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Fiction. Mystery. Another outrageous Maggody mystery, starring police chief Arly Hanks alongside a smooth-talking televangelist and a whole town full of sinners. Some days, police chief Arly Hanks can't help but see Maggody, Arkansas, as little more than a cesspool of poverty, ignorance, and incest-the kind of glorified trailer park that gives the South a bad name. But hey, it's home. So when silver-tongued televangelist Malachi Hope swoops into town, with a revivalist laser light show and show more plans to build a Christian theme park, Arly worries her beloved, if crazy, neighbors are about to be swindled. But it's Malachi who should be terrified. As the town whips itself into revival fever, it's all Arly can do to keep Maggody from coming apart at the seams. And when the girls' basketball coach is found dead, Arly can't help but suspect that the murder is related to Malachi's tent meetings. To save Maggody from itself, Arly will risk everything-in this world and the hereafter. What Carl Hiaasen did for Florida, Joan Hess has done for the Ozarks. This is a hilarious look at small-town greed and the irresistible madness of Maggody, Arkansas. show lessTags
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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
- Miracles in Maggody
- Original title
- Miracles in Maggody
- Original publication date
- 1995-11-01
- People/Characters
- Arly Hanks; Jim Bob Buchanon; Barbara Ann Buchanon-Buchanon; Estelle Oppers; Roy Stever; Elsie McKay (show all 29); Delia Oneig-Buchanon; Kevin Buchanon; Burdock "Bur" Grapper; Bimbo Buchanon; Lottie Estes; Wharton Estes; Brother Verber; Norma Kay Grapper; Thomas Pratelleon; Malachi Hope; Seraphina Hope; Joey Lerner; Chasley Hope; Cory Jenks; Edwina Spitz; Deniesoa Buchanon; Darla Jean McIlhaney; Heatehr Reilly; Andrea Sicklepod; Virella Buchanon; Lewis Ferncuff; John Robert Scroppea; Eddie Joe Whetebread
- Important places
- Maggody, Arkansas, USA (ficitious town); USA; Arkansas, USA
- Dedication
- To the 1992-3 AAAA State Basketball Champions
Fayetteville High School Lady Bulldogs
Carrie Baker, Carrie Cawthon, Wendy Cook, Emily Corrigan, Heater Cullers, Cher Gabbard, Anita Hampton, Melissa Hayden, Becca Hess,... (show all) Dawn Jenkins, Ashley Jones, Erin Kirkpatrick, Melissa Levesque, Jennifer Masters, Marika McKinen, Laura Neely, Sharon Neeley, Melinda Polk, Catherine Reynolds, Sharlie Reynolds, Melissa Simpson, Cherry Starling, Cari Tanneberger, Paige Thompson, Laura Todd, Cherie Tyree, and Lindsey Wagner.
Although each and every character in this books is fictional,
your accomplishments remain very real. - First words
- The so-called extraterrestrials who'd visited Maggody a few months ago had found no sign of intelligent life, and I doubted anyone else could, either.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)After all, the stars were real pretty too.
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