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  • Malice in Maggody

  • Arly Hanks Series, Book 1
  • By: Joan Hess
  • Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
  • Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (62 ratings)

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Malice in Maggody

By: Joan Hess
Narrated by: Courtney Patterson
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After a crossbow killing at a cheap roadside motel, Ozarks police chief Arly Hanks finds herself investigating her first murder case.

Her marriage over and career gone bust, Arly Hanks flees Manhattan for her hometown: Maggody, Arkansas. In a town this size, nothing much ever happens, so Arly figures she's safe as the town's first female chief of police - until the husband of one of the local barmaids escapes from state prison and heads for town. And that's not all. An EPA official with ties to polluting the local fishing hole has suddenly vanished off the face of the earth.

As if two manhunts aren't enough to contend with, a body has been discovered at the pay-by-the-hour Flamingo Motel, shot clean through the neck with an arrow. For some reason, Maggody's residents - all 755 of them - have gone tight-lipped, stonewalling Arly's investigations, and Arly hasn't a soul to trust but her half-wit deputy. Now, as Maggody's finest, she'll have to show a little muscle and a lot of cunning to curtail the inhospitable mountain malice that's overtaken her town. And she'll have to watch her own back every step of the way.

©2013 Joan Hess (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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Should Ma and Pa Kettle arrive in Mayberry with their family and friends packed onto Pa's wagon
a fine movie would be born. The Egg and I with
Green Acres and the Beverly Hillbillies- we'd be
rolling in the aisles. This Maggedy series is a sweet trip to the American West in the 21st
century.

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Thoroughly Entertaining!

A fun, light listen. Lots of characters who are a little difficult to keep track of. But it is very funny and you will most probably enjoy it. The narrator is great!! ☺️

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Haaaaaa

I don't know why I enjoy this series so much. Every person in that town is so.. well, . .. All the humor is so backward, and the characters!

I've listened to all the books that have been recorded so far, and they are all just so awkwardly funny.

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very good

Part way through chapter 1, I wasn't sure it was going to be my kind of book, but I'm glad I kept listening. Good mystery, funny situations, unique characters. Definitely worth the listen.

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Wonderful!

Better then I remembered when I read the book. The audio is great and so is the story. They just don't have books this good anymore. Highly recommend...

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Not for me.

Bad language wasn't necessary. Story was tolerable at first then I couldn't take it anymore. I really wanted to like it but just didn't.

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entertaining!

I enjoyed listening to this folksy comic mystery. More than any book I have listened to, I wish I could meet the narrator. she is charming.

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QUIRKY CHARACTERS

OFF-BEAT LOCATION, A TINY TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OF ARKANSAS, INHABITED BY QUIRKY CHARACTERS
WITH STRANGE HABITS. FUN TO LISTEN TO.

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A bit of fun

A great light read for a Sunday afternoon. Bit of a laugh and buffoonery. The narration is great, the wry tone is perfect.

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An amusing, if not memorable book

I was not quite sure what to expect from this first book in the Maggody series. What I got was a light mystery and some amusing characters. Nothing terribly original, but far from bad. The book acts more as an introduction to the small southern town of Maggody and it's local characters. Arly is the police chief and likely the smartest person living in this rather stereotypical hillbilly town of none too bright schemers and people just trying to get by.

Again, the book is not bad by any stretch and I did find myself laughing at a few situations. But personally, I didn't find enough to make me want to come back for the rest of the series. I hope you have a better time visiting Maggody.

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