Joan Hess

About The Author

Joan Hess is the author of the critically acclaimed Maggody mysteries, including Muletrain to Maggody, Maggody and the Moonbeams, Misery Loves Maggody, and M[email protected], nominated for the prestigious Nero Wolfe Award. She has received numerous awards, including the American Mystery Award, the Agatha Award, the Drood Review Readers' Award, and the Macavity Award. A former president of the American Crime Writers League, she is currently president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance, as well as a member of Sisters in Crime. Joan Hess lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Books by Joan Hess

Malpractice in Maggody

An Arly Hanks Mystery

By Joan Hess

In Malpractice in Maggody, Joan Hess’s sixteenth book in the Maggody series, a murderer plagues the star-studded rehab center in a case that only sheriff Arly Hanks can crack.

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Muletrain to Maggody

An Arly Hanks Mystery

By Joan Hess

Under the benign watch of Police Chief Arly Hanks, things are pretty quiet in the sleepy Arkansas town of Maggody these days.

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