![]() ![]() Murphy, Pewter, and Tee Tucker - to expose the bitter truth, even if it means staring into the unforgiving eyes of history and cornering a callous killer poised to pounce. Now it's up to Harry and her furry detectives - Mrs. Harry's present-day sleuthing draws her back to Virginia's slave-holding past and the hunt for Selisse's killer. Just below that imposing funereal monument lie the remains of one Francisco Selisse, brutally murdered in 1784. Murphy and Pewter, and Tee Tucker, the ever-faithful crime-solving corgi. A baffling break-in at a local business leads Harry to further suspect that a person with malevolent intent lurks just out of sight: Something evil is afoot.Īs it happens, Barbara died in the shadow of the local cemetery's statue of the Avenging Angel. NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SUSPENSE MAGAZINE Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with a mystery starring Mary Minor Harry Haristeen, intrepid kitty sleuths Mrs. After all, she was the picture of health, which gives Harry and her four-legged companions pause. Though Barbara's death is ruled a heart attack, dissenting opinions abound. ![]() ![]() Harry recognizes the dead driver slumped over the vehicle's steering wheel: Barbara Leader was nurse and confidante to former Virginia governor Sam Holloway. In a blink, Harry's pickup nearly collides with a careening red car that then swerves into a ditch. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia, and is a Master of Foxhounds and the huntsman. In this fast-paced mystery by Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her animal friends seek to solve a whodunit rooted in eighteenth-century Virginia - uncovering a shocking secret that refuses to stay buried.Īt any moment a perfect summer day in Crozet, Virginia - nestled within the Blue Ridge Mountains - might turn stormy and tempestuous, as Harry knows too well when a squall suddenly sweeps in. Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series the Sister Jane series the Runnymede novels, including SIX OF ONE and CAKEWALK A NOSE FOR JUSTICE and MURDER UNLEASHED RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE IN HER DAY and many other books. ![]()
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