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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 is forced to return to the city she show more hates—and the Big Apple is even more rotten than she remembered.
Ruby Bee has hardly preheated her oven when a naked man is found shot in her bedroom and the NYPD throws her in jail. As tempting as it may be to let her mother rot on Rikers Island, Arly has no choice but to solve the case herself, facing down killers, bakers, and the most dangerous villain of all: her ex-husband.
Joan Hess is better than anyone when it comes to writing small-town murder mysteries, and Maggody in Manhattan shows she knows her way around big cities too. When the wacky residents of Maggody are loosed on the Big Apple, New York City will get turned upside down.
Maggody in Manhattan is the 6th book in the Arly Hanks Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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When Ruby Bee, Arly's famous cook of a mother, wins a chance to compete in a cooking contest in New York City, she and her best friend Estelle depart in high spirits, but quickly run into trouble when a naked man is found in Ruby Bee's bed. Arly Hanks, eager to escape the first meeting of Barbara Jean Buchanon's Christians aginst Whiskey committee, hurries to Manhattan to rescue them, but Arly has an easier time finding a solution to the mystery than controlling her two amateur assistants or in solving the mysterious disappearance of Dahlia and Kevin Buchanon on their honeymoon. This started slower than most of the Maggody books, but the usual hilarious situations and characters make it fun.
Arly's mother involved in murder after winning cooking contest
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Joan Hess was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1949. She received a bachelor's degree in art from the University of Arkansas in 1971 and a master's degree in education from Long Island University in 1974. For several years, she taught art in a private preschool. Her first book, Strangled Prose, was published in 1986. She was the author of the show more Claire Malloy Mystery series and the Arly Hanks Mystery series. A Diet to Die For won the American Mystery Award for best traditional novel of 1989. A short story, Too Much to Bare, received the Agatha Award in 1990 and the McCavity Award in 1991. She also wrote the Theo Bloomer series under the pseudonym Joan Hadley. She finished the final Amelia Peabody novel, The Painted Queen, using the notes of Elizabeth Peters and their conversations to finish the book. It was published in 2017. She died on November 23, 2017 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Maggody in Manhattan
- Original title
- Maggody in Manhattan
- Original publication date
- 1992-10-01
- People/Characters
- Arly Hanks
- Important places
- Maggody, Arkansas, USA; USA; Arkansas, USA; New York, USA; New York, New York, USA; Ozark Mountains, Arkansas, USA
- Dedication
- To
Laurie Bernstein,
my editorial friend,
for all her support - First words
- Ruby Bee squeezed by Perkins and perched on the edge of the pew next to Estelle.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I looked down at the clouds, then smiled as I realized I was longing to get back to Maggody, where nothing ever happened.
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