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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1989
  • Latest Book:
    October 2016
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Full Series List in Order

A Claire Conrad/Maggie Hill Mystery

1 - The Mother Shadow (Aug-1989)
2 - Beauty Dies (Oct-1994)

A Diana Poole Thriller

1 - Shooting Hollywood (Feb-2013)
2 - City of Mirrors (Aug-2013)
3 - Hold a Scorpion (Oct-2016)

Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • Maggie Hill just turned thirty-five and doesn't have much to show for it save a short-lived writing career and a broken marriage. Things don't get any better when her latest temporary employer, the wealthy Ellis Kenilworth, puts a bullet through his ...



  • Even High Fashion Has Its Low Points. Elegant, enigmatic private eye Claire Conrad and her very independent assistant Maggie Hill - a dynamic female duo as different as mismatched earrings, are about to fly to Los Angeles when a young woman appears a...



  • A forty-year-old actress tries to make a comeback -- but death keeps getting in the way Diana Poole was the last of the starlets. A vibrant blonde with a quick wit and sharp intelligence, she was on her way to the top when Colin Hudson changed he...



  • Running out of money, Diana Poole is forced to go back to the only work she knows: acting. Her much-loved husband and movie-star mother have died, and now Diana is over thirty-five. In Hollywood that means she might as well be dead. Still, a few key ...



  • The new Diana Poole crime thriller takes our amateur sleuth deep into Southern California's underworld to uncover the mystery of a diamond-encrusted scorpion―and the reason for the murders that follow in its wake. Diana Poole’s last movie was ...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Melodie Johnson Howe has published 5 books.

Melodie Johnson Howe does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Hold a Scorpion, was published in October 2016.

The first book by Melodie Johnson Howe, The Mother Shadow, was published in August 1989.

Yes. Melodie Johnson Howe has 2 series.