Much Ado in Maggody

Name: Much Ado in Maggody
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Joan Hess
ISBN: 9781520034706

Author: Joan Hess

Narrator: Kristin Kalbli

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 08/02/2016

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British

Synopsis

Nothing ever happens in Maggody, Arkansas, population 755. Aside from handling the occasional barroom brawl or exploding still, Chief of Police Arly Hanks spends her days sipping coffee and squashing flies. She returned to Maggody two years ago, licking her wounds after a bad Manhattan divorce, and she fell backward into the role of sheriff. From Hizzoner the Moron-also known as Jim Bob Buchanon, the pettily corrupt mayor to Ruby Bee Hanks Arly's mother and the town's foremost gossip-the people of Maggody are all crazy in their own ways, and that craziness is about to turn deadly.

About Joan Hess

Joan Hess (1949-2017) was an award-winning author of several long-running mystery series. Born in Arkansas, she was teaching preschool when she began writing fiction. Known for her lighthearted, witty novels, she created the Claire Malloy Mysteries and the Arly Hanks Mysteries, both set in Arkansas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betty on June 28, 2016

The Maggody series has long been a favorite of mine. I was delighted to find this ebook. It did not disappoint me, satire is first-rate.The main theme is the treatment of woman in the workplace. Jonna Mae Nookim is denoted in her job as head bank clerk because she took a six-month maternity leave. P......more

Goodreads review by Gary on November 03, 2021

More like 4.5 stars. For those put off by foul language and discussion of sex no matter how mild may want to takes a pass on this fun addition to the Arly Hanks series.......more

Goodreads review by Kaitlyn on May 23, 2021

You have to hand it to Joan Hess. She managed to insert more twists and turns than a backwoods road. I was sure I'd figured out who dunnit, but I was way off base.......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on February 01, 2020

Maggody is a small, Arkansas town, where Arly Hanks is the chief of police (maybe the only police?). So when the small branch bank demotes a long-time teller after her maternity leave, installing a young scion of the family that owns the bank instead, Johnna Mae goes to Arly for help. When there doe......more

Goodreads review by AnnieM on February 13, 2019

An easy read, but I’m not sure I’d read another.......more