Melodie Johnson Howe

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Melodie Johnson Howe


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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
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Average rating: 3.63 · 960 ratings · 147 reviews · 17 distinct worksSimilar authors
Hook, Line & Sinister: Myst...

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3.32 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2010 — 17 editions
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City of Mirrors (Diana Pool...

3.54 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions
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The Best American Mystery S...

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3.74 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Sisters in Crime 4 (Sisters...

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4.08 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions
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The Mother Shadow (Claire C...

3.66 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions
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Beauty Dies (Claire Conrad ...

3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions
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Hold a Scorpion (Diana Pool...

3.71 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions
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Shooting Hollywood: The Dia...

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Miroirs et faux-semblants

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