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Time Will Tell: A Novel
By (Author) Rita Mae Brown
Random House USA Inc
Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
25th November 2025
United States
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
304
Width 132mm, Height 203mm, Spine 15mm
237g
An eye-wateringly expensive watch is found discarded on the land days prior to a dead body turning up. "Sister" Jane Arnold sets out to find the connection between the two, with a little help from her friend-both two legged and four-in this transportive mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown. "Cunning foxes, sensible hounds, and sweet-tempered horses are among the sparkling conversationalists in this charming series."-The New York Times Book Review An eye-wateringly expensive watch is found discarded on the land days prior to a dead body turning up. "Sister" Jane Arnold sets out to find the connection between the two, with a little help from her friend-both two legged and four-in this transportive mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown. "Cunning foxes, sensible hounds, and sweet-tempered horses are among the sparkling conversationalists in this charming series."-The New York Times Book Review Between organizing a joint session with her friends at Bull Run Hunt, leading her own Jefferson Hunt Club's fox hunting season, and looking after her beloved hounds and horses, "Sister" Jane Arnold is as busy as can be. She and her friend Tootie Harris are helping to lure home hunt club member Cindy Chandler's two escaped cows, Clytemnestra and Orestes, when they discover an expensive watch carelessly abandoned on an overgrown path. The last thing Sister needs is another mystery to solve, but when one falls into her lap, she can't help but get involved. Days later, a young man is murdered, one with seemingly no connection to the pricey jewelry or a life of crime. His mother is distraught, and Sister vows to find the murderer. But when hounds on the hunt discover a truck covered in blood - with no body in sight - she quickly realizes she's in over her head with a cunning and clever adversary. Can she find the link and stop the murderer before they strike again Only time will tell.
Praise for the Mysteries of Rita Mae Brown
Out of Hounds
Jane Sister Arnold . . . and her friends are now in their sixties and early seventies, but they remain as spry as ever. . . . Animal lovers and those curious about the elite world of fox hunting will be rewarded.Publishers Weekly
Scarlet Fever
The richness of this novel rests in the varied characters. . . . The descriptions of the countryside are so vivid that it makes one want to take a trip there and bring your horse.Mid-South Horse Review
Homeward Hound
With deep and broad knowledge of the sport, the area and the people and animals who inhabit it, [Brown] infuses Homeward Houndand the entire serieswith unmatched authenticity, Southern charm, beloved characters and engaging storylines.The Free LanceStar
Crazy Like a Fox
Without a doubt, Crazy Like a Fox is [Browns] best mystery to date . . . and earns top marks for everything from plot to pace to characters.In & Around Horse Country
Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown mysteries; the Sister Jane series; the Runnymede novels, including Six of One and Cakewalk; A Nose for Justice and Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; and In Her Day; as well as many other books. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia, and is a Master of Foxhounds and the huntsman.