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Maggody, Arkansas (pop. 755) is perceived as a two-bit hick town, filled with one-bit hicks. But the mayor's wife, Mrs. Jim Bob Buchanon, seeks to change that perception with her latest scheme: a charity golf tournament! Which presents a bit of a challenge, since no one in Maggody plays golf and there is no course. But when the prize for the first hole-in-one is announced--a top-of-the-line bass boat--suddenly Maggody goes golf crazy...with limited success and maximum domestic disorder. Besides the townspeople, there are several outside figures who actually know how to play the game. Among them: The low-level PGA player Bonaparte Buchanon and Tommy Ridner, an instructor from a nearby country club. As for Sheriff Arly Hanks? She has more important things to worry about on, and off, the job--and just wishes all this golf business would go away. When Tommy Ridner beats the odds and sinks the first hole-in-one, it looks like what's done is done...until he's found in his bass boat--dead. Now Arly Hanks is facing a complicated murder investigation for which darned near everyone in town is a suspect.

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<p>PRAISE FOR JOAN HESS AND THE CLAIRE MALLOY SERIES<p>&#8220;Well-paced suspense spiced with wry wit.&#8221;&#8212; Boston Sunday Herald on Closely Akin to Murder <p>&#8220;Clever&#8230;irreverent murder and mayhem.&#8221;&#8212; Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate on Closely Akin to Murder <p>&#8220;Wickedly amusing.&#8221;&#8212; Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine on Busy Bodies <p>&#160;&#8220;Witty, pithy, and beautifully plotted&#8230;my favorite Claire Malloy so far.&#8221;&#8212;Patricia Moyes on Busy Bodies <p>&#8220;Intriguing&#8230;an amusing look at the universal human comedy.&#8221;&#8212; Fort Smith Times Record <p>&#8220;If you&#8217;ve never spent time with Claire and her crew, I feel sorry for you. Stop reading this nonsense and hop to it. You&#8217;ll see wit and humanity all wrapped up in a nifty murder mystery.&#8221;<br>&#8212;Harlan Coben <p>&#8220;Delightful&#8230;worthy of Hercule Poirot in the classic Death on the Nile. &#8221; &#8212;Publishers Weekly on

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JOAN HESS is the author of both the Claire Malloy and the Arly Hanks (Maggody) mystery series. She is a winner of the American Mystery Award, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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