Order of Claire Malloy Books
Claire Malloy is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels by American novelist Joan Hess. Claire Malloy owns a small bookstore in the fictional town of Farberville, Arkansas that’s located right across from Farberville College.
Joan Hess began her Claire Malloy mystery series in 1986 with the novel Strangled rose. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Joan Hess’ Claire Malloy books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Claire Malloy Books
| Strangled Prose | (1985) |    |
| The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn | (1986) | |
| Dear Miss Demeanor | (1987) | |
| A Really Cute Corpse | (1988) | |
| A Diet to Die For | (1989) | |
| Roll Over and Play Dead | (1991) | |
| Death by the Light of the Moon | (1992) | |
| Poisoned Pins | (1993) | |
| To Kill a Husband | (1994) | |
| Tickled to Death | (1994) | |
| Busy Bodies | (1995) | |
| Closely Akin to Murder | (1996) | |
| A Holly, Jolly Murder | (1997) | |
| A Conventional Corpse | (2000) | |
| Out on a Limb | (2002) | |
| The Goodbye Body | (2005) | |
| Damsels in Distress | (2007) | |
| Mummy Dearest | (2008) | |
| Deader Homes and Gardens | (2012) | |
| Murder as a Second Language | (2013) | |
| Pride v. Prejudice | (2015) | |
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Claire Malloy Mysteries Synopses: Strangled Prose by Joan Hess is Hess’ debut novel as well as the debut of her character Claire Malloy. Azalea Twilight was an author of romance novels – not exactly a death sentence. However, when Claire Malloy finds out that her novels had more than a dash of truth to them, she may hold in her hands the answer to this “whodunnit.”
The Murder at the Murder at the Mimosa Inn is book 2 in Joan Hess’ Claire Malloy series. Claire heads off to the murder mystery weekend at the Mimosa Inn with her daughter Caron. The guests dress up as fictional detectives such as Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. But soon, what turns out as fiction turns real and one of the mock victims turns out to be a real murder victim. Claire must search through the inn for the uninvited guest.
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