Dear Miss Demeanor

The scandals mount in Farberville, Arkansas when a respected teacher is fired for pilfering petty cash and suggestive letters are sent to the local advice columnist. Murder of the high school principal is absolutely the last straw, and Claire Malloy, in her third outing in this acclaimed mystery series, gets a notion to do some detecting. But the killer is still out there and has some unfinished business.... "Hess's books are funny, acerbic, touching, terrific." Elizabeth Peters Review "Hess's books are funny, acerbic, touching, terrific." --Elizabeth Peters "Joan Hess is one very funny woman." --Susan Dunlap "Joan Hess is the funniest mystery writer to come down the pipe since England's incomparable Pamela Branch. And oh, how well Joan writes." --Carolyn G. Hart From the Publisher "Hess's books are funny, acerbic, touching, terrific." -Elizabeth Peters