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a Claire Malloy Mystery
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Current format, Book, 2000, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsBookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy finds herself in the middle of a disaster when one of the attendees at a mystery writers workshop is killed in a mysterious car accident and another turns up missing. 25,000 first printing.
Bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy finds herself in the middle of a disaster when one of the attendees at a mystery writers' workshop is killed in a mysterious car accident and another turns up missing
Farberville, Arkansas, is playing host to its first-ever mystery convention with five major mystery writers - each representing a different subgenre of the mystery world - making the trek to the local college for "Murder Comes to Campus." Bookseller Claire Malloy is looking forward to meeting some of her favorite writers and, of course, selling books to the attendees. But her plans for a calm, profitable weekend are soon laid to waste when the organizer is hospitalized and Claire is dragooned into running the show. To make matters worse, the feared, distrusted, and disliked mystery editor of Paradigm House, Roxanne Small, puts in an unscheduled appearance at the conference to the surprise of all and the delight of few. With Claire's own love-life woes with local police detective Peter Rosen added in, things have never been worse.
Until things get worse. One of the conference attendees dies in a car accident, Wimple the cat disappears from Claire's home and now cannot be located, and Roxanne Small is nowhere to be found - making it evident that in Farberville the murder mystery is more than a literary genre.
Farberville, Arkansas is playing host to its first ever mystery convention. Sponsored by the Thurber Farber Foundation and held at Farber College, Murder Comes to Campus is playing host to five major mystery writers representing all areas of the field. Dragooned into running the show when the original organizer is hospitalized, local bookseller Claire Malloy finds herself in the midst of a barely controlled disaster. Not only do each of the writers present their own set of idiosyncracies and difficulties (including one who arrives with her cat Wimple in tow), the feared, distrusted, and disliked mystery editor of Paradigm House, Roxanne Small, puts in a surprise appearance at the conference. Added to Claire's own love-life woes with local police detective Peter Rosen, things have never been worse.
Then when one of the attendees dies in a suspicious car accident, Wimple the cat disappears from Claire's home, and Roxanne Small is nowhere to be found, it becomes evident that the murder mystery is more than a literary genre.
Bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy finds herself in the middle of a disaster when one of the attendees at a mystery writers' workshop is killed in a mysterious car accident and another turns up missing
Farberville, Arkansas, is playing host to its first-ever mystery convention with five major mystery writers - each representing a different subgenre of the mystery world - making the trek to the local college for "Murder Comes to Campus." Bookseller Claire Malloy is looking forward to meeting some of her favorite writers and, of course, selling books to the attendees. But her plans for a calm, profitable weekend are soon laid to waste when the organizer is hospitalized and Claire is dragooned into running the show. To make matters worse, the feared, distrusted, and disliked mystery editor of Paradigm House, Roxanne Small, puts in an unscheduled appearance at the conference to the surprise of all and the delight of few. With Claire's own love-life woes with local police detective Peter Rosen added in, things have never been worse.
Until things get worse. One of the conference attendees dies in a car accident, Wimple the cat disappears from Claire's home and now cannot be located, and Roxanne Small is nowhere to be found - making it evident that in Farberville the murder mystery is more than a literary genre.
Farberville, Arkansas is playing host to its first ever mystery convention. Sponsored by the Thurber Farber Foundation and held at Farber College, Murder Comes to Campus is playing host to five major mystery writers representing all areas of the field. Dragooned into running the show when the original organizer is hospitalized, local bookseller Claire Malloy finds herself in the midst of a barely controlled disaster. Not only do each of the writers present their own set of idiosyncracies and difficulties (including one who arrives with her cat Wimple in tow), the feared, distrusted, and disliked mystery editor of Paradigm House, Roxanne Small, puts in a surprise appearance at the conference. Added to Claire's own love-life woes with local police detective Peter Rosen, things have never been worse.
Then when one of the attendees dies in a suspicious car accident, Wimple the cat disappears from Claire's home, and Roxanne Small is nowhere to be found, it becomes evident that the murder mystery is more than a literary genre.
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