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Joan Hess

(1949 - 2017)

aka Joan Hadley

Joan Hess was the author of both the Claire Malloy and the Maggody mystery series. She was a winner of the American Mystery Award, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League.

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Historical Mystery, Young Adult Romance, Romance

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)
   18. Deader Homes and Gardens (2012)
   19. Murder as a Second Language (2013)
   20. Pride v. Prejudice (2015)

Theo Bloomer (as by Joan Hadley)
1. The Night Blooming Cereus (1986)
2. 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 (1997)
   11. Misery Loves Maggody (1998)
   12. Murder@maggody.com (2000)
     aka murda@maggody.com
   13. Maggody and the Moonbeams (2001)
   14. Muletrain to Maggody (2004)
   15. Malpractice in Maggody (2006)
   16. The Merry Wives of Maggody (2010)

Amelia Peabody (with Elizabeth Peters)
20. The Painted Queen (2017)

Novels

Future Tense (1987)
To Kill a Husband (1995)

Omnibus

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

Collections

   Tales of Obsession (1994) (with Patricia Highsmith, Evan Hunter, P D James, Cynthia Manson, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell and Lawrence Treat)
   Death of a Romance Writer (2002)
   Big Foot Stole My Wife! (2003)
   The Deadly Ackee and Other Stories (2003)
   Caveat Emptor and Other Stories (2016)

Series contributed to

Crosswinds
16. Red Rover, Red Rover (1987)

Malice Domestic
9. Malice Domestic 9 (2000)

Anthologies edited

   The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories (1997) (with Ed Gorman and Martin H Greenberg)
   Funny Bones: 15 (1997)
   Crime After Crime (1998) (with Martin H Greenberg)

Anthologies containing stories by Joan Hess

The Best of the Best (1998)

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