The Purrfect Murder
A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
(Sprache: Englisch)
Auch im 16. Mrs Murphy Mystery sind es Harrys drei Tiere, die die Morde aufklären.
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Auch im 16. Mrs Murphy Mystery sind es Harrys drei Tiere, die die Morde aufklären.
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Bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, return with a mystery starring Mary Minor Harry Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. But are they any match for a killer who s made an entire town suspect by committing THE PURRFECT MURDER
Autumn has arrived in cozy Crozet, Virginia, and that means the town s inhabitants are hard at work in home and garden preparing for winter. Harry is planning to harvest her first crop of Petit Manseng grapes along with her beloved sunflowers. Meanwhile, her recent marriage to Fair and her friendship with Deputy Cynthia Cooper, who s rented nearby Blair Farm, are flourishing. But even when peace descends on the idyllic countryside, murder is lurking.
Mrs. Carla Paulson is one of the diamond-encrusted come-here set who has descended on Crozet with plenty of wealth and no feeling for country ways. She s determined to make her new house the envy of all her well-heeled friends and enemies and she s hired architect Tazio Chappers to build it.
From the start, the project and Mrs. Paulson turns into a major headache relieved only by a side trip to study Thomas Jefferson s extraordinary summer home at Poplar Forest. Harry couldn t foresee that a day later Mrs. Paulson would be found stabbed to death at a gala fund-raiser with Harry s friend, Tazio Chappers, standing over her, holding the knife.
Now Harry must solve what seems to everyone else an open-and-shut case. Every other human, that is. For her four-legged friends see it Harry s way. But will they have to choose between catching the purrfect killer or saving Harry?
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Chapter OneMorning light, which looked like thin spun gold, reminded Harry Haristeen why she loved September so much. The light softened, the nights grew crisp, while the days remained warm. This Thursday, September 18, there was only a vague tinge of yellow at the top of the willow trees, which would become a cascade of color by mid-October.
The old 1978 Ford F-150 rumbled along the macadam road. The big engine's sound thrilled Harry. If it had a motor in it, she liked it.
Her two cats, Mrs. Murphy, a tiger, and Pewter, a gray cat, along with her corgi, Tee Tucker, also enjoyed the rumble, which often put them to sleep. Today, all sitting on the bench seat, they were wide awake. A trip to town meant treats and visiting other animals, plus one never knew what would happen.
Harry had just turned forty on August 7, and she declared it didn't faze her. Maybe. Maybe not. Fair, her adored husband, threw a big surprise birthday party and she reveled in being the center of attention, even though it was for entering her Middle Ages. She wore the gorgeous horseshoe ring her husband had bought her at the Shelbyville Horse Show. She wasn't much for display or girly things, but every time she looked down at the glitter, she grinned.
"All right, kids, you behave. You hear me? I don't want you jumping on Tazio's blueprints. No knocking erasers on the floor. No chewing the rubber ends of pencils. Tucker." Harry's voice kept the command tone. "Don't you dare steal Brinkley's bones. I mean it."
The three animals cast their eyes at her, those eyes brimming with love and the promise of obedience.
Tazio Chappars, a young architect in Crozet, won large commissions for public buildings, but she also accepted a healthy string of commissions for beautiful, expensive homes, most paid for by non-Virginians. The houses were too flashy for a blue-blood Virginian. However, Tazio, like all of us in this world, needed to make a living, so if the client wanted a marble-clad
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bathroom as big as most people's garages, so be it.
As Harry parked, she noticed a brand-new Range Rover in the small lot. Painted a burnt orange, she walked over to admire it.
"Good wheels," she muttered to herself.
Good indeed, but the closest dealer was ninety miles away in Richmond, which somewhat dimmed the appeal. If that didn't do it, the price did.
Before she reached the door, a stream of invective assaulted her ears. When she opened the door, the blast hit her.
"Wormwood! I don't care what it costs and I don't care if termites get in it. I want wormwood!" An extremely well cared for woman in her mid-forties shook colored plans in Tazio's face.
"Mrs. Paulson, I understand. But it's going to slow down the library because it takes months to secure it."
"I don't care. You'll do what I tell you."
Tazio, face darkening, said nothing.
Mrs. Paulson spun around on her bright aqua three-hundred-dollar shoes to glare at Harry. Harry's white T-shirt revealed an ample chest, and her jeans hugged a trim body with a healthy tan. Mrs. Paulson paused for a minute because, even though not of Virginia, she had divined that often the richest people or the ones with the oldest blood wore what to her were migrant-labor fashions. Carla Paulson wouldn't be caught dead in a white T-shirt and Wranglers. She couldn't fathom why Harry would appear in public looking like a farmhand.
She knew Harry in passing, so she switched into "lunch lady" mode.
Tazio stepped around her drafting table. "Mrs. Paulson, you remember Harry Haristeen; her mother was a Hepworth. Her father, a Minor." Tazio knew perfectly well that Mrs. Paulson didn't know the bloodlines, but the simple fact that Tazio recited them meant "important person."
Not that Harry gave a damn.
Extending her hand, rad
As Harry parked, she noticed a brand-new Range Rover in the small lot. Painted a burnt orange, she walked over to admire it.
"Good wheels," she muttered to herself.
Good indeed, but the closest dealer was ninety miles away in Richmond, which somewhat dimmed the appeal. If that didn't do it, the price did.
Before she reached the door, a stream of invective assaulted her ears. When she opened the door, the blast hit her.
"Wormwood! I don't care what it costs and I don't care if termites get in it. I want wormwood!" An extremely well cared for woman in her mid-forties shook colored plans in Tazio's face.
"Mrs. Paulson, I understand. But it's going to slow down the library because it takes months to secure it."
"I don't care. You'll do what I tell you."
Tazio, face darkening, said nothing.
Mrs. Paulson spun around on her bright aqua three-hundred-dollar shoes to glare at Harry. Harry's white T-shirt revealed an ample chest, and her jeans hugged a trim body with a healthy tan. Mrs. Paulson paused for a minute because, even though not of Virginia, she had divined that often the richest people or the ones with the oldest blood wore what to her were migrant-labor fashions. Carla Paulson wouldn't be caught dead in a white T-shirt and Wranglers. She couldn't fathom why Harry would appear in public looking like a farmhand.
She knew Harry in passing, so she switched into "lunch lady" mode.
Tazio stepped around her drafting table. "Mrs. Paulson, you remember Harry Haristeen; her mother was a Hepworth. Her father, a Minor." Tazio knew perfectly well that Mrs. Paulson didn't know the bloodlines, but the simple fact that Tazio recited them meant "important person."
Not that Harry gave a damn.
Extending her hand, rad
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Autoren-Porträt von Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown
Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series; the Runnymede books, including Six of One and Cakewalk; A Nose for Justice and Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; and In Her Day, as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Rita Mae Brown , Sneaky Pie Brown
- 2009, 368 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 10,9 x 17,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Bantam Books
- ISBN-10: 0553586831
- ISBN-13: 9780553586831
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.01.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
While the humans philosphize over the big issues, the pets steal the limelight. Kirkus ReviewsWell-paced unpredictable. Publishers Weekly
Rita Mae Brown has never shied away from addressing the topical or letting the serious overwhelm the funny . Brown provides a perfect diversion for a cold night, complete with a cat or a dog on your lap. Richmond Times-Dispatch
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