Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown
are back chasing mystery with their unique circle of
Southern sleuths. And though the changing colors of fall are
a beauty to behold, this year the scattered leaves hide a
grim surprise.
Autumn is in the air
in the Blue Ridge Mountain community of Crozet, Virginia—and
all the traditions of the changing seasons are under way.
Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen cleans her cupboards, her
husband, Fair, prepares the horses for the shorter days
ahead, and the clamorous barking of beagles signals the
annual rabbit chase through the central Virginia hills. But
the last thing the local beaglers and their hounds expect to
flush out is a dead body.
Disturbingly,
it’s the second corpse to turn up, after that of a missing
truck driver too disfigured to identify. The deaths seem
unrelated—until Harry picks up a trail of clues dating back
to the state’s post-Revolutionary past.
The echoes of the Shot Heard Round the
World pale in comparison to the dangerous shootout Harry
narrowly escapes unscathed. Next time, it may be the
killer who gets lucky. But not if Harry’s furry
friends Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker can help it. Lending
their sharp-nosed talents to the hunt, they’ll help their
mistress keep more lives from being lost—and right an
injustice buried since the early days of America’s
independence.
“As feline collaborators go, you
couldn’t ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown.”—The New
York Times Book Review
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