Rita Mae Brown
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A Mrs. Murphy mystery volume 29
Publisher
Bantam Books
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First edition.
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English
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"Someone's passed their expiration date in this thrilling new mystery in the bestselling Mrs. Murphy series from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown. Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen and her pet sleuths uncover a rotten scam to dupe consumers when they discover that substandard produce is being passed off for organic, upmarket groceries. As always, Harry's crime-solving cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and Tee Tucker the Corgi share her...
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The discovery of a body in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains dredges up mysteries that have lingered from Revolutionary Virginia through the Civil War and beyond... A trial is underway in Albemarle County, where Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen and her trusty crew of two- and four-legged friends hope to catch a killer--who may not be the person accused of the crime. Since an old friend's body was discovered by the hunting club's faithful beagles, it...
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"Frigid February air has settled into the bones of the Blue Ridge Mountains, making for a slow foxhunting season, though "Sister" Jane Arnold's enthusiasm is not so easily deterred. With the winter chill come tweed coats, blazing fireplaces, and perhaps another to share the warmth with, as the bold hunting scarlets worn by the men in Sister Jane's hunting club make the hearts of women flutter--until someone's heart stops entirely. Harry Dunbar, a...
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
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English
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"Fox-chasing Virginians go up against a band of outsiders in this riveting new foxhunting mystery featuring "Sister" Jane Arnold and her incorrigible hounds, from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown. "Sister" Jane Arnold tries to keep an open mind about the new townspeople who have moved in so close to the Jefferson Hunt Club--yet so far from its traditions. But soon, posted notices about noise, mistreating animals, and the cruelty of...
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"Rita Mae Brown and her feline coauthor Sneaky Pie Brown return to Albemarle County, Virgina, as tangled mysteries past and present converge in the bestselling Mrs. Murphy series. As feline collaborators go, you couldn't ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown." The New York Times Book Review. With the New Year just around the corner, winter has transformed the cozy Blue Ridge Mountain community of Crozet, Virginia, into a living snow globe. It's the...
6) Hiss & tell
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English
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"When a series of mysterious deaths spoil the Christmas season in Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen and her beloved cats and dogs lend the police a helping paw in this exciting holiday mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown. Christmas is coming and Harry's to-do list is a mile long. The days are filled with delivering holiday baskets to neighbors in need, chopping down the perfect tree with her best friend,...
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The Sister Jane volume 15
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"'Sister' Jane Arnold and her four-legged friends uncover a new tale of mystery and mayhem in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains"--
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English
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"Returning to Virginia's post-revolutionary history and to characters introduced in Tail Gait, the story follows the Garth sisters and their husbands, neighbors to a brutal slaveholder whose murder at the hands of one of his slaves is neither unexpected nor unwarranted, especially when the impetus was an attack on that slave's wife. The sisters manage to smuggle the fugitive to safety in York, Pennsylvania, while ensuring that the circumstances underlying...
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rita Mae Brown's feline mystery capers are New York Times best-sellers. In Murder on the Prowl, a fake obituary is printed in the local newspaper, and the people of Crozet, Virginia are quite dismayed. But when another fake obituary appears, quickly followed by a murder, Mrs. Murphy the sleuthing cat and her human friend "Harry" Haristeen find themselves on a dangerous path.
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Bantam
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
307 p.
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English
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Spring has sprung in Crozet, Virginia. Harry and her husband, Fair, are enjoying a cozy dinner with some of the town's leading citizens, including history professor Greg "Ginger: McConnell and several members of UVA's celebrated 1959 football team. When McConnell is found murdered on the golf course the next day, a homeless UVA alum confesses to the crime. Trouble is, no one believes that the besotted former All-American could have done the foul...
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 p.
Language
English
Description
"On the Ides of March, an ill wind blows no good -- especially when it knocks down a tree limb in the oldest equine graveyard in America, revealing remains that are decidedly un-equine. It falls to Master of the Foxhunt, the indomitable "Sister" Jane Arnold and her trusty hounds to investigate an old murder with present day repercussions. To start off, the complicated relations between three old families and their prize thoroughbreds must be untangled....
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
253 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and intrepid kitty sleuths Mrs. Murphy and Pewter along with Tee Tucker, the ever-faithful crime-solving corgi, track a killer whose trail has gone as cold as the weather in December.
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
267 p.
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English
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Mags Rogers and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, dig up the dirt in the second scintillating novel from New York Times best-selling author Rita Mae Brown's delightful series. The foreclosure crisis has hit hard in Reno, Nevada, where rows of homes sit unsold and forsaken. When a former banker is found murdered in one of the abandoned homes, the notion of cutthroat business practices takes on a whole new meaning.
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Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2017
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
350 p.
Language
English
Description
"Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown are back chasing mystery with their unique circle of Southern sleuths. And though the changing colors of fall are a beauty to behold, this year the scattered leaves hide a grim surprise. Autumn is in the air in the Blue Ridge Mountain community of Crozet, Virginia--and all the traditions of the changing seasons are under way. Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen cleans her cupboards, her husband,...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Gathering at William Woods University to celebrate the one-hundredth birthday of spunky Aunt Tally, Harry Haristeen and her sleuthing cats investigate the disappearance of a close friend who has gone missing after giving Aunt Tally an unusual gift.
20) Puss 'n cahoots
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
252 p.
Language
English
Description
A Mrs. Murphy mystery.