{"product_id":"death-by-the-light-of-the-moon-a-claire-malloy-mystery-paperback","title":"Death by the Light of the Moon: A Claire Malloy Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Hess\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThings that go bump in the Bayou...\u003cbr\u003eFor bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy getting a root canal beats going to a Malloy family reunion. But it is time her fifteen-year-old daughter Caron visits her deceased father's relatives. Now Claire and Caron have arrived at Malloy Manor, a run-down mansion in Louisiana's bayou country...where the mosquitoes are big enough to barbecue, the swamp is crawling with alligators, the butler looks like he stepped out of a teen slasher movie, and the wheelchair-bound matriarch, Miss Justicia, races around the grounds cackling like a loon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the perfect setting-for a murder. Before a night has passed, Miss Justicia is sleeping with the fishes. The police call it a \"tragic accident.\" Caron is all for calling a cab. But Claire wants to have a closer look at her \"loving\" relatives since she has a hunch leaving Malloy Manor isn't going to be all that easy...and neither is staying alive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Hess\u003c\/b\u003e is a winner of the American Mystery Award and the author of twelve previous Claire Malloy books, including \u003ci\u003eRoll Over and Play Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Diet to Die For\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Conventional Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDear Miss Demeanor\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003eStrangled Prose\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the Maggody mystery series. A member of Sisters in Crime and a former president of the American Crime Writers League, she lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776037847328,"sku":"9781250100344","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a73d2dfcf494440bba91cd7f446904ee.webp?v=1780471361","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/death-by-the-light-of-the-moon-a-claire-malloy-mystery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}