When a woman is shot in a cannabis patch, Arly Hanks must restore order to her Ozarks community, in this sharp-witted mystery by an Agatha Awardâ??winning author. When small-town police chief Arly Hanks returns to Maggody, Arkansas, after vacation, she finds the population has risen to a booming 802. Among the newbies: Madame Celeste, the psychic who's holding locals in thrall with her predictions of doom; a handsome new high school guidance counselor; and a gaggle of mantra-chanting hippies who have turned the old general store into the source for cosmic harmony. Unfortunately, life in Maggody is anything but harmonious. Robin Buchanonâ??a member of Maggody's most abundant familyâ??has been murdered. The moonshiner, prostitute, and mother of four foul-mouthed little bad seeds was found shot to death in a booby-trapped marijuana field. Assuming the weed harvesters are sending a message to trespassers, Arly decides to hold vigil and set her own trap. But when another, seemingly unrelated, murder catches Arly off-guard, even Madame Celeste can't predict where this case is headed. An Agatha Award finalist, Mischief in Maggody is just the kind of "bawdy, cheerful entertainment" that has brought countless fans to Joan Hess's quirky, long-running Maggody series (Kirkus Reviews). Mischief in Maggody is the 2nd book in the Arly Hanks Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.… (plus d'informations)
It's all because of a Ginseng patch (or I guess more specifically what replaces that patch). It's what causes the biggest parts of the problems with the plot and I had weirdly forgotten that part or the plot since the first time I read this book. (I also think that I liked it better this time weirdly enough).
Robin, the curator of said patch is killed. That leaves her five children as orphans, and they coming to town plunges that into chaos. A fortune teller named Madam Celeste (and her brother) as well as some new hippies add to the twisty turney craziness of this book too. Oh, and of course Arly has to solve who killed Robin.
There's also a new counselor at the high school. He is set up with Arly by her mother Ruby Bee and Ruby Bee and Estelle get into some trouble of their own as well.
It's an all around cool book and a really captivating mystery too.
I got this book through Netgalley on behalf of Open Road Integrated Media. ( )
Raw. Very raw. The good ol' boys of Maggody drink, fight, cuss, chew, impregnate their sisters, and hypocritically attend church while doing all of this. Come up with a stereotype of southern white rednecks and it'll be in this book, and probably attached to one of the main characters. I had a hard time buying into the murder victim, though. A moonshiner-slash-prostitute? How do those fit together? Perhaps she was the star of the opera Susanna in her youth?
On top of that, the stereotypical hippies enter the picture with their stereotypical Vietnam veteran buddy. All that said, the book moves along at an interesting pace, and Arly is an interesting character that I wouldn't mind reading more about. She's not stereotypical white trash, although I'm not sure how she managed to escape it. The Buchanon bush colts are pretty neat characters too. A dollop of mysticism threw me off as I tried to solve the puzzle, which was annoying, but not a bad way to spend an afternoon. I'll pick up more Maggody books if I find them cheap enough. ( )
When a woman is shot in a cannabis patch, Arly Hanks must restore order to her Ozarks community, in this sharp-witted mystery by an Agatha Awardâ??winning author. When small-town police chief Arly Hanks returns to Maggody, Arkansas, after vacation, she finds the population has risen to a booming 802. Among the newbies: Madame Celeste, the psychic who's holding locals in thrall with her predictions of doom; a handsome new high school guidance counselor; and a gaggle of mantra-chanting hippies who have turned the old general store into the source for cosmic harmony. Unfortunately, life in Maggody is anything but harmonious. Robin Buchanonâ??a member of Maggody's most abundant familyâ??has been murdered. The moonshiner, prostitute, and mother of four foul-mouthed little bad seeds was found shot to death in a booby-trapped marijuana field. Assuming the weed harvesters are sending a message to trespassers, Arly decides to hold vigil and set her own trap. But when another, seemingly unrelated, murder catches Arly off-guard, even Madame Celeste can't predict where this case is headed. An Agatha Award finalist, Mischief in Maggody is just the kind of "bawdy, cheerful entertainment" that has brought countless fans to Joan Hess's quirky, long-running Maggody series (Kirkus Reviews). Mischief in Maggody is the 2nd book in the Arly Hanks Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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Robin, the curator of said patch is killed. That leaves her five children as orphans, and they coming to town plunges that into chaos. A fortune teller named Madam Celeste (and her brother) as well as some new hippies add to the twisty turney craziness of this book too. Oh, and of course Arly has to solve who killed Robin.
There's also a new counselor at the high school. He is set up with Arly by her mother Ruby Bee and Ruby Bee and Estelle get into some trouble of their own as well.
It's an all around cool book and a really captivating mystery too.
I got this book through Netgalley on behalf of Open Road Integrated Media. (