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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
"So many morons, so little time.",
By A Customer
This review is from: Murder @ Maggody.com : An Arly Hanks Mystery (Madcap Maggody Series) (Hardcover)
The newest Maggody book is out and it is a hoot! If you loved the previous books, waited with baited breath for the next installment of life in Maggody, this book does NOT disappoint! The infusion of 21st Century technology in the form of a computer lab in a "temporary classroom" (read trailer) outside the high school makes for a great starting point for mystery, murder, and more craziness from your favorite characters. Updating on the twins, the cafe, the mooshiners, and the rest of the inhabitants of Maggody make the murder and the solving of it much more fun since it "feels like home!" The humor is great -- from Ruby and Estella under the trailers at the trailer park to the sudden disappearance of a load of moonshine! Buckle up! It is a great read!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
MAGGODY GOES ONLINE WITH MURDER!,
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This review is from: murder@maggody.com: An Arly Hanks Mystery (Arly Hanks Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is my first visit to the fictional community of Maggody, Arkansas. ....Things move slow in Maggody, AK (population 755) and when the 21st Century gets ready to move in via a computer lab for the local high school the entire multitude of assorted and sundry Buchanons, as well as all the other good citizens, are in a royal dither. (Which I think is another way of saying an Ozarkian farce.) It seems as if everyone is worried about all the additional evils the internet will unleash - SEX, SIN, SPAM and SATAN hisself! But since the since the computers are already sitting in a storage shed behind the school, and the school is planning special cyber classes for all the adults in town it looks like Maggody will indeed be going online. But like I said, things move slow in Maggody. (It does takes a while to catch up with all the coming and goings of the myriad Buchanons - how does Hess keep them all straight? By the way, Myriad Buchanon would probably be a good addition to the cast of characters in a future book.) So you're half way through the book before the first body shows up! (Population now 754) About the same time all hell breaks loose - people start receiving evil apparitions with their email, Ruby Bee and Estelle end up in the mud under a Pot O' Gold trailer and maybe Satan is indeed possessing the populace. To top it all off, chief of police Arly Hanks is having as hard a time getting a decent meal as she is find out what's going on. In Maggody, I've discovered that the fun isn't in finding out "who done it" as much as it is finding out who's doing what and why among the wild and wacky cast of characters. So I'll admit it, while I hated vacationing there years ago, I'm hooked on the books! I just bought two more Maggodies and this one gets my ...! ...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
What happened?,
By "bturpin" (Springfield, MO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: murder@maggody.com: An Arly Hanks Mystery (Arly Hanks Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
Hess' Maggody books have been, until this one, clever and funny. However, this one seems strained; the plot is not well-structured, and the action rambles. If it weren't for the antics of Brother Verber, I would have rated this as 2 stars.
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