Poisoned Pins

About the author

Joan Hess is the author of both the Claire Malloy 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.

Summary

Claire Malloy loves her life. But how did it go by so fast? A bookstore owner, part-time sleuth, and full-time single mother, Claire is about to turn the big four-oh! Good thing her teenage daughter, Caron, has just been recruited by the Kappa Theta Eta girls-whose sorority house is next door to the Malloys'-to be a consultant for the cosmetics empire My Beautiful Self, Inc. At the very least, Claire can get a little help with those fine lines around her eyes...but at what cost?
Turns out there's a high price to pay to look one's best. After a series of dangerous and suspicious incidents, including a hit-and-run "accident" that kills a sorority sister, it becomes clear to Claire that the beauty business in Farberville, Arkansas, is getting pretty ugly-and with every new makeover another dark circle rises from beneath the surface . . .

Foreword

A Clare Malloy mystery

Additional text

Lively, sharp, irreverent

Product details

• Authors: Joan Hess
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9781447279068
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-7906-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Claire Malloy Mysteries; Claire Malloy mysteries
• Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Humorous / General