Death by the Light of the Moon (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 7)

Death by the Light of the Moon (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 7) by Hess, Joan. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780312991012.

Things that go bump in the Bayou... For bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy getting a root canal beats going to a Malloy family reunion. But it is time her fifteen-year-old daughter Caron visits her deceased fathers relatives. Now Claire and Caron have arrived at Malloy Manor, a run-down mansion in Louisianas bayou country...where the mosquitoes are big enough to barbecue, the swamp is crawling with alligators, the butler looks like he stepped out of a teen slasher movie, and the wheelchair-bound matriarch, Miss Justicia, races around the grounds cackling like a loon. Its the perfect setting-for a murder. Before a night has passed, Miss Justicia is sleeping with the fishes. The police call it a "tragic accident." Caron is all for calling a cab. But Claire wants to have a closer look at her "loving" relatives since she has a hunch leaving Malloy Manor isnt going to be all that easy...and neither is staying alive.