Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return to Albemarle County Virgina
as tangled mysteries past and present converge in the bestselling Mrs. Murphy series. As feline
collaborators go you couldn't ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown.-The New York Times Book
Review With the New Year just around the corner winter has transformed the cozy Blue Ridge
Mountain community of Crozet Virginia into a living snow globe. It's the perfect setting for
Mary Minor Harry Haristeen to build a new work shed designed by her dear friend local
architect Gary Gardner. But the natural serenity is shattered when out of the blue right in
front of Harry and Deputy Cynthia Cooper and in broad daylight Gary is shot to death by a
masked motorcyclist. Outraged by the brazen murder Harry begins to burrow into her friend's
past-and unearths a pattern of destructive greed reaching far back into Virginia's
post-Revolutionary history. When Harry finds incriminating evidence the killer strikes again.
Heedless of her own safety Harry follows a trail of clues to a construction site in Richmond
where the discovery of mysterious remains has recently halted work. Aided as always by her
loyal if opinionated companions crime-solving cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and Tee Tucker
the Corgi Harry hunts for a link between the decades-old dead the recently violently
deceased-and ancient secrets that underlie everything. And while other deaths are narrowly
averted in a flurry of fur the killer remains at large-ever more desperate and dangerous. The
deep-rooted legacy of corruption that's been exposed can never be buried again. But if Harry
keeps pursuing the terrible truth she may be digging her own grave. Praise for Probable Claws
Series fans will know exactly what to expect: animals who talk to one another [Rita Mae]
Brown's personal views on an array of topics and a healthy dose of Virginia
history.-Publishers Weekly The animal crew joined by a surprising new addition is in rare
form. . . . Beautiful illustrations bring the pet personalities to life.-Kirkus Reviews
