Random House
October 2013
On Sale: October 15, 2013
Featuring: Harry Haristeen; Fair Haristeen; Mrs Murphy
192 pages ISBN: 0345538579 EAN: 9780345538574 Kindle: B00ALBR2MM e-Book Add to Wish List
ita Mae Brown collaborates with feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown in a new mystery starring Mary Minor โHarryโ Haristeen, the curious cat detectives Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and Tee Tucker, the valiant crime-solving corgi. Halloween arrives early this year to rural central Virginia, when a twisted killer will stop at nothing to protect a multimillion-dollar scheme.
THE LITTER OF THE LAW
Autumn has descended and crops are being harvested all over Crozet, Virginia, ideal conditions for a scenic drive for Harry and husband Fair. Bucolic views are all well and good, but Harryโs nose for trouble leads her straight to a cornfieldโs macabre scarecrowโan all too real murder victim that frightens all but the noisy crows.
This accountantโs gruesome death is only the first of many disturbing events in this normally pastoral corner of the world. While Harry tends her beloved grapes and sunflowers, a killer edges closerโas does Harryโs protective menagerie of animals.
Halloweenโs approach brings with it bona fide terror and a beloved local tradition that threatens to become fatal. Rooting out the guilty in the treacherous center of a lucrative conspiracy requires Harryโs farmerโs wisdomโalong with the quick wits and extraordinary senses of Sneaky Pie, Pewter, and Tucker. A vicious murderer may know the lay of the land far better than Harry does, but thatโs about to change. Itโs up to her vigilant four-footed companions to make sure that the unearthing of this plot is not Harryโs last act.
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