In this latest whodunit, Rita Mae Brown and her
feline partner-in-crime-detection, Sneaky Pie Brown,
return to the scene of their bestselling crimes–
picturesque Crozet, Virginia. Love is in the air as spring
comes to the small town, but no sooner has Mary
Minor “Harry” Haristeen remarried than she is rudely
interrupted–by murder. And no sooner does the trouble
start than curious cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with
corgi Tee Tucker, sink their claws into the case.…
After an unexpected rekindling of their romance, Harry and
her veterinarian ex-husband, Fair Haristeen,
have happily remarried. But the excitement of their
nuptials is quickly overshadowed by the murder of
Professor Vincent Forland, a world-famous grape and fungal
expert who was in town visiting the local vineyards.
Within days of giving a lecture on how distilled fungus
and cattle diseases are the current basis of chemical
warfare, Forland’s decapitated body is discovered. After
their initial fright, the residents of Crozet believe that
this was a political murder and settle back into their
routines–until a local is also found dead, killed in the
same gruesome manner as Professor Forland. Now residents
can’t help wondering, is this really the work of an
outsider–or one of their own?
No longer working in the post office, Harry had just
planted a quarter acre of grapes, which fuels her natural
curiosity over just what the two murder victims knew and
had in common. Once the warmth of spring arrives, the
grapevines blossom and Harry’s furry entourage discovers
the first critical clue. But how can they show the humans
what they’ve learned? And how can they–or anyone–stop the
killing?
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