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Malice in Maggody

by Joan Hess · 1987 · 240 pages

Book 1 of the Arly Hanks series

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When murders disrupt the peaceful town of Maggody, Sheriff Hanks and her slow deputy, Paulie, set out on a hilarious, hell-raising chase through the backwoods in search of a murderer.

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Genre
mysterycozy mysteryhumorcrimepolice procedural
Themes
police
Setting
1980s
Mood
light
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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