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Melodie Johnson Howe

Born

Los Angeles

Website

http://www.melodiejohnsonhowe.com/

Genre

Mystery

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Melodie Johnson Howe is a mystery author and former actress. She began writing as a child, composing plays such as Nevada—a western that ended with the villain being sent to his room—and began acting in the mid-1960s. For a decade, she worked in movies alongside actors such as Clint Eastwood, Alan Alda, and James Caan. In the early 1980s, she left the Hollywood grind to pursue her dream of writing mysteries.

Howe’s first novel, The Mother Shadow (1989), featured Claire Conrad and Maggie Hill, whom Howe describes as “the female answer to Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.” It was nominated for an Edgar Award, and was followed by a sequel, Beauty Dies (1994). Howe is also acclaimed for her short fiction. Her most recent book, Shooting Hollywood: T ...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 960 ratings · 147 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries to Reel You In by T. Jefferson Parker (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Ridley Pearson (Contributor), Mark T. Sullivan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.32 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2010 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City of Mirrors (Diana Poole #1) 3.54 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 by Robert B. Parker (Editor), Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), Doug Allyn (Contributor) 3.74 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sisters in Crime 4 (Sisters in Crime, #4) by Marilyn Wallace (Editor), Sue Grafton (Contributor), Margaret B. Maron (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mother Shadow (Claire Conrad & Maggie Hill #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beauty Dies (Claire Conrad & Maggie Hill #2) 3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hold a Scorpion (Diana Poole #2) 3.71 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shooting Hollywood: The Diana Poole Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miroirs et faux-semblants 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother Shadow by Melodie Johnson Howe, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Diana Poole (2 books)
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