Summary
Amateur sleuth Claire Malloy substitutes for a disgraced journalism teacher at Farberville High School, but when the instructor is accused of murder on top of embezzlement, and then disappears completely, Claire is on the case. Full description
Summary: |
Amateur sleuth Claire Malloy substitutes for a disgraced journalism teacher at Farberville High School, but when the instructor is accused of murder on top of embezzlement, and then disappears completely, Claire is on the case. |
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Physical Description: |
202 p. |
ISBN: |
9781250100245 1250100240 |
Author Notes: |
Her first book, Strangled Prose, was published in 1986. She was the author of the Claire Malloy Mystery series and the Arly Hanks Mystery series. A Diet to Die For won the American Mystery Award for best traditional novel of 1989. A short story, Too Much to Bare, received the Agatha Award in 1990 and the McCavity Award in 1991. She also wrote the Theo Bloomer series under the pseudonym Joan Hadley. She finished the final Amelia Peabody novel, The Painted Queen, using the notes of Elizabeth Peters and their conversations to finish the book. It was published in 2017. She died on November 23, 2017 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) |