The feline co-author of the

irresistible "Mrs. Murphy"

mysteries dishes up delectable

fare for cats and humans alike in

this unique collection of recipes

spiced with witty personal anecdotes.

Mrs. Murphy - 1, 2, 3

Curiosity just might be the

death of Mrs. Murphy--and her

human companion, Mary Minor

"Harry" Haristeen. Small towns

are like families: Everyone lives

very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet,

Virginia, is a typical small town-

until its secrets explode into

murder. Crozet's thirty-

something postmistress, Mary

Minor "Harry" Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Murphy) and a

Welsh Corgi (Tucker), a pending

divorce, and a bad habit of

reading postcards not addressed

to her. When Crozet's citizens

start turning up murdered, Harry remembers that each

received a card with a

tombstone on the front and the

message "Wish you were here"

on the back. Intent on

protecting their human friend, Mrs. Murphy and Tucker begin to

scent out clues. Meanwhile,

Harry is conducting her own

investigation, unaware her pets

are one step ahead of her. If

only Mrs. Murphy could alert her somehow, Harry could uncover

the culprit before the murder

occurs--and before Harry finds

herself on the killer's mailing

list.

Mrs. Murphy thinks the new

man in town is the cat's

meow.... Maybe she should

think again. Small towns don't

take kindly to strangers--unless

the stranger happens to be a drop-dead gorgeous and

seemingly unattached male.

When Blair Bainbridge comes to

Crozet, Virginia, the local

matchmakers lose no time in

declaring him perfect for their newly divorced postmistress,

Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen.

Even Harry's tiger cat, Mrs.

Murphy, and her Welsh Corgi,

Tee Tucker, believe he smells A-

okay. Could his one little imperfection be that he's a

killer? Blair becomes the most

likely suspect when the pieces

of a dismembered corpse begin

turning up around Crozet. No

one knows who the dead man is, but when a grisly clue makes

a spectacular appearance in the

middle of the fall festivities,

more than an early winter snow

begins chilling the blood of

Crozet's very best people. That's when Mrs. Murphy, her friend

Tucker, and her human

companion Harry begin to sort

through the clues . . . only to

find themselves a whisker away

from becoming the killer's next victims.

Mrs. Murphy digs into Virginia

history--and gets her paws on a

killer.

The most popular citizen of

Virginia has been dead for

nearly 170 years. That hasn't stopped the good people of tiny

Crozet, Virginia, from taking

pride in every aspect of Thomas

Jefferson's life. But when an

archaeological dig of the slave

quarters at Jefferson's home, Monticello, uncovers a shocking

secret, emotions in Crozet run

high--dangerously high.

The stunning discovery at

Monticello hints a hidden

passions and age-old scandals. As postmistress Mary Minor

"Harry" Haristeen and some of

Crozet's Very Best People try to

learn the identity of a centuries-

old skeleton--and the reason

behind the murder--Harry's tiger cat, Mrs. Murphy, and her

canine and feline friends

attempt to sniff out a modern-

day killer. Mrs. Murphy and corgi

Tee Tucker will stick their paws

into the darker mysteries of human nature to solve murders

old and new--before curiosity

can kill the cat--and Harry

Haristeen.

Mrs. Murphy - 4, 5, 6

The residents of tiny Crozet,

Virginia, thrive on gossip,

especially in the post office,

where Mary Minor "Harry"

Haristeen presides with her

tiger cat, Mrs. Murphy. So when a belligerent Hell's Angel crashes

Crozet, demanding to see his

girlfriend, the leather-clad

interloper quickly becomes the

chief topic of conversation. Then

the biker is found murdered, and everyone is baffled. Well,

almost everyone...Mrs. Murphy

and her friends, Welsh corgi Tee

Tucker and overweight feline

Pewter, haven't been slinking

through alleys for nothing. But can they dig up the truth in time

to save their humans from a

ruthless killer?

The 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 even—on the

racecourse—with old enemies.

Postmistress Mary Minor "Harry"

Haristeen will be in the thick of the action on this day of high

spirits and fierce competition.

But the glorious thoroughbreds

and the pinks and greens and

purples worn by the riders do

not blind Harry to the dangerous undercurrents that

start to surface. There's sure to

be some emotional fireworks at

Montpelier. Still, no one expects

the day to end in tragedy.

Found dead in the main barn is one of the day's riders, a knife

plunged through the jockey's

heart. The only clue is a playing

card, the Queen of Clubs,

impaled over the fatal wound.

Within the wealthy, tight-knit world of horse owners, trainers,

and jockeys, the victim had both

admirers and enemies.

Was the murderer's motive

greed, drugs--a pervasive evil in

the race world—or sexual rivalry? Luckily for Crozet's

humans, the tiger cat Mrs.

Murphy is right at home in the

stable yard...and on the trail of

the shocking truth. But will

Harry catch on in time to stop a killer grown bloodthirsty with

success?

In Murder, She Meowed Sneaky Pie Brown and her co-author,

Rita Mae Brown, have penned

another clever and sassy

mystery that probes the depths

of human depravity and the

heights of feline genius.

As the principal of St.

Elizabeth's, an exclusive private

school that caters to Crozet,

Virginia's, best families, Roscoe

Fletcher has proven himself to

be a highly effective and vastly popular administrator. So when

his obituary appears in the local

paper, everyone in town is

upset. Yet nothing compares to

the shock they feel when they

discover that Roscoe Fletcher isn't dead at all. Someone has

stooped to putting a phony

obituary in the newspaper. But

is it a sick joke or a sinister

warning? Only Mrs. Murphy, the

canny tiger cat, senses the pure malice behind the act. And

when a second false obit

appears, this time of a

Hollywood has-been who is

Roscoe Fletcher's best friend,

Mrs. Murphy invites her friends, the corgi Tee Tucker, and fat cat

Pewter, to do a bit of sleuthing.

It's obvious to this shrewd puss

that two phony death notices

add up to deadly trouble. And

her theory is borne out when one of the men is fiendishly

murdered. "Harry" Haristeen, in

her position as Crozet's

postmistress, is the first to hear

all the theories on whodunit -

starting with the man's jealous wife. Then a second bloody

homicide follows, and a third.

People are dropping like flies in

Crozet and no one seems to

know why.

It takes a cat to write the purr-

fect mystery.

Things have been pretty

exciting lately in Crozet, Virginia

—a little too exciting if you ask

resident feline investigator Mrs. Murphy. Just as the town starts

to buzz over its Civil War

reenactment, a popular local

man disappears. No one's seen

Tommy Van Allen's single-

engine plane, either—except for Mrs. Murphy, who spotted it

during a foggy evening's

mousing.

Even Mrs. Murphy's favorite

human, postmistress Mary

Minor "Harry" Haristeen, can sense that something is amiss.

But things really take an ugly

turn when the town reenacts

the battle of Oak Ridge—and a

participant ends up with three

very real bullets in his back. While the clever tiger cat and

her friends sift through clues

that just don't fit together,

more than a few locals fear that

the scandal will force well-

hidden town secrets into the harsh light of day. And when

Mrs. Murphy's relentless tracking

places loved ones in danger, it

takes more than a canny kitty

and her team of animal sleuths

to set things right again...

It takes a cat to write the purr-

fect mystery.

Things have been pretty

exciting lately in Crozet, Virginia

—a little too exciting if you ask

resident feline investigator Mrs. Murphy. Just as the town starts

to buzz over its Civil War

reenactment, a popular local

man disappears. No one's seen

Tommy Van Allen's single-

engine plane, either—except for Mrs. Murphy, who spotted it

during a foggy evening's

mousing.

Even Mrs. Murphy's favorite

human, postmistress Mary

Minor "Harry" Haristeen, can sense that something is amiss.

But things really take an ugly

turn when the town reenacts

the battle of Oak Ridge—and a

participant ends up with three

very real bullets in his back. While the clever tiger cat and

her friends sift through clues

that just don't fit together,

more than a few locals fear that

the scandal will force well-

hidden town secrets into the harsh light of day. And when

Mrs. Murphy's relentless tracking

places loved ones in danger, it

takes more than a canny kitty

and her team of animal sleuths

to set things right again...

Each member of the class of

1980 has received the letter.

Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen,

who is on the organizing

committee for Crozet High's twentieth reunion, decides to

take it as a compliment. Others

think it's a joke.

But Mrs. Murphy senses trouble.

And the sly tiger cat is soon

proven right ... when the class womanizer turns up dead with

a bullet between his eyes. Then

another note followed by

another murder makes it clear

that someone has waited

twenty years to take revenge. While Harry tries to piece

together the puzzle, it's up to

Mrs. Murphy and her animal pals

to sniff out the truth. And there

isn't much time. Mrs. Murphy is

the first to realize that Harry has been chosen Most Likely to Die,

and if she doesn't hurry, Crozet

High's twentieth reunion could

be Harry's last.

Winter 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 Hospital–until the main

source of that gossip turns up

dead. It’s not like Harry to resist

a mystery, and she soon finds the hospital a hotbed of ego,

jealousy, and illicit love.

But it’s tiger cat Mrs. Murphy,

roaming the netherworld of

Crozet Hospital, who sniffs out a

secret that dates back to the Underground Railroad. Then

Harry is attacked and a doctor is

executed in cold blood.

Soon only a quick-witted cat

and her animal pals feline

Pewter and corgi Tee Tucker stand between Harry and a

coldly calculating killer with a

prescription for murder.

Spring 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 there’s

more in the air than just

pheromones. It begins with a

case of stolen hubcaps and

proceeds to the mysterious death of a dissolute young

mechanic over a sobering cup of

coffee. Then another death and

a shooting lead to the discovery

of a half-million crisp, clean

dollar bills that look to be very dirty.

Now Harry is on the trail of a

cold-blooded murderer. Mrs.

Murphy already knows who it

is--and who’s next in line. She

also knows that Harry, curious as a cat, does not have nine

lives. And the one she does have

is hanging by the thinnest of

threads.

Spring 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 there’s

more in the air than just

pheromones. It begins with a

case of stolen hubcaps and

proceeds to the mysterious death of a dissolute young

mechanic over a sobering cup of

coffee. Then another death and

a shooting lead to the discovery

of a half-million crisp, clean

dollar bills that look to be very dirty.

Now Harry is on the trail of a

cold-blooded murderer. Mrs.

Murphy already knows who it

is--and who’s next in line. She

also knows that Harry, curious as a cat, does not have nine

lives. And the one she does have

is hanging by the thinnest of

threads.

When winter hits Crozet, Virginia, it

hits hard--and hangs on for

months. Thats nothing new to

postmistress Mary Minor Harry

Haristeen and her friends, who keep warm with hard work, hot

toddies, and rabid rooting for

the University of Virginias

womens basketball team at the

old stadium affectionately

dubbed The Clam. But the usual postgame high spirits are laid

low when contractor H. H.

Donaldson drops dead in the

parking lot. And pretty soon

word has spread that it wasnt a

heart attack that did him in. It just doesnt sit right with Harry

that one of her fellow fans--

perhaps even an acquaintance

or neighbor sitting close by in

the stands--is a murderer. And

as tiger cat Mrs. Murphy is all too aware, things that dont sit

right with Harry make her

restless, curious, and prone to

poking her not-very-sensitive

human nose into dangerous

places. So the animals start paying closer attention to what

the people around them are

doing--and theyre the first ones

to realize when the next

murder occurs.It seems obvious

to Harry that the deaths are connected--and she intends to

find out exactly how. Theres no

shortage of suspects,

considering that H.H. was a

ladies man whod left a trail of

broken hearts all over town--the most recent belonging to his

wife-- and that the second

murder victim was not very

popular in Crozet.As the police

launch their investigation, Harry

picks up clues through savvy questioning of everyone she

knows. But its the critters who

are most attuned to trouble--

they scent something wicked

wafting Harrys way on the tail

of the next snowstorm. And as Harry draws closer to the truth

about a brutal killer, Mrs.

Murphy and her friends realize

its up to them to make sure

their intrepid mom lands on her

feet.

It's a summer full of turbulence

for small-town Crozet, Virginia,

with a movie star's

homecoming, a spreading

rabies epidemic, and the clues

to an old murder unearthed. But what's unsettling for Harry is

that the building of a new post

office may depose her as

postmistress.

It’s no secret that cats are a

mystery writer’s best friend.

Just ask the bestselling team of

Rita Mae Brown and her furry

partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, back

on the prowl with another unforgettable whodunit. This

time a controversial miracle in

Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains

sparks religious fervor–and a

suspicious death. Now the

indefatigable felines Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with

the dogged corgi Tee Tucker,

must trust their animal instincts

to sniff out the worst of human

nature....

With the holidays approaching, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen

and her best friend, Susan

Tucker, take a much-needed

time-out at the mountain

monastery of Mount Carmel.

There, under the benevolent gaze of the statue of the Virgin

Mary, their worldly worries are

soon overshadowed. For in

front of their very eyes the

statue begins to cry tears of

blood. Legend has it that Mary’s

crimson tears are harbingers of

crises. And though skeptical, the

ever-practical Harry can already

see one on the horizon. If

leaked, news of the so-called miracle could turn the

monastery and the town of

Crozet into a circus. What Harry

doesn’t foresee is murder.…

When Susan’s great-uncle

Thomas, a resident monk, is found frozen to death at the

base of the statue, foul play is

ruled out–at first. But at Harry’s

urging, the body is exhumed for

an autopsy. There’s just one

problem: the coffin is empty. That’s when Mrs. Murphy,

Pewter, and Tucker get

involved. Then there’s the

shocking revelation of a

mystery that has perplexed the

citizens of Crozet for ages. With Christmas around the

corner and the monastery

overrun by the faithful, all

Harry’s meddling menagerie can

do is stay on her trail as she

jumps knee-deep into an unofficial investigation–one

that becomes more dangerous

when another Crozet citizen

meets an untimely demise. In

this case it will be a miracle if

Harry stays alive...

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?

Instead of a proper second honeymoon, the newly remarried Harry and Fair Haristeen leave cozy Crozet, Virginia, for Shelbyville, Kentucky, site of the famous saddlebred horse show. There they'll visit dear friends Joan Hamilton and Larry Hodge and enjoy a week among some of the finest horses, trainers, and riders in the country.

But soon after they arrive, events veer mysteriously-and murderously-off course. First, Joan's ruby and sapphire horsehead heirloom pin is stolen from her private box at the fairgrounds. Next, a young film star's prize three-gaited mare disappears into thin air. There is no lack of suspects, from hotheaded trainers and jealous rivals to vicious ex-spouses. Then a body is found flagrantly murdered and it's obvious to Harry that someone at Shelbyville is sending a strong message: winning is only secondary-first prize is survival.

As Harry searches for clues, rediscovers life as a married woman, and deals with her upcoming fortieth birthday, her four-legged detective friends are already on the case. But is animal instinct any match for human depravity? Especially with two humans to protect and a killer on the prowl?