Claire Malloy mysteries

In this second book of a reissue program of Hess's "Claire Malloy" series, the widowed bookstore owner goes to a mock-murder weekend at a charming inn. When the actor playing the victim is actually murdered, Claire can't help herself from poking around in the murder investigation. Martin's Press.

The winter solstice festival of the Druids in Arkansas is marred by the murder of a doctor, the cult's principal benefactor. As bookstore owner and sleuth Claire Malloy investigates, suspicion centers on members of the cult who were his tenants.