About the Book
A youth trip turns deadly, and Chief of Police Arly Hanks must catch the killer while serving as chaperone, in this hilarious small-town mystery. Arly Hanks has caught all sorts of killers since she returned home to Maggody, Arkansas, population 759, but she's never tangled with anyone as devious as the local youth group. While chaperoning a trip to Camp Pearly Gates, Arly watches the kids as closely as she would any hardened criminal, but when teenagers have a mind to get into trouble, there's nothing a police chief can do but limit the damage. She's just about got the situation under control when one of the kids finds a body, and all hell breaks loose in classic Maggody manner. The murdered woman sports a shaved head and a white robe, marking her as a Moonbeam, a member of a particularly kooky local cult. And caught between the sect and the law, Arly may be forced to sacrifice what little sanity she has left. Nobody pokes fun at religion quite as effectively as Joan Hess. This is another laugh-out-loud entry in one of the funniest mystery series of all time.
About the Author :
Joan Hess (1949-2017) was an award-winning author of several long-running mystery series. Born in Arkansas, she was teaching preschool when she began writing fiction. Known for her lighthearted, witty novels, she created the Claire Malloy Mysteries and the Arly Hanks Mysteries, both set in Arkansas. C. J. Critt is an actress, director, poet, playwright, and performance artist. She has appeared on Broadway, local radio programs, and in national television commercials. On stage, CJ has performed on and off Broadway, from Melvin Van Peebles', Waltz of the Stork, to her own one-woman show on Theatre Row, titled, Cursed With Bigness. She's starred in several one-woman shows, including Cursed With Bigness, Manhattan Diary, Smoking Lips, and By Rail. She won a Cable Ace Award for writing and producing Words ALOUD!She frequently leads the creative workshop, the Write Stuff, and is a staff writer at Radio Disney. She is also the author of the young adult novel, EggStory and the picture book, The Easter Elves. C.J., who has narrated 150 or so audiobooks, is the winner of AudioFile's 2008 Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense. She's widely-known for narrating many of Janet Evanovich's bestselling audiobooks. She has also read for such authors as Patricia Cornwell, Margaret Maron, and Anne Tyler. Listeners know C.J. by her smooth, polished voice and spirited performances, and critics have praised the strength and vitality she brings to a wide variety of characters. C. J. Critt is an actress, director, poet, playwright, and performance artist. She has appeared on Broadway, local radio programs, and in national television commercials. On stage, CJ has performed on and off Broadway, from Melvin Van Peebles', Waltz of the Stork, to her own one-woman show on Theatre Row, titled, Cursed With Bigness. She's starred in several one-woman shows, including Cursed With Bigness, Manhattan Diary, Smoking Lips, and By Rail. She won a Cable Ace Award for writing and producing Words ALOUD!She frequently leads the creative workshop, the Write Stuff, and is a staff writer at Radio Disney. She is also the author of the young adult novel, EggStory and the picture book, The Easter Elves. C.J., who has narrated 150 or so audiobooks, is the winner of AudioFile's 2008 Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense. She's widely-known for narrating many of Janet Evanovich's bestselling audiobooks. She has also read for such authors as Patricia Cornwell, Margaret Maron, and Anne Tyler. Listeners know C.J. by her smooth, polished voice and spirited performances, and critics have praised the strength and vitality she brings to a wide variety of characters.
