Rita Mae Brown

A Mrs. Murphy MysterySpring fever comes to the small town of Crozet, Virginia. As the annual Dogwood Festival approaches, postmistress Mary Minor Harry Haristeen feels her own mating instincts stir. As for tiger cat Mrs. Murphy, feline intuition tells her theres more in the air than just pheromones. It begins with a case of stolen hubcaps and...

A Mrs. Murphy MysteryThe annual steeplechase races at Montpelier, once the home of James and Dolley Madison, are the high point in the social calendar of the horse-mad Virginians of cozy Crozet. The race meet offers a cracking good time with old friends and a chance to get evenon the racecoursewith old enemies. Postmistress Mary Minor Harry...

If you crossed Mitford, North Carolina, with Peyton Place, you might come up with Runnymede, Maryland, the most beguiling of Southern towns. In Loose Lips, Rita Mae Brown revisits Runnymede and the beloved characters introduced in Six of One and Bingo, serving up an exuberant portrayal of small-town sins and Southern mores, set against a backdrop...

A Mrs. Murphy MysteryBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Rita Mae Brown's The Big Cat Nap.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 the first blossoms of murder. As the redbuds open in...

A Mrs. Murphy MysteryNew York Times bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, are back for the holidays in a new mystery featuring Mary Minor Harry Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. Can they save the season from a killjoy whos decided to gift the festive little townwith...

A Mrs. Murphy MysteryCLAWS AND EFFECTWinter puts tiny Crozet, Virginia, in a deep freeze and everyone seems to be suffering from the winter blahs, including postmistress Mary Minor Harry Haristeen. So all are ripe for the juicy gossip coming out of Crozet Hospitaluntil the main source of that gossip turns up dead. Its not like Harry to resist...