"To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the beloved Mrs.
Murphy mystery series, Rita Mae Brown and her intrepid
feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with a charming
claw-biting tale starring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. Of
course prowling faithfully at Harry's side are the sleuthing
cats Mrs. Murphy, ever wise, and Pewter, reliably cranky and
always primed with a razor-sharp quip. Fiercely loyal and on
the alert, corgi Tee Tucker is also never far behind. This
time, Harry and her menagerie throw a wrench into the gears
of a killer of grease monkeys. It's mid-May, and Crozet,
Virginia, is heating up fast, or so it seems to Harry. The
town's beloved ex-post mistress is never idle, dividing her
time between raising this year's bounty of crops; taking
care of her veterinarian husband, Fair; indulging her
passion for classic cars; and adding further to her
reputation as a nosy neighbor. It starts when Harry's dear
friend Miranda Hogendobber takes her on a leisurely drive
that ends in a narrow drainage ditch. The chaos continues
when the Very Reverend Herbert Jones's Chevy pick-up also
abruptly goes kaput. But these vehicular mishaps are nothing
compared to the much more distressing state of a mechanic
discovered by Harry in a local repair shop: His head's been
bashed in. Despite numerous warnings from her much-loved
coterie of friends, human and otherwise, Harry rather
quickly surmises that the time has come to pop the hood and
conduct her own investigation. Her animal companions see
disaster fast approaching but can do little except try their
best to protect their foolishly intrepid human. Harry's race
to the truth leads straight to powerful forces determined to
avoid scrutiny at any cost--even if it means running Harry
Haristeen off the road for good"--
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