“Mystery and suspense are less prominent here than the gradual revelation of character that Raymond Chandler insisted was at the heart of any good whodunit.” - Kirkus Reviews
Discovering the Body
A Novel
Mary Howard's short fiction has been published in the Ontario Review and The Georgia Review. Discovering the Body is her first novel. Howard was born and raised in Ames, Iowa, where she currently resides with her husband, Robert Bataille; they are the parents of two sons.
“Mystery and suspense are less prominent here than the gradual revelation of character that Raymond Chandler insisted was at the heart of any good whodunit.” - Kirkus Reviews