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Zusatztext 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 Informationen zum Autor Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown Klappentext 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 1 October 7, 1777 Bemis Heights, near Saratoga, New York Lieutenant Charles West slipped through the heavy woods with a handful of his men, all selected marksmen, part of Captain Alexander Fraser’s 34th Regiment. Below, other soldiers of Fraser’s 34th Regiment could be heard firing at the Continental forces. Any hope of the brave British lieutenant’s piercing the American rebels’ line was fading. The barrage was intense. Wearing green coats helped to conceal West’s Rangers, but the enemy knew the territory and had learned a great deal about fighting in such terrain from the Mohawks. The Continentals also carried rifles made in Kentucky or Pennsylvania, far more accurate than the British-issued musket, Brown Bess. Senses razor-sharp, the nineteen-year-old lieutenant hoped to push forward, verify the flank of the rebel army, and report back to Captain Fraser. With only twenty men and his dog, Piglet, he searched for the back of that enemy flank. If only he could find it, then surely some of them would survive and return to their commander with that vital information. Lieutenant Charles West, intrepid, and his men stealthily moved forward. At the young man’s heels trod his alert herding dog, a tough little fellow favored by the Welsh. While not Welsh, West hailed from the borderland with Scotland, had played as a child on Hadrian’s Wall. He’d learned to prize the ability of corgis. Piglet w...
