Tall tail rita mae brown driver#

Tall tail rita mae brown driver#

Harry recognizes the dead driver slumped over the vehicle's steering wheel: Barbara Leader was nurse and confidante to former Virginia governor Sam Holloway. In a blink, Harry's pickup nearly collides with a careening red car that then swerves into a ditch. At any moment a perfect summer day in Crozet, Virginia-nestled within the Blue Ridge Mountains-might turn stormy and tempestuous, as Harry knows too well when a squall suddenly sweeps in. |a In this fast-paced mystery by Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown, Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen and her animal friends seek to solve a whodunit rooted in eighteenth-century Virginia-uncovering a shocking secret that refuses to stay buried. |a Tall tail / |c Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown. |a OPW |b eng |c OPW |d RECBX |d OCLCO |d KSL |d OCLCO |d HEV Murphy, Pewter, and Tee Tucker-to expose the bitter truth, even if it means staring into the unforgiving eyes of history and cornering a callous killer poised to pounce. Now it's up to Harry and her furry detectives-Mrs. Harry's present-day sleuthing draws her back to Virginia's slave-holding past and the hunt for Selisse's killer. Just below that imposing funereal monument lie the remains of one Francisco Selisse, brutally murdered in 1784. As it happens, Barbara died in the shadow of the local cemetery's statue of the Avenging Angel. A baffling break-in at a local business leads Harry to further suspect that a person with malevolent intent lurks just out of sight: Something evil is afoot. After all, she was the picture of health, which gives Harry and her four-legged companions pause. Though Barbara's death is ruled a heart attack, dissenting opinions abound. In this fast-paced mystery by Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown, Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen and her animal friends seek to solve a whodunit rooted in eighteenth-century Virginia-uncovering a shocking secret that refuses to stay buried.