![]() She is also an Emmy-nominated screenwriter.īrown was born illegitimate in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Rita Mae Brown is a prolific American writer, most known for her mysteries and other novels ( Rubyfruit Jungle). “As feline collaborators go, you couldn’t ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown.” -The New York Times Book Review 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. 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. ![]() ![]() 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. 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.
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