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The litter of the law : a Mrs. Murphy mystery  Cover Image Book Book

The litter of the law : a Mrs. Murphy mystery / Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; Illustrated by Michael Gellatly.

Brown, Rita Mae, (author.). Gellatly, Michael, (illustrator.).

Summary:

During an autumn scenic drive in rural Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and husband Fair discover the body of a murdered accountant lying in a cornfield. Rooting out the guilty murderer in the treacherous center of a lucrative conspiracy requires Harry's farmer's wisdom--along with the quick wits and extraordinary senses of Sneaky Pie, Pewter, and Tucker.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345530486 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0345530489 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, [2013?]
Subject: Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women detectives > Virginia > Fiction.
Genre: Mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Swinomish Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Regional Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
La Conner Regional Library FIC BROWN 100056 FICTION Available -

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series; the first two books in her new canine mystery series:A Nose for Justice and Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day; and Six of One, as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.

Sneaky Pie Brown, a tiger cat born somewhere in Albemarle County, Virginia, was discovered by Rita Mae Brown at her local SPCA. They have collaborated on twenty previous Mrs. Murphy mysteries:Wish You Were Here; Rest in Pieces; Murder at Monticello; Pay Dirt; Murder, She Meowed; Murder on the Prowl; Cat on the Scent; Pawing Through the Past; Claws and Effect; Catch as Cat Can; The Tail of the Tip-Off; Whisker of Evil; Cat’s Eyewitness; Sour Puss; Puss ’n Cahoots; The Purrfect Murder; Santa Clawed; Cat of the Century; Hiss of Death;and The Big Cat Nap; in addition to Sneaky Pie for President andSneaky Pie’s Cookbook for Mystery Lovers.


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