

Claire Malloy is back. And this time she is the reluctant director of the Miss Thurberfest beauty pagent in Farberville. She's being driven to distraction by the usual baton twirlers, off-key singers,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312982917
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.6" x 0.7" x 4.1"

Customer Reviews

Really cute book

A good read, not too much mental stimulation, but enough that it was interesting and I could finish it.

A recipe for a perfect murder mystery

A recipe for a perfect murder mystery. Joan Hess is amazing once again!!!!!!! If your looking for a mystery that will drag you to the next page start reading! The book has a cliffhanger at the end of every page. If you like a good mystery that suprises you and has a great plot, READ ONNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Joan Hess

This was the first Joan Hess book that I read. I picked it up by chance at the library. I am now totally hooked on her books. I love the Maggody series as well as this one. This book is entertaining and funny. It introduces some charecters that are important to the series down the road. It also was extremely funny. This particular book in the series allows you to really begin to identify with her charecter. Though not her best book,( I liked A Conventional Corpse best) still a strong book by a great author.

A really riotous book!

Fans of Joan Hess won't be disappointed with this one.The fun starts when Claire Malloy gets conned into directing the Miss Thurberfest pageant and the reigning beauty queen, Cyndi, turns up dead? Whodunnit?? There are plenty of suspects...the slick and slimy senator Stevenson...Arnie, the drunken chauffeur..or possibly Eunice,Cyndi's "trainer" (She was once Miss Cherry Tomato)Claire solves the mystery with just a little help (or is it hindrance?) from boyfriend Peter Rosen anddaughter Caron...an enjoyable book!

Joan Hess captured a new and devoted reader.

Joan Hess captured a new and devoted reader with her mystery, A Really Cute Corpse. Using Claire Malloy, an appealing female investigator who is both wise and witty, Hess side-steps blood and violence and focuses on character developement and humor--attractive components to female readers of any age.A consumate Dorothy Gilman fan (author of the Mrs. Pollifax series and other delightful books) I now search the H authors on each trip to the library--hoping to find a new Joan Hess book on the shelf. Hess has not created a leading character as lady-like as Mrs. Marple, nor as totally charming as Emily Pollifax, but certainly her women are emotionally strong, mentally awesome, and career-wise down-to-earth, as women of the 90's must be.