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"Delicious and constantly astonishing" "(The Brand New York Times Boos Evaluation)," Joan Hessis one-of-a-kind thriller collection digs up killing and chaos in the sleepy small town of Maggody, Arkansas.When unhappy chief of police Arly Hanks learns that her mom, Ruby Bee, and closest friend, Estelle Oppers, are headed for Memphis on an Elvis Pilgrimage, she believes she might be obtaining a long-overdue break. But before she could say "Thank you, thank you greatly," the journey is wholly delayed with a number of life-threatening doings.Estelle calls house to record that Ruby Bee has collapsed and is in the neighborhood clinic. And also before Arly's observed the dawn, among the other customers to the visit requires a dangerous plunge in the lodge porch -- which adjoins the area of the notable Maggody resident, who's currently performing the Jailhouse Rock within the nearby pencil. What's more, Estelle's all shook up the tour truck has been followed closely by threatening thugs.