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- Publisher: Ballantine Books (1992)
- ASIN: B000NSIFA6
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A really riotous book!,
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This review is from: A Really Cute Corpse (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
Fans of Joan Hess won't be disappointed with this one.The fun starts when Claire Malloy gets conned into directing the Miss Thurberfest pageant and the reigning beauty queen, Cyndi, turns up dead? Whodunnit?? There are plenty of suspects...the slick and slimy senator Stevenson...Arnie, the drunken chauffeur..or possibly Eunice,Cyndi's "trainer" (She was once Miss Cherry Tomato)Claire solves the mystery with just a little help (or is it hindrance?) from boyfriend Peter Rosen anddaughter Caron...an enjoyable book!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Joan Hess captured a new and devoted reader.,
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This review is from: A Really Cute Corpse (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
Joan Hess captured a new and devoted reader with her mystery, A Really Cute Corpse. Using Claire Malloy, an appealing female investigator who is both wise and witty, Hess side-steps blood and violence and focuses on character developement and humor--attractive components to female readers of any age.A consumate Dorothy Gilman fan (author of the Mrs. Pollifax series and other delightful books) I now search the H authors on each trip to the library--hoping to find a new Joan Hess book on the shelf. Hess has not created a leading character as lady-like as Mrs. Marple, nor as totally charming as Emily Pollifax, but certainly her women are emotionally strong, mentally awesome, and career-wise down-to-earth, as women of the 90's must be.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I love Joan Hess,
By christy mccary (new iberia, LA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Really Cute Corpse (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
This was the first Joan Hess book that I read. I picked it up by chance at the library. I am now totally hooked on her books. I love the Maggody series as well as this one. This book is entertaining and funny. It introduces some charecters that are important to the series down the road. It also was extremely funny. This particular book in the series allows you to really begin to identify with her charecter. Though not her best book,( I liked A Conventional Corpse best) still a strong book by a great author.
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All I've ever wanted to do was mind my own business. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
audio booth, seven finalists, pageant director, light booth, prop room, sidewalk sale, preliminary round, west corridor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Thurberfest, Cyndi Jay, Senator Stevenson, Big One, Thurber Street, Sally Fromberger, Book Depot, Steve Stevenson, Lieutenant Rosen, Eunice Allingham, Luanne Bradshaw, Mayor Avery, Claire Malloy, Gala Sidewalk Sale, Miss Jay, Patti Stevenson, Warren Dansberry, Caron Malloy, Dew Drop Inn, Atlantic City, New Jersey New!
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All I've ever wanted to do was mind my own business. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
audio booth, seven finalists, pageant director, light booth, prop room, sidewalk sale, preliminary round, west corridor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Thurberfest, Cyndi Jay, Senator Stevenson, Big One, Thurber Street, Sally Fromberger, Book Depot, Steve Stevenson, Lieutenant Rosen, Eunice Allingham, Luanne Bradshaw, Mayor Avery, Claire Malloy, Gala Sidewalk Sale, Miss Jay, Patti Stevenson, Warren Dansberry, Caron Malloy, Dew Drop Inn, Atlantic City, New Jersey New!
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- A Diet to Die for (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 5) by Joan Hess in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Dear Miss Demeanor (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 3) by Joan Hess in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Strangled Prose (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 1) by Joan Hess in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Purloined Letter (Creative's Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe on page 198
- Storm Track by Margaret Maron in Front Matter
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- Death by the Light of the Moon (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 7) by Joan Hess in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Out on a Limb (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 14) by Joan Hess in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Maggody and the Moonbeams (Arly Hanks Mysteries) by Joan Hess in Front Matter
- Malpractice in Maggody: An Arly Hanks Mystery (Arly Hanks Mysteries) by Joan Hess in Front Matter
- What to Read: The Essential Guide for Reading Group Members and Other Book Lovers by Mickey Pearlman on page 255
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