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Tall tail a Mrs. Murphy mystery

"Returning to Virginia's post-revolutionary history and to characters introduced in Tail Gait, the story follows the Garth sisters and their husbands, neighbors to a brutal slaveholder whose murder at the hands of one of his slaves is neither unexpected nor unwarranted, especially when the...

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Main Authors: Brown, Rita Mae (Author), Brown, Sneaky Pie, 1982- (Author)
Other Authors: Gellatly, Michael (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Series: Mrs. Murphy mystery ; 25.
Subjects:
Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women detectives > Virginia > Fiction.
Women cat owners > Fiction.
Cats > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > Virginia.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Summary: "Returning to Virginia's post-revolutionary history and to characters introduced in Tail Gait, the story follows the Garth sisters and their husbands, neighbors to a brutal slaveholder whose murder at the hands of one of his slaves is neither unexpected nor unwarranted, especially when the impetus was an attack on that slave's wife. The sisters manage to smuggle the fugitive to safety in York, Pennsylvania, while ensuring that the circumstances underlying the entire ordeal stay long buried. Until now. Harry and her animal companions come closer to drawing a link between the past and the present. And in this centuries-spanning caper, they will discover that hiding who you really are may have mortal consequences ... As the questions surrounding"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description: xvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780553392463
0553392468
Author Notes: Rita Mae Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, on November 28, 1944. She received an associate's degree from Broward Junior College in 1965, a B.A. in English and classics from New York University in 1968, a Cinematography Degree from the School of the Visual Arts in 1968, and a Ph.D. in English and political science from the Institute for Policy Studies in 1976. She was the writer-in-residence at the Women's Writing Center of Cazenovi College and a visiting instructor teaching fiction writing at the University of Virginia.

After publishing two books of poetry, she published her first novel, Rubyfruit Jungle, in 1973. Her works include The Hand that Cradles the Rock, Sudden Death, Venus Envy, Loose Lips, and Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser. She writes the Mrs. Murphy Mystery series and Foxhunting Mysteries series. She also writes screenplays and teleplays including Sweet Surrender, Room to Move, Table Dancing, and The Long Hot Summer. Her work on TV earned several Emmy nominations and she received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Variety Show in 1982 for I Love Liberty.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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