02739cam a2200421 i 4500 623711630 TxAuBib 20170627120000.0 170412s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017017008 9781432838812 hardcover 1432838814 hardcover (OCoLC)975487739 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda BTCTA rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF OJ4 BKL QX9 IK2 TJT TxAuBib BTCTA OCLCO OCLCF OJ4 BKL QX9 IK2 TJT TxAuBib rda Brown, Rita Mae, author. A Hiss Before Dying : A Mrs. Murphy Mystery / By Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrated by Michael Gellatly. Large print edition. Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017. 523 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Mrs Murphy ; 26 "Autumn is in the air in the Blue Ridge Mountain community of Crozet, Virginia--and all the traditions of the changing seasons are under way. Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen cleans her cupboards, her husband, Fair, prepares the horses for the shorter days ahead, and the clamorous barking of beagles signals the annual rabbit chase through the central Virginia hills. But the last thing the local beaglers and their hounds expect to flush out is a dead body. Disturbingly, it's the second corpse to turn up, after that of a missing truck driver too disfigured to identify. The deaths seem unrelated--until Harry picks up a trail of clues dating back to the state's post-Revolutionary past. The echoes of the Shot Heard Round the World pale in comparison to the dangerous shootout Harry narrowly escapes unscathed. Next time, it may be the killer who gets lucky. But not if Harry's furry friends Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker can help it. Lending their sharp-nosed talents to the hunt, they'll help their mistress keep more lives from being lost--and right an injustice buried since the early days of America's independence"--Amazon.com. 20170627. Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character) Fiction. Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women detectives Virginia Fiction. Women cat owners Fiction. Cats Juvenile fiction. Large type book. Mystery fiction. Fiction. Brown, Sneaky Pie, 1982-, author. Gellatly, Michael, illustrator. Mrs Murphy ; 26. TXKPL