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Wedding season includes searching for a missing bride�and a killer . . .


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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Closely Akin To Murder (Claire Malloy Mysteries) by Joan Hess

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Also by Joan Hess:

The Painted Queen, June 2018
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Painted Queen, August 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Malice in Maggody, February 2017
e-Book
Martians in Maggody, June 2016
e-Book
Pride V. Prejudice, March 2016
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Merry Wives of Maggody, February 2011
Paperback
Closely Akin To Murder (Claire Malloy Mysteries), October 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Poisoned Pins, April 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Damsel in Distress, April 2007
Hardcover
Dear Miss Demeanor, February 2007
Paperback (reprint)
Death by the Light of the Moon, February 2007
Paperback (reprint)
A Diet to Die For, February 2007
Mass Market Paperback
A Really Cute Corpse, February 2007
Mass Market Paperback
A Holly, Jolly Murder, November 2006
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
The Goodbye Body, April 2006
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Out on a Limb, November 2003
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Roll Over and Play Dead, May 2003
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
A Conventional Corpse, August 2001
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn, October 1999
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Strangled Prose, November 1998
Paperback (reprint)
Closely Akin to Murder, June 1997
Paperback (reprint)
Busy Bodies, May 1996
Paperback (reprint)
Tickled to Death, May 1995
Paperback (reprint)
Deader Homes & Gardens, November 0000
Paperback / e-Book

Closely Akin To Murder (Claire Malloy Mysteries)
Joan Hess

Minotaur Books
October 2009
On Sale: September 29, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 0312384637
EAN: 9780312384630
Mass Market Paperback
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At first it seems like a prank. How could Veronica Landonwood be the voice on the other end of the phone when she died three decades ago? But as Arkansas bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy is about to find out, her cousin “Ronnie” is very much alive—and in trouble. And could use Claire’s help…

Today, Ronnie is a renowned scientist living in Chicago. But when she was a teenager, she had a run-in with a famous Hollywood producer in Acapulco, Mexico. He attempted to sexually assault her—and she killed him. Having served time in prison, Ronnie finally put her this episode behind her…until now. Just when she has a real shot at the Nobel Prize, a ruthless blackmailer is threatening to expose the secrets of her past. Can Claire help to preserve Ronnie’s reputation and keep her out of harm’s way? That will depend on Claire’s investigation—and what really happened on the night of the murder so many years ago…

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