β Scribed by Hess, Joan
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Another rip-roaring cozy mystery set in outrageous Maggody, Arkansas, a town so strange that even Hollywood filmmakers can't believe it's real.
From the Kwik-Stoppe-Shoppe to the Pot O' Gold Mobile Home Park, there isn't much glamour in Maggody . . . but this flyspeck Arkansas town is about to become famous. When a Hollywood production company chooses Maggody as a backdrop for an X-rated Ozarks "Romeo and Juliet," the locals are starstruck. And as Maggody is flooded with washed-up actors, ruthless producers, and a cynical crew, the townsfolk will do anything for a close-upβeven if it means resorting to murder.
Chief of Police Arly Hanks has no time for Hollywoodβshe's got her hands full with a local arsonistβbut when one of the actors is found dead in a bathtub, she's forced to intervene. As the film spins out of control, Arly realizes that the citizens of Maggody will stop at nothing to get their fifteen minutes of fameβeven as...
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### From Publishers Weekly In this lively addition to the Maggody series, movie fever and dreams of stardom grip the Arkansas village, while police chief Arly Hanks hunts for a local arsonist and a once-famous actress is murdered. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. ### From Library