A hiss before dying
By: Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrated by Michael Gellatly
Contributors: Brown, Sneaky Pie, 1982- author; Gellatly, Michael, illustrator
Edition: Bantam mass market edition.
Series: A Mrs. Murphy mystery
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9780553392517
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Harry Haristeen (Fictitious character); Cats; Women cat owners; Mrs. Murphy (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Fiction
Description: 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, Fair, prepares the horses for the shorter days ahead, and the clamorous barking of beagles signals the annual rabbit chase through the central Virginia hills. But the last thing the local beaglers and their hounds expect to flush out is a dead body. Disturbingly, it's the second corpse to turn up, after that of a missing truck driver too disfigured to identify. The deaths seem unrelated--until Harry picks up a trail of clues dating back to the state's post-Revolutionary past. The echoes of the Shot Heard Round the World pale in comparison to the dangerous shootout Harry narrowly escapes unscathed. Next time, it may be the killer who gets lucky. But not if Harry's furry friends Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker can help it. Lending their sharp-nosed talents to the hunt, they'll help their mistress keep more lives from being lost--and right an injustice buried since the early days of America's independence.
Notes: Includes excerpt from Probable Claws.