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Joan Hess

(1949 - )
aka
Joan Hadley

About Joan Hess

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.

New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

The Merry Wives of Maggody
(Arly Hanks, book 16)

Series

Claire Malloy
1. Strangled Prose (1986)
2. The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn (1986)
3. Dear Miss Demeanor (1987)
4. A Really Cute Corpse (1988)
5. A Diet to Die for (1989)
6. Roll Over and Play Dead (1991)
7. Death By the Light of the Moon (1992)
8. Poisoned Pins (1993)
9. Tickled to Death (1994)
10. Busy Bodies (1995)
11. Closely Akin to Murder (1996)
12. A Holly Jolly Murder (1997)
13. A Conventional Corpse (2000)
14. Out on a Limb (2002)
15. The Goodbye Body (2005)
16. Damsels in Distress (2007)
17. Mummy Dearest (2008)

Theo Bloomer (writing as Joan Hadley)
The Night Blooming Cereus (1986)
The Deadly Ackee (1988)

Arly Hanks
1. Malice in Maggody (1987)
2. Mischief in Maggody (1988)
3. Much Ado in Maggody (1989)
4. Madness in Maggody (1991)
5. Mortal Remains in Maggody (1991)
6. Maggody in Manhattan (1992)
7. O Little Town of Maggody (1993)
8. Martians in Maggody (1994)
9. Miracles in Maggody (1995)
10. The Maggody Militia (1996)
11. Misery Loves Maggody (1998)
12. Murder@maggody.com (2000)
13. Maggody and the Moonbeams (2001)
14. Muletrain to Maggody (2004)
15. Malpractice in Maggody (2006)
16. The Merry Wives of Maggody (2009)

Novels

Future Tense (1987)
To Kill a Husband: A Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle Thriller (1995)

Omnibus

Great Cat Mysteries (1996) (with Sharyn McCrumb and Larry Segriff)

Collections

Death of a Romance Writer: And Other Stories (2002)
Big Foot Stole My Wife!: And Other Stories (2003)
The Deadly Ackee and Other Stories (2003)

Series contributed to

Crosswinds
16. Red Rover, Red Rover (1987)

Malice Domestic
9. Malice Domestic 9 (2000)

Anthologies edited

Funny Bones: 15: New Tales of Murder and Mayhem (1997)
Crime After Crime (1998) (with Martin H Greenberg)

Anthologies containing stories by Joan Hess

The Best of the Best (1997)

Short stories

Six Shades of Black (1998)

Awards

	Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1988) : Mischief in Maggody
	Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1993) : O Little Town of Maggody
	Agatha Award Best Novel nominee (1995) : Miracles in Maggody

Joan Hess recommends

The Christie Caper (1991) (Death On Demand, book 7) Carolyn Hart " A wickedly clever plot."	All the Hungry Mothers (1994) (Jesus Creek, book 4) Deborah Adams "A series rich in provocative themes and artful plots."	All the Blood Relations (1996) (Jesus Creek, book 6) Deborah Adams "A series rich in provocative themes and artful plots."

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