Mummy Dearest: Claire Malloy Mysteries Series, Book 17
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Joan Hess. (2008). Mummy Dearest: Claire Malloy Mysteries Series, Book 17. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Joan Hess. 2008. Mummy Dearest: Claire Malloy Mysteries Series, Book 17. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Joan Hess, Mummy Dearest: Claire Malloy Mysteries Series, Book 17. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2008.

Joan Hess. Mummy Dearest: Claire Malloy Mysteries Series, Book 17. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2008.

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   • bioText: JOAN HESS is the author of both the Claire Malloy and the Maggody mystery series. She is a winner of the American Mystery Award, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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After a somewhat long and, at times, strange courtship, Claire Malloy — a single, widowed mother of a teenage daughter and a bookseller in Farberville, Arkansas - has finally said 'I do' to her swain, Lt. Peter Rosen of the Farberville Police Department. Now they are on their honeymoon in Luxor, Egypt. Well, Claire is on her honeymoon - accompanied by Caron, her teenaged daughter, and Inez, Caron's best friend and frequent partner in adventure. Peter is mostly away on various mysterious consultations with equally mysterious government agencies is his new, completely undiscussed, role in law enforcement.
Staying at the glamorous Winter Palace in Luxor, Claire is intent on a quiet, uneventful honeymoon involving shopping, tourist sites, and, when it can't avoided, drinks with the local British expatriate contingent. But despite her determined efforts to avoid any involvement in criminous events, the tenor of the trip quickly switches from bucolic to creepy. First, Caron and Inez are chased through darkened deserted alleys by persons unknown. Then a blond college student of their recent acquaintance is kidnapped by two young men on horseback in a scene reminiscent of a Rudolf Valentino film. Something is clearly afoot in this tourist paradise, and now Claire will stop at nothing to find out what.

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   • source: Mystery Scene on Out on a Limb
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     "Hess writes this series with a wickedly funny sense of humor. Anyone looking to be amused by a wildly entertaining series will have a good time."

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   • source: The Drood Review
   • content: "Breezy and delightful...Claire Malloy is one of the most engaging narrators in mystery."
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   • source: Publishers Weekly on The Goodbye Body

   • content: "Fresh and funny...[Hess's] trademark humor is stamped on every page. Fans will find much to enterain."
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     March 10, 2008
     Hess’s delightful 17th Claire Malloy mystery (after 2007’s Damsels in Distress
     ) pays tribute to the Egyptian novels of Elizabeth Peters, the pseudonym of Barbara Mertz, to whom the book is dedicated. Claire has at long last married her cop boyfriend, Peter Rosen, and they are ostensibly on their honeymoon in Luxor, Egypt, accompanied by Claire’s daughter, Caron, and Caron’s best friend, Inez. Peter, however, is often called away on mysterious meetings with Egyptian police, and Claire and the girls are left to their own devices. Odd things start happening: the girls claim they’re being followed by a sinister Arab with a scar, a young American woman is kidnapped in the desert, and murders dog an archeological expedition. Hess throws into this heady mix a deliciously eccentric cast of supporting characters, including one Lady Amelia Peabody Emerson, reputed to be the descendant of famous English archeologists. Manipulating everything with a practiced hand, Hess concludes the story in a manner worthy of Hercule Poirot in the classic Death on the Nile
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     May 1, 2008
     Bookstore owner Claire Malloy, of Farberville, Arkansas, is on her honeymoon in fascinating Luxor, Egypt, in this seventeenth in the series. Unfortunately, her law-enforcement husband, Peter Rosen, is on assignment in Egypt, leaving them little time alone. Because of Peters expected absences, Claire has brought along her teenage daughter, Caron, and Carons best friend, Inez. Claires reputation as a crime solver has preceded her, and a group of eccentric, elderly residents of their hotel, the Winter Palace, cant wait to meet her. A kidnapping, two murders, and Caron and Inezs pursuit by an unknown assailant leave Claire plenty to investigate while she visits Egypts treasured ancient sites. The sights and sounds of modern-day Luxor frame the story, and the history of ancient Egypt is also palpable, thanks to walking-encyclopedia Inez, who never misses an opportunity to bring her companions and the reader up to speed on what happened when. Humor, quirky characters, a rich mother-daughter relationship, and the fresh setting all add to this satisfying addition to Hess long-running series.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)

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After a somewhat long and, at times, strange courtship, Claire Malloy — a single, widowed mother of a teenage daughter and a bookseller in Farberville, Arkansas - has finally said 'I do' to her swain, Lt. Peter Rosen of the Farberville Police Department. Now they are on their honeymoon in Luxor, Egypt. Well, Claire is on her honeymoon - accompanied by Caron, her teenaged daughter, and Inez, Caron's best friend and frequent partner in adventure. Peter is mostly away on various mysterious consultations with equally mysterious government agencies is his new, completely undiscussed, role in law enforcement.
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