Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery) [Hardcover]

Joan Hess (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Agatha and Macavity winner Joan Hess, author of Out on a Limb and other novels in her Claire Malloy series, as well as Maggody and the Moonbeams and other novels in her Arly Hanks series, will please her fans with Big Foot Stole My Wife! And Other Stories. Most of the 11 tales are on the light side, but the final entry, "Another Room," shows how good Hess can be at psychological suspense.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 202 pages
• Publisher: Five Star (ME); 1 edition (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078624318X
• ISBN-13: 978-0786243181
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,273,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable satirical mysteries, April 4, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery) (Hardcover)

This eleven-collection mystery anthology showcases Joan Hess at her for the most part amusing best. Two of the tales star Claire Malloy and two others Arkansas Sheriff Arly Hanks (the Maggody novels). Those four tales alone would make the short story collection worth reading, but the other seven tales are also well written with six containing the author's renowned humor with a wink. Surprisingly, the final contribution seems out of place, as it is more of a psychological suspense thriller than Ms. Hess's typical satirical biting social barb that leaves no one standing. Besides the writer's fans and towns with populations under 800, anyone who appreciates a strong anthology will want to read BIG FOOT STOLE MY WIFE! AND OTHER STORIES. Additionally, Ms. Hess' readership will also enjoy her previous collection, DEATH OF A ROMANCE WRITER AND OTHER STORIES.

Harriet Klausner

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Bad Big Foot Didn't Steal this Book Before I Read it!, December 15, 2004

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Foot Stole My Wife! and Other Stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery) (Hardcover)

This collection of short stories fell very short of my expectations. Granted I had never heard of Joan Hess but the praise for Joan Hess reviews on the back all claimed she was an extremely funny writer so hence that is what I expected. Humour however is not contained within this novel, it is not that her jokes or comedy scenes weren't funny, it is just that they do not exist at all. This book is a B grade thriller but certainly not a humorous collection of stories. The quality of those stories as thrillers is also rather average. The stories are predictable and many an effort to stick with as well. Give this book a miss!