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The is set in Farberville, Arkansas, and centers around Claire Malloy, who owns a small bookstore across from the campus of Farberville College. lieutenant has been suggested that Farberville is a stand-in for Fayetteville, Arkansas, with many landmarks, including the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Dickson Street, and even well-known local citizens, thinly veiled in the prose. The Arly Hanks series is set in Maggody, Arkansas, population 755.
The main character is Arly Hanks, Maggody"s irreverent young female police chief
The first book of the Arly Hanks series, Malice in Maggody, was the basis for the 1993 Columbia Broadcasting System television pilot Arly Hanks. A longtime resident of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Hess now lives in Austin, Texas.
Short stories "Too Much to Bare" (1990) in Wallace, Marilyn, educated Sisters in Crime 2. Berkley.
. "The Last to Know" (1992) in Greenberg, Martin, educated
Malice Domestic #1. Pocket Books.