Arly Hanks Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Malice in Maggody | 1987 | Buy |
| Miracles in Maggody | 1988 | Buy |
| Mischief in Maggody | 1988 | Buy |
| Much Ado in Maggody | 1989 | Buy |
| Madness in Maggody | 1991 | Buy |
| Mortal Remains in Maggody | 1991 | Buy |
| Maggody in Manhattan | 1992 | Buy |
| O Little Town of Maggody | 1993 | Buy |
| Martians in Maggody | 1994 | Buy |
| The Maggody Militia | 1997 | Buy |
| Misery Loves Maggody | 1999 | Buy |
| murder@maggody.com / murda@maggody.com | 2000 | Buy |
| Maggody and the Moonbeams | 2001 | Buy |
| Muletrain to Maggody | 2004 | Buy |
| Malpractice in Maggody | 2006 | Buy |
| The Merry Wives of Maggody | 2009 | Buy |
This page covers the Arly Hanks series by Joan Hess. Chief of Police Arly Hanks is the protagonist of 16 mystery novels set in Maggody, a fictional small town in the Arkansas Ozarks. The series is known for its humor and its colorful cast of small-town characters.
The books were published between 1987 and 2009, with all titles including “Maggody” in the name. Hess combined murder mystery plots with comic observations about rural small-town life, making the series popular with readers who like lighter mysteries with a strong sense of place.