The Purrfect Murder (A Mrs. Murphy Mystery)
by Rita Mae Brown
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Author: Rita Mae BrownEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-29
ISBN: 0553803654
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of The Purrfect Murder (A Mrs. Murphy Mystery)
Book Review: Please, Harry feeds Mrs, Murphy "Fancy Feast"
Summary: 3 Stars
I have followed this series for years and have accepted the philosophy of the South, the various opinions on whatever Rita Mae Brown was concerned about at the time, and the other digressions of the author with humor and acceptance. What I CANNOT deal with is in this book, Harry feeds Mrs. Murphy and Pewter "Fancy Feast." Now, this cat food fully meets all nutritional requirements for cats, is well made, and hasn't been recalled like other brands tainted by melamine. But there are so many other cat foods out there that are recognized as being of high quality, and Harry is so fanatical about her horses, and sunflowers, and wine, and being a proper Virginian, AND married to a vet (granted, not a small animal vet, but her own vet must at least have something better to recommend), that I wonder about "product placement" in the book.
I am disappointed in the level of concern for animal nutrition shown here.
Summary of The Purrfect Murder (A Mrs. Murphy Mystery)
New York Times bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, return with a new 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.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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