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Nine Lives To Die: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery Mrs. Murphy # 22 Genre: Mystery 272 pages Publisher: Bantam, 2014 Source: Publisher via netgalley in exchange for honest review Winter has come to Crozet, VA and Harry and Fair are busy preparing for Christmas in addition to delivering presents to needy residents and participating in fundraisers. When two mentors with local agency Silver Linings end up dead in addition to a cold case turning up it's up to Harry and her pets to sniff out the mystery. While the mystery itself was pretty good, there wasn't enough focusing on it. Still more talking in these books than doing. At least Rita Mae Brown has toned down on the political stuff. Thank Gawd. I wish she'd bring the old friends back such as Miranda and the Sanburnes. They helped make the stories more interesting. So, I'm giving it... Add it on Goodreads Or get your own copy here: Amazon B&N Lisa

The Litter of the Law By: Rita Mae Brown 256 pages Genre: Mystery Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: October 22, 2013 Purchase it here: Amazon   B&N   Synopsis: Autumn has descended and crops are being harvested all over Crozet, Virginia, ideal conditions for a scenic drive for Harry and husband Fair. Bucolic views are all well and good, but Harry’s nose for trouble leads her straight to a cornfield’s macabre scarecrow—an all too real murder victim that frightens all but the noisy crows. This accountant’s gruesome death is only the first of many disturbing events in this normally pastoral corner of the world. While Harry tends her beloved grapes and sunflowers, a killer edges closer—as does Harry’s protective menagerie of animals. Halloween’s approach brings with it bona fide terror and a beloved local tradition that threatens to become fatal. Rooting out the guilty in the treacherous center of a lucrative conspiracy requires Harry’s farmer...