Joan Hess, Author at Criminal Element

Pride V. Prejudice: New Excerpt

By Joan Hess

April 4, 2015

Pride V. Prejudice by Joan Hess is the 20th cozy mystery featuring amateur sleuth and bookseller Claire Malloy, and this time, after being publicly embarassed by a prosecutor, she takes a case into her own hands (available April 7, 2015). Claire Malloy, for as long as she can remember, has been the local bookseller and…

Murder as a Second Language: New Excerpt

By Joan Hess

December 9, 2013

An excerpt of Murder as a Second Language, the nineteenth book in the Claire Malloy traditional mystery series by Joan Hess (available December 17, 2013). Claire Malloy—now a married woman of leisure—tries her hand at volunteering, but instead lands her right in the middle of another murder investigation Longtime bookseller and single mother Claire Malloy has…