The Maggody Militia an Arly Hanks Mystery [Paperback]

Joan Hess (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Onyx Book (1997)
• ASIN: B0011R03EE
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book!, April 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Maggody Militia: An Arly Hanks Mystery (Hardcover)

As a long time Maggody reader, I found this book to be a welcome addition to an already entertaining series. Reading Ms. Hess is like eating peanuts - one always leads to another until the bag is empty. In this book, large events in the news are portrayed in the small scale frame of Maggody, Arkansas. Her ability to find humor in life's most frustrating of circumstances is a gift I'm glad she is willing to share. Many times series books get stale after a while, but Ms. Hess' books just get better. It seems she is getting to know these people as long time friends, just as I am. Please write more! I'm waiting!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Could have taken place in North Idaho where I live, September 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Maggody Militia (Arly Hanks Mystery) (Paperback)

I love all of Joan Hess books and each one allows me to reunite with "friends." Some whom reminds me of my relatives -- no lie. This book however does also take on a heavier issue with humor of militias and how dangerous they are. Very good book -- as usual -- I have turned many people on to her.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Joan Hess is fun to read, May 2, 2001

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This review is from: The Maggody Militia (Arly Hanks Mystery) (Paperback)

Joan Hess and Janet Evanovich are the two most enjoyable mystery writers in America. If humor in a mystery novel offends you, avoid them like the plague. But if you read for fun, if you read to escape for a few hours from the drudgery of a job or the drivel of television, read a Joan Hess mystery set in Maggody, Arkansas, or a Janet Evanovich mystery set in New Jersey. These two ladies have a way of putting words on paper that is simply and purely entertaining. In The Maggody Militia, a few paranoid members a rightwing militia decide to hold exercises in the woods near Maggody. As usual, Chief of Police Arly Hanks has to solve a murder while dealing with the strangest set of characters ever to appear in a mystery.