

Madness in Maggody
Author: Joan Hess
Narrator: Kristin Kalbli
Unabridged: 7 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/30/2016
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths
Author: Joan Hess
Narrator: Kristin Kalbli
Unabridged: 7 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/30/2016
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths
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.
Before reading this book, I was unfamiliar with Joan Hess and her Arly Hanks mystery series. Madness in Maggody is, I hope, my intro into a special writer and her smart, sarcastic character. Arly is a small town woman, who dreams of being in Italy, but ends up instead in her hometown as the chief of......more
I'm working my way through the "Arly Hanks" mysteries, and they're lots of fun. The audiobook versions are a special treat, with the great Arkansas accents and voices. This particular audiobook was just great, with a great plot to go with the wonderful characters.......more
Madness in Maggody - Arly Hanks 4 In A Nutshell:If there were a category of zany mystery this book would fit right in it. A new superstore is opening but it threatens the livelihood of several local businesses. Including Arly's mothers. However, too many townsfolk become ill at the opening. Then one......more
Enjoyed the books and the characters, but one of the things that drives me wild is the "making a phone call" to an unnamed character and the protagonist knowing who the perpetrator is. That information has to be shared with the reader.......more
One of her more humorous books in a line of those. Story is convoluted with the main line being a new supermarket opening with one of the two investors being from out-of-town along with a youth baseball team being a vehicle to weave together many of the characters.......more