Hiss of Death (Mrs. Murphy) - Hardcover

Brown, Rita Mae; Brown, Sneaky Pie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553807080 ISBN 13: 9780553807080

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2011

Synopsis

After a hospital employee ends up dead, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen--along with her sleuthing animal companions Mrs. Murphy, Pewter and Tucker--must find the murderer, all while Harry deals with a health crisis herself.

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Review:

"As feline collaborators go, you couldn't ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown."--"The New York Times Book Review
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"Brown ratchets up the tension in a conclusion that brings Harry, the killer, both cats, the dog and two horses into the final showdown. Brown...reunites the reader with beloved characters, supplies a wealth of local color and creates a killer whose identity and crimes are shocking (in one case, particularly so)."--"Richmond Times-Dispatch"
"As explained on the book's cover, it takes a cat to write the purr-fect mystery. Indeed...With a baffling mystery at hand (or paw), it might just prove to be one of [Harry's] most perplexing cases."--"Tucson Citizen"
"Brown sensitively depicts Harry's cancer treatment as the paw-biting action...builds to the revelation of a surprising killer."--"Publishers Weekly
""If you love animals...and have ever wondered what your pets are saying, these books are delightful."--Briar Patch Books

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"As feline collaborators go, you couldn't ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"[Rita Mae Brown] reunites the reader with beloved characters, supplies a wealth of local color and creates a killer whose identity and crimes are shocking.""--Richmond Times-Dispatch"
"The paw-biting action . . . builds to the revelation of a surprising killer.""--Publishers Weekly"

As feline collaborators go, you couldn t ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown. "The New York Times Book Review"
[Rita Mae Brown] reunites the reader with beloved characters, supplies a wealth of local color and creates a killer whose identity and crimes are shocking. " Richmond Times-Dispatch"
The paw-biting action . . . builds to the revelation of a surprising killer. " Publishers Weekly""

"As feline collaborators go, you couldn't ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown."--The New York Times Book Review

"[Rita Mae Brown] reunites the reader with beloved characters, supplies a wealth of local color and creates a killer whose identity and crimes are shocking."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"The paw-biting action . . . builds to the revelation of a surprising killer."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of several novels, including the Sneaky Pie Brown series, the Sister Jane series, A Nose for Justice, Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day, and Six of One. 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 eighteen previous Mrs. Murphy mysteries: Wish You Were Here; Rest in Pieces; Murder at Monticello; Pay Dirt; Murder, She Meowed; Murder on the Prowl; Cat on the Scent; Pawing Through the Past; Claws and Effect; Catch as Cat Can; The Tail of the Tip-Off; Whisker of Evil; Cat’s Eyewitness; Sour Puss; Puss ’n Cahoots; The Purrfect Murder; Santa Clawed; and Cat of the Century, in addition to Sneaky Pie’s Cookbook for Mystery Lovers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0553807080
• ISBN 13: 9780553807080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 217
• Illustrator: Gellatly Michael