Deader Homes and Gardens: A Claire Malloy Mystery (Claire Malloy Mysteries) - Softcover

Hess, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250019494 ISBN 13: 9781250019493

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2012

Synopsis

Deader Homes and Gardens

Joan Hess

Now that she's back from her honeymoon, Claire Malloy must face the reality of her home life: It's too close for comfort. A two-bedroom apartment is a formula for disaster for her new husband, Police Chief Peter Rosen, and her teenage daughter, Caron. Time to go house hunting―before they all kill each other. Figuratively speaking, of course...

Or not. Ever since Claire found the perfect home―a well-preserved large house on a large plot of land in Hollow Valley―she has been up to the roof with problems. Not only has the real estate agent gone mysteriously missing but soon Claire learns that the house's previous owner died in circumstances labeled "accidental." And new bodies from Hollow Valley are starting to pile up...Now it's up to Claire to dig up the dirt―and unearth a killer. Can she solve the mystery before her dream house turns into a living nightmare?

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"SNAPPY, SASSY."―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Now that she's back from her honeymoon, Claire Malloy must face the reality of her home life: It's too close for comfort. A two-bedroom apartment is a formula for disaster for her new husband, Police Chief Peter Rosen, and her teenage daughter, Caron. Time to go house hunting―before they all kill each other. Figuratively speaking, of course...

"ANOTHER FUN ROMP."―Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Or not. Ever since Claire found the perfect home―a well-preserved large house on a large plot of land in Hollow Valley―she has beeen up to the roof with problems. Not only has the real estate agent gone mysteriously missing but soon Claire learns that the house's previous owner died in circumstances labeled "accidental." And new bodies from Hollow Valley are starting to pile up...Now it's up to Claire to dig up the dirt―and unearth a killer. Can she solve the mystery before her dream house turns into a living nightmare?

"FAST-PACED...BREEZY...AMUSING."―The Mystery Gazette

About the Author:

JOAN HESS is the author of both the Claire Malloy mysteries (which begins with Strangled Prose) and the Maggody mystery series. She is a winner of the American Mystery Award, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1250019494
• ISBN 13: 9781250019493
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 336