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Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
399 pages: 23 cm
Language
English
Description
What do steeplechase, playing cards and daggers have in common? They all play vital roles in the intricately woven plot of Sneaky Pie and her human cohort Rita Mae Brown in this delightful mystery. While Mary "Harry" Haristeen and her cat, Mrs. Murphy attend the annual steeplechase at Montpelier, Mrs. Murphy discovers something amiss. During the celebration following the race, one of the jockeys is found dead in the barn, a dagger through his heart...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rita Mae Brown's feline mystery capers are New York Times best-sellers. In Murder on the Prowl, a fake obituary is printed in the local newspaper, and the people of Crozet, Virginia are quite dismayed. But when another fake obituary appears, quickly followed by a murder, Mrs. Murphy the sleuthing cat and her human friend "Harry" Haristeen find themselves on a dangerous path.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
419 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Best-selling authors Rita Mae Brown and her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown, are beloved for their Mrs. Murphy mysteries. Set in the quiet town of Crozet, Virginia, each delightful book finds Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and the incomparably clever feline, Mrs. Murphy, caught up in a puzzling whodunit. In the middle of a particularly dull winter, nobody pays much mind to rumors of bad blood among the staff of Crozet Hospital. That is, until a member of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Bookspan large print ed.
Physical Desc
490 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Never have two species co-created a work of such suspense and humorous catitude as the wildly popular mystery series by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown. This time out, that agile-witted tiger puss Mrs. Murphy makes the round of parties where Virginia's Very Best People mingle with some of the worst. Together, she and her human must unravel a veritable cat's cradle of ambition, greed, and murder at the center of which waits a killer with the most...
8) Murphy's law
Author
Series
A Molly Murphy mystery volume 1
Language
English
Description
Fleeing a false accusation of murder in Ireland, Molly Murphy becomes involved in another murder case when the man who was harassing her on the boat to America turns up dead.
Author
Series
A Molly Murphy mystery volume 3
Language
English
Description
Having inherited the cases of her deceased mentor Paddy Reilly, private investigator Molly Murphy is following philandering husbands, tracking down runaway debutantes and working in a sweatshop to discover who is purloining dress designs. Then a woman's body is fished out of the East River and Molly fears it is the missing society girl everyone is talking about. Then Molly's sometimes beau, police captain Daniel Sullivan, reveals that another corpse...
10) Whisker of evil
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
xiii, 297 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With rabies on the rise and a new post office threatening her position, Harry Haristeen and her trio of feline detective friends find themselves in even more trouble when they start snooping around an irresistible mystery.
11) In like Flynn
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Private investigator Molly Murphy goes undercover within the household of a senator and his wife, the latter of whom frequently solicits the infamous Sorensen sister spiritualists for information about her presumed-dead son.
12) Oh Danny boy
Author
Series
Molly Murphy volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
325 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
13) Sour Puss
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In this latest whodunit, Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner-in-crime-detection, Sneaky Pie Brown, return to the scene of their bestselling crimes-picturesque Crozet, Virginia.
Love is in the air as spring comes to the small town, but no sooner has Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen remarried than she is rudely interrupted-by murder. And no sooner does the trouble start than curious cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with corgi Tee Tucker, sink their...
Author
Series
Molly Murphy volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Searching for the long-lost sister of an Irish-American impresario, P.I. Molly Murphy leaves turn-of-the-century New York to head back to her native Ireland, only to be confronted by the murder of her maid and the disappearance of a famed Irish actress.
15) Puss 'n cahoots
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
419 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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...
16) In a gilded cage
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Gathering at William Woods University to celebrate the one-hundredth birthday of spunky Aunt Tally, Harry Haristeen and her sleuthing cats investigate the disappearance of a close friend who has gone missing after giving Aunt Tally an unusual gift.
19) Bless the bride
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
261 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Soon-to-be-married Molly Murphy searches for a Chinese immigrant's runaway bride, a case that makes Molly wonder if she would be helping or harming the possibly oppressed young woman she seeks.
20) Camille's team
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At the beach four animal friends work together to make a fabulous sand fort.