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The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn (Claire Malloy Mystery #2)
by
Joan Hess
When you make a game of murder, be careful who the players are...
Who could resist the mock-murder weekend at the charming Mimosa Inn-- certainly not bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy, who decides to bring her petulant daughter Caron along for some detecting. As the guests settle in for a weekend of sleuthing, dressed as their favorite literary detectives, ma...more
Who could resist the mock-murder weekend at the charming Mimosa Inn-- certainly not bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy, who decides to bring her petulant daughter Caron along for some detecting. As the guests settle in for a weekend of sleuthing, dressed as their favorite literary detectives, ma...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
October 15th 1999
by Minotaur Books
(first published 1986)
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Book #74 read in 2012
I don't think I have ever tried to read a story with such an unlikeable main character. Claire is a rude and obnoxious know-it-all. I could barely tolerate the plot because I couldn't get past my annoyance with her. It didn't matter though, because the end result was so unexpected (and not in a good way). At the very least, there should have been SOME clues that would make the ending plausible. But, no. Ugh. I have a few more of this series on my shelf, but I'm not sure I'll...more
I don't think I have ever tried to read a story with such an unlikeable main character. Claire is a rude and obnoxious know-it-all. I could barely tolerate the plot because I couldn't get past my annoyance with her. It didn't matter though, because the end result was so unexpected (and not in a good way). At the very least, there should have been SOME clues that would make the ending plausible. But, no. Ugh. I have a few more of this series on my shelf, but I'm not sure I'll...more
This is the second in the Claire Malloy series, and is not my favourite. I happily read series out of sequence so this is the sixth one I have read. Claire decides to go to a murder mystery weekend at the Mimosa Inn and drags her less than enthusiastic teenage daughter with her. Claire is determined to solve the mystery and win the prize, a bottle of champagne. Her boyfriend Peter (a police investigator) ridicules the whole idea of pretend murder games which only makes Claire more determined. Th...more
I picked up this book because I loved the idea of the setting, a murder mystery weekend at a charming Victorian inn. The story wasn't as compelling as I'd hoped, however. Still, I enjoyed protagonist Claire Malloy's sense of humor, as well as teenaged daughter Caron's character, which added some color to the story.
It's light. It's funny. I'm not sure Claire is really any better behaved than her daughter, but since I don't have to deal with either of them in real life, they make me smile.
Feb 24, 2010
Rebecca
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
no one
Recommended to Rebecca by:
my mother
Shelves:
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This one left me extremely annoyed and dissatisfied! It didn't play "fair" according to the rules of cozies! The heroine solved the crime using clues that were kept hidden from us.
I enjoyed the 2nd in this series better then the 1st. The crime at least made sense. I had my guesses of "who did it" but I still guessed wrong which is always fun.
May 05, 2013
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I started to read this one, and got a few chapters in but had a hard time really getting into it, but I'm sure I will finish it one day
Terrific cozy read! Hess tells a fantastic mystery within a mystery.
Having fun getting into this new murder mystery series.
Light fun.
Nice read. Fun book I am going to keep going with this series.
Fun book will read the series
I'm a mystery genre fan and am sometimes given a boxful of mysteries by other people who read them. That's how I got this book. I'd never read Joan Hess before and I found her style of writing to be so overly flowery and cloying (mixed in with occasional random flip insults of people who don't look or behave similarly to the narrator) that I couldn't even finish the book.
A perfect, cozy mystery- full of sparkling wit and a snappy main character.
This was very boring, and I didn't like it at all.
Love the plot twist. A murder mystery at a murder mystery weekend.
May 18, 2013
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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.
Joan Hess also writes a mystery series under the pseudonym of Joan Hadley.
Series:
. Claire Malloy
. Arly Hanks
Series contributed to:
. Crosswinds
....more
More about Joan Hess...
Joan Hess also writes a mystery series under the pseudonym of Joan Hadley.
Series:
. Claire Malloy
. Arly Hanks
Series contributed to:
. Crosswinds
....more
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