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Overview"Faberville bookstore owner Claire Malloy is ruminating over the state of her love life when she gets disturbing news. Elderly Miss Emily Parchester is up a tree. Chained to an old oak, packing a thermos of tea and a gun, the retired schoolteacher is ready to go down with the ship, or rather the tree, before she'll let another historic piece of Farberville be bulldozed in the name of ""progress,"" i.e., developer Anthony Armstrong's condominiums. With Miss Parchester armed, and therefore dangerous, Claire fears this noble act will end tragically. Unfortunately, it does-when someone murders Armstrong. And suddenly Claire herself is out on a limb: a baby has been left on her doorstep, the child's teenage mom is suspect number one in Armstrong's death, and Claire needs to find the real killer fast. Especially when she discovers Miss Parchester knows more than she's willing to tell...." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joan HessPublisher: St Martin's Press Imprint: St Martin's Press Dimensions: Width: 10.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 17.10cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9780312986322ISBN 10: 0312986327 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 17 November 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsJoan Hess is one of the best mystery writers in the world. -Elizabeth Peters, author of Lord of the Silent <br> I love Joan Hess. She's hilarious, of course-one of the few writers who can crack me up both on the page and in person. If you've never spent time with Claire and her crew, I feel sorry for you. Stop reading this nonsense and hop to it. You'll see wit and humanity all wrapped up in a nifty murder mystery. -Harlan Coben, author of Tell No One <br> "-Joan Hess is one of the best mystery writers in the world.- --Elizabeth Peters, author of Lord of the Silent -I love Joan Hess. She's hilarious, of course-one of the few writers who can crack me up both on the page and in person. If you've never spent time with Claire and her crew, I feel sorry for you. Stop reading this nonsense and hop to it. You'll see wit and humanity all wrapped up in a nifty murder mystery.- --Harlan Coben, author of Tell No One ""Joan Hess is one of the best mystery writers in the world."" --Elizabeth Peters, author of Lord of the Silent ""I love Joan Hess. She's hilarious, of course-one of the few writers who can crack me up both on the page and in person. If you've never spent time with Claire and her crew, I feel sorry for you. Stop reading this nonsense and hop to it. You'll see wit and humanity all wrapped up in a nifty murder mystery."" --Harlan Coben, author of Tell No One Joan Hess is one of the best mystery writers in the world. ""Elizabeth Peters, author of Lord of the Silent"" I love Joan Hess. She's hilarious, of course-one of the few writers who can crack me up both on the page and in person. If you've never spent time with Claire and her crew, I feel sorry for you. Stop reading this nonsense and hop to it. You'll see wit and humanity all wrapped up in a nifty murder mystery. ""Harlan Coben, author of Tell No One"""" ""Joan Hess is one of the best mystery writers in the world."" -Elizabeth Peters, author of ""Lord of the Silent"" ""I love Joan Hess. She's hilarious, of course-one of the few writers who can crack me up both on the page and in person. If you've never spent time with Claire and her crew, I feel sorry for you. Stop reading this nonsense and hop to it. You'll see wit and humanity all wrapped up in a nifty murder mystery."" -Harlan Coben, author of ""Tell No One""" Author InformationJoan Hess is a winner of the American Mystery Award and the author of the Claire Malloy mystery series, including Death by the Light of the Moon, 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |