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Claire Malloy loves her life. But how did it go by so fast? A bookstore owner, part-time sleuth, and full-time single mother, Claire is about to turn the big four-oh! Good thing her teenage daughter, Caron, has just been recruited by the Kappa Theta Eta girls--whose sorority house is next door to the Malloys'--to be a consultant for the cosmetics empire My Beautiful Self, Inc. At the very least, Claire can get a little help with those fine lines around her eyes...but at what cost? Turns out show more there's a high price to pay to look one's best. After a series of dangerous and suspicious incidents, including a hit-and-run "accident" that kills a sorority sister, it becomes clear to Claire that the beauty business in Farberville, Arkansas, is getting pretty ugly--and with every new makeover another dark circle rises from beneath the surface.... show lessTags
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I thought this was really bad. It is supposed to be funny. But maybe it is the ugliness of the content that made me feel it wasn't light-hearted but just mean.
murder of misfit in sorority house to cover embezzlement
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Joan Hess was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1949. She received a bachelor's degree in art from the University of Arkansas in 1971 and a master's degree in education from Long Island University in 1974. For several years, she taught art in a private preschool. Her first book, Strangled Prose, was published in 1986. She was the author of the show more Claire Malloy Mystery series and the Arly Hanks Mystery series. A Diet to Die For won the American Mystery Award for best traditional novel of 1989. A short story, Too Much to Bare, received the Agatha Award in 1990 and the McCavity Award in 1991. She also wrote the Theo Bloomer series under the pseudonym Joan Hadley. She finished the final Amelia Peabody novel, The Painted Queen, using the notes of Elizabeth Peters and their conversations to finish the book. It was published in 2017. She died on November 23, 2017 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Poisoned Pins
- Original title
- Poisoned Pins
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Claire Malloy; Caron Malloy
- Important places
- Farberville, Arkansas, USA (fictitious town); USA; Arkansas, USA
- Dedication
- To Dominick Abel
- First words
- Summer can be deadly.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I nodded.
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- 275
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 5
