Strangled Prose (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 1)

by Joan Hess

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312968647
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.5" x 4.1"

Customer Reviews

Score one more for Joan Hess

Typical of Joan Hess, it's engaging, interesting and hard to put down. The characters are lifelike, and the town is one you feel like you know.

Thank God there are lots more Claire Malloys to read!

What a pleasant surprise! I'd read a "Maggody" mystery some time ago, not realizing there was another Joan Hess series to savor. Claire Malloy is bright, sarcastic, ironic, and funny as all get-out. The plot has enough twists and turns to keep you going... I stayed up way too late two nights in a row to finish it. Peter Rosen has definite possibilities, although his character wasn't developed quite as much as Claire's; since this was Claire's opening gambit, however, that's understandable. Loved this book, and right now I'm trying to figure out the order in which the rest were written so I can follow through properly (I always read a series in order to follow character development). Definitely have your library rustle up a copy of this one, and, I suspect, the rest of the series, as well!