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New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with an all-new mystery featuring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, crime-solving cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and ever-faithful Tee Tucker the corgi.

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There´s nothing like a tail well told. Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with an all-new mystery featuring Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, crime-solving cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and ever-faithful Tee Tucker the corgi.

TAIL GAIT

Spring has sprung in Crozet, Virginia-a time for old friends to gather and bid farewell to the doldrums of winter. Harry and her husband, Fair, are enjoying a cozy dinner with some of the town´s leading citizens, including beloved University of Virginia history professor Greg "Ginger" McConnell and several members of UVA´s celebrated 1959 football team. But beneath the cloak of conviviality lurks a sinister specter from the distant past that threatens to put all their lives in jeopardy.

When Professor McConnell is found murdered on the golf course the next day-gunned down in broad daylight by an unseen killer-no one can fathom a motive, let alone find a suspect. Just as Harry and her furry cohorts begin nosing into the case, however, a homeless UVA alum confesses to the crime. Trouble is, no one believes that the besotted former All-American could have done the foul deed-especially after Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker make another gruesome discovery.

As the questions surrounding Ginger´s death pile up, Harry´s search for answers takes her down the fascinating byways of Virginia´s Revolutionary past. The professor was something of a sleuth himself, it seems, and the centuries-old mystery he was unraveling may well have put a target on his back. As Harry edges closer to identifying an elusive killer, her animal companions sense danger-and rally to find a way to keep Harry from disappearing into history.

Praise for the Mrs. Murphy mysteries

"As feline collaborators go, you couldn´t ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown."-The New York Times Book Review

"Mrs. Murphy mysteries are fun, sweet, and beautifully adventurous."-Bustle

"Brown [is] the queen of the talking animal cozy."-Publishers Weekly

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Praise for the Mrs. Murphy mysteries

"As feline collaborators go, you couldn´t ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown."-The New York Times Book Review

"Mrs. Murphy mysteries are fun, sweet, and beautifully adventurous."-Bustle

"Brown [is] the queen of the talking animal cozy."-Publishers Weekly

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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.

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 mysteries-in addition to Sneaky Pie´s Cookbook for Mystery Lovers and Sneaky Pie for President.

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