Maggody, Arkansas (pop.
She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas..
She is a winner of the American Mystery Award, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League.
About the Author: JOAN Hess is the author of both the Claire Malloy and the Arly Hanks (Maggody) Mystery series.
Now Arly Hanks is facing a complicated murder investigation for which darned near everyone in town is a suspect.
When Tommy Ridner beats the odds and sinks the first hole-in-one, it looks like what\'s done is done...until he\'s found in his bass boat-dead.
As for Sheriff Arly Hanks? She has more important things to worry about on, and off, the job-and just wishes all this golf business would go away.
Among them: The low-level PGA player Bonaparte Buchanon and Tommy Ridner, an instructor from a nearby country club.
Besides the townspeople, there are several outside figures who actually know how to play the game.
But when the prize for the first hole-in-one is announced-a top-of-the-line bass boat-suddenly Maggody goes golf crazy...with limited success and maximum domestic disorder.
Jim Bob Buchanon, seeks to change that perception with her latest scheme: a charity golf tournament Which presents a bit of a challenge, since no one in Maggody plays golf and there is no course.
But the mayor\'s wife, Mrs. 755) is perceived as a two-bit hick town, filled with one-bit hicks.
Maggody, Arkansas (pop
