{"product_id":"the-purrfect-murder-a-mrs-murphy-mystery-9780553586831","title":"The Purrfect Murder: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery","description":"Bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, return with a mystery starring Mary Minor \"Harry\" Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. But are they any match for a killer who's made an entire town suspect by committing...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PURRFECT MURDER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Autumn has arrived in cozy Crozet, Virginia, and that means the town's inhabitants are hard at work in home and garden preparing for winter. Harry is planning to harvest her first crop of Petit Manseng grapes along with her beloved sunflowers. Meanwhile, her recent marriage to Fair and her friendship with Deputy Cynthia Cooper, who's rented nearby Blair Farm, are flourishing. But even when peace descends on the idyllic countryside, murder is lurking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mrs. Carla Paulson is one of the diamond-encrusted \"come-here\" set who has descended on Crozet with plenty of wealth and no feeling for country ways. She's determined to make her new house the envy of all her well-heeled friends--and enemies--and she' s hired architect Tazio Chappers to build it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the start, the project--and Mrs. Paulson--turns into a major headache relieved only by a side trip to study Thomas Jefferson's extraordinary summer home at Poplar Forest. Harry couldn't foresee that a day later Mrs. Paulson would be found stabbed to death at a gala fund-raiser with Harry's friend, Tazio Chappers, standing over her, holding the knife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now Harry must solve what seems to everyone else an open-and-shut case. Every other human, that is. For her four-legged friends see it Harry's way. But will they have to choose between catching the \u003ci\u003epurr\u003c\/i\u003efect killer or saving Harry?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRita Mae Brown \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series; the Runnymede books, including \u003ci\u003eSix of One\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCakewalk;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Nose for Justice \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In Her Day, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51997913612562,"sku":"9780553586831","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94c41b2b-1a10-45e2-9566-8eeccb73d137.jpg?v=1770136064","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-purrfect-murder-a-mrs-murphy-mystery-9780553586831","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}