Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series, #11
Bantam
March 2004
Featuring: Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen
400 pages ISBN: 0553582852 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
When winter hits Crozet, Virginia, it hits hard--and hangs
on for months. That’s nothing new to postmistress Mary
Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her friends, who keep warm
with hard work, hot toddies, and rabid rooting for the
University of Virginia’s women’s basketball team at the
old stadium affectionately dubbed “The Clam.” But the
usual postgame high spirits are laid low when contractor
H. H. Donaldson drops dead in the parking lot. And pretty
soon word has spread that it wasn’t a heart attack that
did him in. It just doesn’t sit right with Harry that one
of her fellow fans--perhaps even an acquaintance or
neighbor sitting close by in the stands--is a murderer.
And as tiger cat Mrs. Murphy is all too aware, things that
don’t sit right with Harry make her restless, curious, and
prone to poking her not-very-sensitive human nose into
dangerous places. So the animals start paying closer
attention to what the people around them are doing--and
they’re the first ones to realize when the next murder
occurs.
It seems obvious to Harry that the deaths are connected--
and she intends to find out exactly how. There’s no
shortage of suspects, considering that H.H. was a ladies’
man who’d left a trail of broken hearts all over town--the
most recent belonging to his wife-- and that the second
murder victim was not very popular in Crozet.As the police
launch their investigation, Harry picks up clues through
savvy questioning of everyone she knows. But it’s the
critters who are most attuned to trouble--they scent
something wicked wafting Harry’s way on the tail of the
next snowstorm. And as Harry draws closer to the truth
about a brutal killer, Mrs. Murphy and her friends realize
it’s up to them to make sure their intrepid mom lands on
her feet.