Tall Tail : A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

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In this fast-paced mystery by Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown, Mary Minor @00000041@ldquo;Harry@00000041@rdquo; Haristeen and her animal friends seek to solve a whodunit rooted in eighteenth-century Virginia--uncovering a shocking secret that refuses to stay buried.@00000341@ @00000341@ @00000327@TALL TAIL@00000133@@00000341@ @00000341@ At 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. In a blink, Harry@00000065@s pickup nearly collides with a careening red car that then swerves into a ditch. Harry recognizes the dead driver slumped over the vehicle@00000065@s steering wheel: Barbara Leader was nurse and confidante to former Virginia governor Sam Holloway.@00000341@ @00000341@ Though Barbara@00000065@s death is ruled a heart attack, dissenting opinions abound. After all, she was the picture of health, which gives Harry and her four-legged companions pause. 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.@00000341@ @00000341@ As it happens, Barbara died in the shadow of the local cemetery@00000065@s statue of the Avenging Angel. Just below that imposing funereal monument lie the remains of one Francisco Selisse, brutally murdered in 1784. Harry@00000065@s present-day sleuthing draws her back to Virginia@00000065@s slave-holding past and the hunt for Selisse@00000065@s killer. Now it@00000065@s up to Harry and her furry detectives--Mrs. 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.@00000341@@00000341@@00000327@Praise for the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown @00000133@@00000341@ @00000341@ @00000041@ldquo;As feline collaborators go, you couldn@00000065@t ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown.@00000041@rdquo;@00000327@@00000373@--The New York Times Book Review@00000155@@00000133@@00000341@ @00000341@ @00000041@ldquo;Mrs. Murphy mysteries are fun, sweet, and beautifully adventurous.@00000041@rdquo;@00000327@--@00000373@Bustle@00000155@@00000133@@00000341@ @00000341@ @00000041@ldquo;Brown [is] the queen of the talking animal cozy.@00000041@rdquo;@00000327@--@00000373@Publishers Weekly@00000155@@00000133@

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