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Outstanding...A fun-to-read mixture of homicide and humor. THE PITTSBURGH PRESS In this, the seventh adventure in the Claire Malloy series, Claire discovers a lot about her late, unlamented husband. The viperish family matriarch, Miss Justicia, gives a preview of her latest will at the decaying family estate in Louisiana. From snobbish Cousin Maxie and timid, tippling Pauline to beautiful Ellie and her porky dad, the Malloys appear a poisonous lot--and appeareances in this case are not deceiving. When Miss Jusiticia and her wheelchair end up in the bayou, Claire is certain that one of them assisted the old lady to her death. And snakes, snipers, and tapeworms notwithstanding, she's prepared to prove it....

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Hess's books are funny, acerbic, touching, terrific. <br>--Elizabeth Peters <br> Echoes of Arsenic and Old Lace flutter through this chronicle of the eccentric Malloys of Louisiana. -- Kirkus Reviews <br>

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"Joan Hess is a winner of the American Mystery Award and the author of twelve previous Claire Malloy books, including ""Roll Over and Play Dead,"" ""A Diet to Die For,"" ""A Conventional Corpse,"" ""Dear Miss Demeanor,"" and ""Strangled Prose,"" as well as the Maggody mystery series. A member of Sisters in Crime and a former president of the American Crime Writers League, she lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas."

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