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Product Details
Pocket Books, July 2010
Trade Paperback, 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1451613105
ISBN-13: 9781451613100
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To the quirky and colorful residents of Maggody, Arkansas, population 755, "going online" is something one does at the DMV. So when the high school's new computer lab gains access to the Internet, the town is plunged into virtual chaos. Students are caught sneaking peeks at pornographic Web sites, and compromising photos of prominent Maggody citizens are being flashed across the display monitors. But when the body of a promiscuous young woman is found in an abandoned shack, a web of suspicion ensnares the community. Now, as cyber crime strikes Maggody, police chief Arly Hanks has to use all her low-tech resourcefulness to pull the plug on a murderer.
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Chapter 1Barbara Michaels
Joan Hess is one of the few mystery writers whose books I devour as I do chocolate. I love Maggody and everybody in it.
Sharyn McCrumb
Joan Hess is the patron saint of comic mystery.
Boston Magazine
A rollicking tour de force....Hess hones hilarity with a fine eye and keener wit than anyone.
Kirkus Reviews
The denizens of Maggody are a lively lot. The author's tone of wry affection and lightly detached wonder at their foibles is just right. Bawdy, cheerful entertainment.
The New York Times Book ReviewAn indecently funny backwoods mystery
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