Tall tail
a Mrs. Murphy mystery
Brown, Rita Mae.
creator
Brown, Sneaky Pie
1982-
Gellatly, Michael.
text
novel
Mystery fiction.
nyu
New York
Bantam Books
[2016]
2016
1st ed.
monographic
eng
xvi, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
"Returning to Virginia's post-revolutionary history and to characters introduced in Tail Gait, the story follows the Garth sisters and their husbands, neighbors to a brutal slaveholder whose murder at the hands of one of his slaves is neither unexpected nor unwarranted, especially when the impetus was an attack on that slave's wife. The sisters manage to smuggle the fugitive to safety in York, Pennsylvania, while ensuring that the circumstances underlying the entire ordeal stay long buried. Until now. Harry and her animal companions come closer to drawing a link between the past and the present. And in this centuries-spanning caper, they will discover that hiding who you really are may have mortal consequences.... As the questions surrounding"--Provided by publisher.
Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrated by Michael Gellatly.
n-us-va
Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character)
Fiction
Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character)
Fiction
Women detectives
Virginia
Fiction
Women cat owners
Fiction
Cats
Fiction
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
FICTION / Humorous
FICTION / Suspense
PS3552.R698 T36 2016
813/.54
9780553392463
0553392468
2015045502
DLC
151203
20180923024324.0
18879573
eng