In this latest whodunit, Rita Mae
Brown and her feline partner-in-
crime-detection, Sneaky Pie
Brown, return to the scene of
their bestselling crimesâ
€”picturesque Crozet, Virginia. Love is in the air as spring
comes to the small town, but no
sooner has Mary Minor â
€œHarry†Haristeen remarried
than she is rudely interruptedâ
€”by murder. And no sooner does the trouble start than
curious cats Mrs. Murphy and
Pewter, along with corgi Tee
Tucker, sink their claws into the
case.…
After an unexpected rekindling of their romance, Harry and her
veterinarian ex-husband, Fair
Haristeen, have happily
remarried. But the excitement
of their nuptials is quickly
overshadowed by the murder of Professor Vincent Forland, a
world-famous grape and fungal
expert who was in town
visiting the local vineyards.
Within days of giving a lecture
on how distilled fungus and cattle diseases are the current
basis of chemical warfare,
Forland’s decapitated body
is discovered. After their initial
fright, the residents of Crozet
believe that this was a political murder and settle back into
their routines–until a local is
also found dead, killed in the
same gruesome manner as
Professor Forland. Now
residents can’t help wondering, is this really the
work of an
outsider—or one of their own?
No longer working in the post
office, Harry had just planted a
quarter acre of grapes, which fuels her natural curiosity over
just what the two murder
victims knew and had in
common. Once the warmth of
spring arrives, the grapevines
blossom and Harry’s furry entourage discovers the first
critical clue. But how can they
show the humans what theyâ
€™ve learned? And how can
they—or anyone—stop the
killing?
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