Misery Loves Maggody: An Arly Hanks Mystery (Maggody)

by Joan Hess

Book Overview

"Misery Loves Maggody" And you will too. Murder and mayhem have never been so hilarious as in the sleepy little town of Maggody, Arkansas. Population 755. And in this newest entry to the Joan Hess... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684845628
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Mysterys love Maggody

The combination of a mystery along with Joan Hess's humorous descriptions of Maggody Arkansas, make for delightful reading.

Maggody Meets Elvis

The Joan Hess Maggody books, set in and around the fictional town of Maggody, Arkansas, are all delightful if you are looking for light, entertaining fiction. In this book, the murder takes place away from Maggody while some of the most enjoyable Maggadonians are on an Elvis tour. Maggody Chief of Police Arly Hanks winds up at the crime scene and finds herself up to her wry smile in mystery. If you can't laugh at the weird way Americans view our world, avoid this book. If you have a good sense of humor and don't mind that some of the humor is directed at your own values, read it and enjoy it. If you have not read any of the Maggody books, you might find the books more enjoyable if you started with the first book in the series and worked your way forward.

The King is alive and well in Maggody's heart!

I have been absolutely hooked on Ms. Hess' series since I first discovered Maggody a year ago. As a fellow Arkansas, I can appreciate the references to our neighbor in Memphis who still who has quite a loyal following in our state. I love the eccentric(yet totally believable) characters who populate Maggody and the big city of Farberville--vintage rural southern towns!! I read this on a flight home several weeks ago, and I giggled the whole way home!!

A humorous and engaging story with the folks from Maggody .

Joan Hess again provides a good story with a bit of history of the midsouth, and the foibiles of the human condition that are not limited to the mid south. Now we have a bit of Elvis thrown in with a cast of the regulars, and some additions as well. It is another great story by an engaging author. I truly enjoyed it.

The king will feel no misery with this humorous Maggody tale

Arly Hanks returns to Maggody, a town of 755 people, to recover from the trauma of marrying and divorcing a Yankee. She accepts the job of police chief, thinking that nothing major ever occurs in a small burgh like Maggody. However, she quickly reassess her opinion when her town is invaded by Hollywood, militia crazies, a militia unit ,and a belief that a UFO invasion occurred. Arly's mother Ruby Dee and her friend Estelle go on an Elvis vacation where they see the Maggody Mayor in a motel with a woman, who is not his wife. Arly is soon shocked when her mother ends up in the hospital after collapsing for no apparent reason. The police chief is further stunned when the Mayor is arrested for allegedly throwing an exotic dancer off a balcony to her death. Instead of helping her mother, Arly is up to her armpits in police cases. The eleventh Maggody mystery is the funniest and probably the best written novel in this very good series. The primary and secondary characters are a hoot and a half as they exaggerate small town living. The various subplots coherently weave together into a fantastic tale that should not be missed. Joan Hess is a writer whose novels keep getting better and better.