Joan Hess
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Pub. Date
1997
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English
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In this hilarious cozy mystery, small-town police chief Arly Hanks tries to stop a right-wing militia from turning Maggody into a battlefield. The sign welcoming travelers to Maggody, Arkansas, reads "Pop. 755," and don't expect Hizzoner Jim Bob to repaint it just because there's someone new in town. The mayor won't go out of his way for anyone, especially someone wicked-and a woman who would open a pawnshop in Maggody must be very wicked indeed....
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English
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A youth trip turns deadly, and Chief of Police Arly Hanks must catch the killer while serving as chaperone, in this hilarious small-town mystery. Arly Hanks has caught all sorts of killers since she returned home to Maggody, Arkansas, population 759, but she's never tangled with anyone as devious as the local youth group. While chaperoning a trip to Camp Pearly Gates, Arly watches the kids as closely as she would any hardened criminal, but when teenagers...
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Claire Malloy mysteries volume 19
Language
English
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"Claire Malloy--now a married woman of leisure--tries her hand at volunteering, but instead lands her right in the middle of another murder investigation Longtime bookseller and single mother, Claire Malloy has recently married her long term beau and moved out of her less than opulent apartment into a sprawling, newly remodeled house. Her daughter, Caron, is making plans for college. All of which leaves Claire with something she hasn't had in quite...
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English
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Maggody, Arkansas (pop. 755), is regarded by most as a two-bit town. Mrs. Jim Bob Buchanon seeks to change that perception with a charity golf tournament! This presents a bit of a challenge, since no one in Maggody plays golf and there is no course. But when the prize for the first hole-in-one is announced - a top-of-the-line bass boat - the town goes golf crazy. But when the winner is found dead, the prize is up for grabs again and everyone in town...
Author
Series
Claire Malloy mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Claire Malloy, for as long as she can remember, has been the local bookseller and owner of the Book Depot and the widowed mother of teenage Caron, who frequently speaks in ALL CAPS. But her life has changed dramatically in recent years. Claire has married her longtime beau, Deputy Police Chief Peter Rosen. Still the owner of the Book Depot, Claire has passed the day-to-day running of it on to her very efficient employees. With Caron inching ever...
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English
Description
A renaissance fair is coming to the relatively quiet college town of Farberville, Arkansas. Though resistant to getting involved, Claire Malloy, local bookseller and mother of the perpetually petulant teen Caron, finds herself drawn into the strange inner workings of the group putting on the fair. But a dark mood falls over the festivities when one of the organizers is a victim of arson, and her body is found in the burned wreckage of her rented house....
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The madcap citizens of Maggody, Arkansas, descend on Graceland, and a bizarre murder mystery forces police chief Arly Hanks to pay homage to the King. When Chief of Police Arly Hanks came home to Maggody, Arkansas, after a bad divorce, she thought life here would be simpler than it was in New York City. But it's been one insane episode after another, and the latest eruption of chaos may just drive poor Arly around the bend. After all, Maggody is more...
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Series
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Small-town police chief Arly Hanks takes on the New York Police Department to save her mother from a murder rap in this madcap police procedural. When her marriage went up in smoke, Arly Hanks left Manhattan and never looked back. As police chief of Maggody, Arkansas, population 755, Arly is a glorified traffic cop, and she couldn't be happier. But when Arly's mother, the indomitable Ruby Bee Hanks, is invited to a baking contest in New York, Arly...
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Series
Claire Malloy mysteries volume 17
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Author
Series
Claire Malloy mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Series
Claire Malloy mysteries volume 14
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Claire Malloy mysteries volume 4
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Author
Series
Claire Malloy mysteries volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Author
Series
Claire Malloy mysteries volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English