![]() ![]() Kelly Weill, a reporter for 'The Daily Beast', found it hard to believe Flat Earthers really thought our planet is as flat as a pancake. If you enjoy stories with talking animals, you might want to give these tales a try. Like other early books in the series, this cozy mystery is entertaining and fun. Much of the series' appeal is attributable to the popular recurring characters, including: Sheriff Rick Shaw - the chief law enforcement officer in Crozet Deputy Sheriff Cynthia Cooper - who helps investigate crimes nonagenarian Aunt Tally Urquhart - who gets a kick out of instigating trouble Susan Tucker - Harry's best friend and investigative partner Big Mim Sanburne - the 'Queen of Crozet' Miranda Hogendobber - a widow who helps at the post office, bakes delicious sweet buns, and quotes the bible and more. There are more crimes before the murders are finally solved, and the solution is a surprise to everyone. The animals mount their own investigation, find important clues, and try to point the humans in the right direction. Meanwhile, Harry's pets suspect that Roger O'Bannon' death wasn't natural, and that he was murdered as well. The authorities (and Harry) suspect the deaths are related, and try to figure out a connection between the men, thinking it's probably drugs. Roger's death is soon followed by two murders: a young man suspected of being a thief is found hanging from a tree and a taxidermist is found shot in his car. The event is going well - with plenty of eating, drinking, dancing, and gossiping - until a local scrap yard owner called Roger O'Bannon slumps over dead, apparently from natural causes. In any event, Harry is charmed by the handsome South American, and the two attend the Dogwood Festival Party together. Boom Boom is dating a Uruguayan diplomat who's bringing a colleague named Diego Aybar to a Dogwood Festival Party.īoom Boom asks Harry to escort Diego, and the postmistress agrees - much to Fair's chagrin. So it's a surprise when Boom Boom approaches Harry with a request. However, during the couple's separation Fair had a six-month affair with the town beauty, Boom Boom Craycroft, and Harry hasn't forgiven either one of them. Harry has been divorced from horse veterinarian Fair Haristeen for five years, and Fair is trying hard to win his ex-wife back. The pets chat amongst themselves and with other creatures like horses, cows, owls, rats, mice, etc., but their conversations are incomprehensible to humans. Murphy - a tiger cat Pewter - a chubby gray tabby and Tucker - a Welsh corgi. Harry shares her home with three furbabies: Mrs. The upscale town holds regular social events, such as the Dogwood Festival and the annual Wreckers' Ball, and is home to sporting events like coon hunting and fox hunting. Thirtysomething Harry Haristeen is a postmistress and farm owner in the town of Crozet, Virginia, which contains many descendants of the 'First Families of Virginia.' Murphy book, amateur sleuth Mary Minor Haristeen (Harry) and her pets help investigate several murders. For that reason, I decided to reach back and read an early book in the series, just for fun. Murphy novels to promote her politics and to discuss American history, and I've enjoyed the books less and less. In recent years author Rita Mae Brown has used the Mrs. ![]() ![]() Murphy cozy mystery series began over three decades ago, with the charming premise that animals could speak amongst themselves and help their owner solve crimes. This one’s only for diehard fans.The Mrs. Too many characters (both human and animal), abrupt shifts between the two periods that interrupt the flow of each narrative, and digressions on incidental matters (such as gardening tips) will try the patience of many readers. Of far more interest is the story of the slaves and their owners who lived on two plantations in the area in the late 18th century. ![]() Eventually, Jeannie Cordle, who volunteers for every church and community aid program, is poisoned, and Harry, nudged in the right direction by her animal companions, looks for clues to explain Jennie’s death. They speculate on the life she might have lived and exchange gardening tips, muse about social issues, and express wonder at the shenanigans of their pets. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Crozet, Va., and her pals ponder the identity of an unknown woman who was interred in someone else’s tomb in the church’s graveyard around 1786. In 2019, Harry, who’s in charge of building and grounds at St. Two stories centuries apart entwine in bestseller Brown’s meandering 29th mystery featuring Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her pets (after 2019’s Whiskers in the Dark). ![]()
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