Claws and effect
By: Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrations by Itoko Maeno.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Women postal service employees -- Fiction; Women detectives -- Virginia -- Fiction; Women cat owners -- Fiction; Cats -- Fiction; Virginia -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "As winter puts tiny Crozet, Virginia, in a deep freeze, everyone seems to be suffering from a case of the winter blahs, including postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, who knows things must be dull if the hottest topic of conversation is a chain letter from the mysterious Sister Sophonisba. Even Harry's cats, Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and her corgi Tee Tucker, haven't been able to dig up any dirt lately. But life in this small Southern town is about to heat up.".

"The first hint of trouble comes when Hank Brevard, the plant manager of Crozet Hospital, and head nurse Tussie Logan let drop a few remarks that hint at a hospital in turmoil. Then a malicious comment by the hospital's director suggests that there's bad blood between him and his star surgeon, handsome Dr. Bruce Buxton. Still, no one takes any of it seriously until Hank Brevard turns up dead in the hospital boiler room.".

"Harry, who can't resist a mystery no matter how dangerous, decides to do some investigating of her own. What she finds is that the hospital is a hotbed of secrets, a closed little world where ego, jealousy, and illicit love often collide."--BOOK JACKET.