Pay Dirt: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

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Mrs Murphys fourth caper will be lapped up like half-and-half by the faithful.Kirkus Reviews

The best yet.Publishers Weekly

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 Hells 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, havent been slinking through alleys for nothing. But can they dig up the truth in time to save their humans from a ruthless killer

If you must work with a collaborator, you want it to be someone with intelligence, wit, and an infinite capacity for subtletysomeone, in fact, very much like a cat. . . . Its always a pleasure to visit this cozy world.The New York Times Book Review

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"Mrs. Murphy's fourth caper will be lapped up like half-and-half by the faithful." Kirkus Reviews

"The best yet." Publishers Weekly

"If you must work with a collaborator, you want it to be someone with intellignce, wit, and an infinite capacity for subtletysomeone, in fact, very much like a cat...It's always a pleasure to visit this cozy world...[t]here's no resisting Harry's droll sense of humor...or Mrs. Murphy's tart commentary."The New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

Rita Mae Brownis the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series;A Nose for JusticeandMurder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day;andSix of One,as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.

Sneaky Pie Brown,a tiger cat born somewhere in Albemarle County, Virginia, was discovered by Rita Mae Brown at her local SPCA. They have collaborated on numerous Mrs. Murphy mysteriesin addition toSneaky Pies Cookbook for Mystery LoversandSneaky Pie for President.