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Title: Dear Miss Demeanor : A Claire Malloy Mystery by Joan Hess ISBN: 0-312-97313-6 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Just cute little stories
Comment: I got started on Joan Hess books from her Arly Hanks Maggody series (fantastic books). These are not as good but still quite entertaining little stories. The books are never more then 225 pages and are easy reading. The dialogue between Claire and her daughter is worthy enough to be a SNL skit. These books will not make you think but they will make you laugh.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Book That Got Me Hooked
Comment: I picked this book up at a school book sale amidst piles of paperbacks that had been donated for their fundraiser. The witty writing, light but intelligent style, and intriguing mystery combine to make a great, fast read.
Hess' humor is so enjoyable, and I love the fact that Claire Malloy is a bookstore owner and that the series has nothing to do with cooking. Hess is definitely a unique voice in the mystery world.
Rating: 4
Summary: Witty sleuthing in small-town US
Comment: Book Depot owner Claire Malloy, the recreational sleuth of Faberville, is urged by her daughter Caron to investigate the dismissal of an elderly spinster journalism-teacher at Faberville High: Miss Parchester, the daughter of a former judge of the Supreme Court, was accused of embezzling petty cash from the journalism-fund of Faberville High.
Suddenly the ghastly prinicipal of Fabervile High as well as the nasty janitor/custodian are poisoned and naturally old Miss Parchester seems to be the culprit. However, several of the teaching staff seem to have a motif to quieten the principal and/or the janitor.
Substituting in teaching Claire does her bit of sleuthing in order to solve the crimes.
As I have mentioned before, this book is not a thriller. Claire Malloy is a witty person, however, and has to cope with raising a teenage daughter mostly always speaking in capital letters and therefore is nearly incessantly involed in "adolescent melodrama" (p. 3). Yet another funny tidbit is Claire's relationship to local CID-boss Peter Rosen who seems to be a hunk, but a bit clumsy when it comes to investigating.
Result: The right book, if you want to spend an afternoon chuckling in front of the fireplace or in the garden.
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Title: The Murder at the Mimosa Inn by Joan Hess ISBN: 0312971788 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Strangled Prose by Joan Hess ISBN: 0312968647 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Death by the Light of the Moon : A Claire Malloy Mystery by Joan Hess ISBN: 0312991010 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Roll Over and Play Dead : A Claire Malloy Mystery by Joan Hess ISBN: 0312988281 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 18 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Really Cute Corpse by Joan Hess ISBN: 0312982917 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 17 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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