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Rita Mae Brown
A thrillingly purrr-fect new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown.
Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her animal companions team…
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Mary Minor Harry Haristeen gets a little help from her veterinarian husband to solve the murder of a young equine vet whose death may be linked to his new clinic…
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An eye-wateringly expensive watch is found discarded days prior to a dead body turning up. "Sister" Jane Arnold sets out to find the connection between the two, with a little…
When a series of mysterious deaths spoil the Christmas season in Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen and her beloved cats and dogs lend the police a helping paw in…
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When a body is found curiously displayed on "Sister" Jane Arnold's foxhunting grounds, members of her hunt club realize someone is sending them a dire message, in this exciting mystery…
Politicians fight like cats and dogs, but when things take a deadly turn at the Virginia House of Delegates, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen calls on her beloved pets to help…
"An eye-wateringly expensive watch is found discarded on the land days prior to a dead body turning up. "Sister" Jane Arnold sets out to find the connection between the two…
"Politicians fight like cats and dogs, but when things take a deadly turn at the Virginia House of Delegates, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen calls on her beloved pets to help…
Outrageous, irrepressible and endlessly entertaining, the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle and Bingo spins a behind-the-scenes tale of women’s professional tennis that dramtically intertwines the heart-stopping excitement of competition and…
David, the oldest child in this story, even at age ten, spent most of his young life as the man of the house. His dad left their family, and his…
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In her most recent New York Times bestseller, Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Geneva Chatfield and Nash Hart, who are married just five days before the South secedes…
Spring is peeking through the frost in Virginia, and though the hunting season is coming to a close, the foxes seem determined to put the members of the Jefferson Hunt…
It’s the start of fox-hunting season and Sister is training a new generation of hounds in eager anticipation of Opening Hunt. But before they make it to that exciting day…
The dogs are back for another Wild West adventureNthis time to save a community of abandoned houses in Reno, NevadaNin the big-hearted second book of the newest bestselling canine mystery…
A blackmailer targeting wealthy members of "Sister" Jane Arnold's club has turned the hunters into the hunted in this thrilling mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown.
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An ideal companion to Brown’s comic classics, Six of One and Bingo , this novel continues the story of sisters Julia and Louise Hunsenmeir, whose quarrels grow serious when Louise…
Following up Wish You Were Here, their debut mystery, the New York Times bestselling author and her feline coauthor return with a tantalizing tale. Rest in Pieces is set in…
Harry Haristeen and Mrs. Murphy, feline sleuth extraordinaire, are back in their latest adventure. When Harry and Fair are robbed the first day they arrive on their long-delayed honeymoon, Mrs…
In this first novel of a brand-new series, a city girl, canine companion in tow, discovers the Wild West, a sinister plot to divert its most precious resource, and the…
There are three young brothers in this story and the oldest has been given the responsibility to be his mothers helper; considered the man of the house. He always seem…
In a story written from Sneaky Pie’s perspective, the intrepid feline sleuth temporarily halts her busy writing career to run for President, a campaign marked by a revolutionary animal-rights agenda…
In their 10th mystery, Mary Minor Harry Haristeen, her Welsh Corgi, Tee Tucker, her portly gray cat Pewter, and of course, feline sleuth extraordinare, Mrs. Murphy, arrive in small Crozet…
In this new foxhunting mystery, an investigation into a missing and very valuable object flushes out murder, ghosts, and old family rivalries. Sister Jane Arnold and a pack of four-legged…
Continuing in the exuberant tradition of Six of One, Bingo, and Loose Lips, New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown returns to her much-loved fictional hamlet of Runnymede, whose…
Ah, spring! The brighter days and singing birds have a way of lifting people’s spirits, as well as those of their animal companions. But the season can also bring out…
A century-old crime reawakens bad will–and stirs up a scandal that chills Sister Jane to the bone –
In Animal Magnetism, the bestselling author shares the lessons she’s learned from a parrot, a courageous Doberman, a horse, a tough tiger cat, and other marvelous creatures as well as…
The uncannily perceptive feline, Mrs. Murphy, detects a pattern to the murders claiming the inhabitants of tiny Crozet, Virginia, which seem to be linked to a hoax in the obituary…
"'Sister' Jane Arnold and her four-legged friends uncover a new tale of mystery and mayhem in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains"--
An old skeleton uncovered beneath the slave quarters of Monticello and a new murder in Crozet, Virginia, bring together tiger-striped Mrs. Murphy and Welsh Corgi Tee Tucker to solve the…
An annual Civil War reenactment in Crozet, Virginia, turns bloody when a local landowner is shot, and age-old feuds over water and land rights have postmistress Mrs. Murphy and her…
Winter in Crozet, Virginia, has postmistress Mary Minor Harry Haristeen embroiled in a twisted mystery after the director of the hospital turns up dead. Tigercat Mrs. Murphy, roaming the underworld…
Crozet, Virginia, postmistress and town gossip Mary Minor Harry Haristeen gets help from her nosy tiger cat, Mrs. Murphy, in solving the strange case of a murdered Hell’s Angel and…
It’s dead cold in Crozet, Virginia, but the college basketball season is heating up. In their 11th outing, Mary Minor Harry Haristeen and her sleuthing pets investigate the suspicious death…
As winter deepens over the Blue Ridge Mountains, the annual Christmas fox hunt is interrupted by the discovery of a body and, Sister Jane Arnold and her company of loyal…
Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with a new tale in their bestselling Mrs. Murphy series, as mysteries past and present converge in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Molly Bolt is a young lady with a big character. Molly figures out at a young age that she will have to be tough to stay true to herself in…
Written immediately after her classic Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day takes a loving swipe at the charged political atmosphere of Greenwich Village in the early seventies. Full of infectious merriment…
In this fast-paced mystery by Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown, Mary Minor Harry Haristeen and her animal friends seek to solve a whodunit rooted in…
Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie are back chasing mystery with their unique circle of Southern sleuths. And though the changing colors of fall are a beauty to behold…
Rita Mae Brown’s fascinating recreation of the life of Dolley Madison is a masterful blend of fact and fiction. Dolley was the remarkable First Lady who had the President’s ear…
Mary Minor ‘Harry’ Harristeen and her pet sleuths uncover a rotten scam to dupe consumers when they discover that substandard produce is being passed off for organic, upmarket groceries. As…
‘Sister’ Jane Arnold tries to keep an open mind about the new townspeople who have moved in so close to the Jefferson Hunt Club–yet so far from its traditions. But…
Winter blizzards bring a flurry of cases to solve in this riveting new foxhunting mystery featuring Sister Jane Arnold and her incorrigible hounds from New York Times -bestselling author Brown…
The delightful cast of humans and animals from Outfoxed returns in this new tale of murder and mayhem set against the backdrop of Virginia hunt country.
In the third novel of the bestselling author’s captivating foxhunting series, the delightful cast of human and animal characters from Outfoxed returns in a new tale of murder and mayhem…
As master of a prestigious hunt club, Jane Arnold is most revered in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain town where a rigid code of social conduct carries more weight than…
New York Times -bestselling author Brown continues her popular Foxhunting series, as a cold-blooded killer threatens the life of Sister Jane.