Caveat Emptor

And Other Stories

Mystery & Suspense, Cozy Mysteries, Women Sleuths
Cover of the book Caveat Emptor by Joan Hess, MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
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Author: Joan Hess ISBN: 9781504037310
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Publication: July 5, 2016
Imprint: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Language: English
Author: Joan Hess
ISBN: 9781504037310
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Publication: July 5, 2016
Imprint: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Language: English

Delightfully deadly short fiction from the pen of Joan Hess, creator of Maggody, Arkansas.

Althea is caught in a romance writer’s worst nightmare: She’s been trapped in one of her own melodramatic creations. Around her, strapping men chase after elegant women whose bosoms heave and whose bodices beg to be ripped. There’s no television, no women’s lib, and absolutely no escape. Worst of all, Althea fits right in. Everyone recognizes her as the penniless orphan rescued from a cruel uncle by a charming nobleman. Althea would rather be dead—and if she’s lucky, she will be soon.

The creator of the Claire Malloy Mysteries, which chronicle the adventures of a bookselling sleuth, Joan Hess knows better than anyone how dangerous romance novels can be. In “Death of a Romance Writer” and the other six stories in this volume, she redefines what it means to die laughing.

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Delightfully deadly short fiction from the pen of Joan Hess, creator of Maggody, Arkansas.

Althea is caught in a romance writer’s worst nightmare: She’s been trapped in one of her own melodramatic creations. Around her, strapping men chase after elegant women whose bosoms heave and whose bodices beg to be ripped. There’s no television, no women’s lib, and absolutely no escape. Worst of all, Althea fits right in. Everyone recognizes her as the penniless orphan rescued from a cruel uncle by a charming nobleman. Althea would rather be dead—and if she’s lucky, she will be soon.

The creator of the Claire Malloy Mysteries, which chronicle the adventures of a bookselling sleuth, Joan Hess knows better than anyone how dangerous romance novels can be. In “Death of a Romance Writer” and the other six stories in this volume, she redefines what it means to die laughing.

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