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The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 2) - Softcover

Book 2 of 20: Claire Malloy Mysteries

Hess, Joan

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9780312971786: The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 2)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0312971788 ISBN 13: 9780312971786
Publisher: Minotaur Books, 1999

Synopsis

When you make a game of murder, be careful who the players are...

Who could resist the mock-murder weekend at the charming Mimosa Inn-- certainly not bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy, who decides to bring her petulant daughter Caron along for some detecting. As the guests settle in for a weekend of sleuthing, dressed as their favorite literary detectives, many a Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot stand poised to solve a murder. But fiction becomes alarmingly real, as the mock-murder victim isn't just playing dead-- he's really been bashed to death. More determined than even to find the killer, Claire combs the grounds of the lovely inn for this most uninvited guest.

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About the Author

Joan Hess lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She is the Agatha-Award winning author of the Claire Malloy Mysteries and the Arly Hanks Mysteries.

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I stared curiously at what I presumed was the bird-watchers' club. An icy finger danced up my spine as I took in their dazed expressions. A grebe could not be responsible for the strange stillness of the bird-watchers--no matter how peculiar its plumage or idiosyncratic and public its mating habits.

After a whispered conversation with the woman, Peter came back to the croquet court to take Eric aside. The blood drained from Eric's face as he listened, and he began to sway with a queasy motion. The game halted, and mallets were slowly discarded. We formed a circle around Eric and Peter.

Peter took a deep breath. "Apparently the Audubon people hiked around the lake early this morning to a nesting area they explore on an annual basis. In one of the coves they found a rowboat, and in the rowboat a body--face down in several inches of water. There was a bloody indentation on the back of his head, and no doubt about his condition. I'm sorry to have to tell you that Harmon Crundall is dead. But this time, it's no game."

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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0312971788
ISBN 13 
9780312971786
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
192
Rating
  • 3.78 out of 5 stars
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