The Litter of the Law * Rita Mae Brown * Mrs. Murphy #22
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Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her brilliant, crime-solving pets must launch a fast-paced investigation when a gruesome Halloween scarecrow turns out to be a very real murder victim stuffed with stolen historical artifacts.
The Story: Autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia is usually a peaceful, low-friction time for postmistress Harry Haristeen. The festive sandbox turns fatal when a local scarecrow competition reveals a chilling, cold-blooded breakthrough: one of the entries is actually the dead body of a prominent, widely disliked local businessman. When Harry's sharp-witted tiger cat, Mrs. Murphy, and her loyal corgi, Tee Tucker, sniff out a hidden compartment containing stolen Civil War gold and ancient native relics, the local tracking lines explode. Forced into a synchronized counter-campaign before a ruthless ring of smugglers can silence her, Harry must decode a trail of historical secrets and modern greed before she becomes the town's next holiday monument.
Perfect For: Fans of lighthearted, animal-centric cozy mysteries, small-town Southern gossip grids, historical puzzle-solving, and authors like Sneaky Pie Brown, Lilian Jackson Braun, or Susan Wittig Albert.
Series: Mrs. Murphy
# in Series: 22
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