Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for Caveat Emptor by Joan Hess - Available

Caveat Emptor

by Joan Hess
ebook
Read a sample Read a sample
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.
Expand title description text
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 5, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781504037310
  • File size: 1063 KB
  • Release date: July 5, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781504037310
  • File size: 2029 KB
  • Release date: July 5, 2016

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fiction Mystery Short Stories

Languages

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.
Expand title description text
Fiction Mystery Short Stories
Check out the rest of Cuyahoga County Public Library's digital offerings, like newspapers, streaming video, music, and more.