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The animals in Crozet, Virginia, are a lot smarter than the humans, which will come as no surprise to the devoted fans of Rita Mae Brown's mysteries featuring Mrs. Murphy the tiger cat, the luxury-loving feline known as Pewter, and Tee Tucker, a curious corgi. In their seventh outing, they're leaps and bounds ahead of Harry Haristeen, the spunky postmistress they call Mom. Long before anyone else knows what's going on, they've figured out the connection between the shot fired at wealthy Sir Henry Vane-Tempest during the reenactment of a Civil War battle and a missing airplane hidden in Tally Urquhart's barn. They're better at finding evidence trampled underfoot at a crime scene than any detective is, and they know just whose lap to drop it in. While they might not understand exactly why county commissioner Archie Ingram is so exercised about Vane-Tempest's plans for development in Albemarle County--particularly when it promises to make him as wealthy as the husband of the woman he loves--they've sniffed out the sexual shenanigans that threaten to derail the private pact between Crozet's leading citizens. If Harry and her friends knew what the animals know, there'd be no mystery about it; there'd only be a charming and lighthearted story of chicanery in the new Old South with plenty of local color, the scent of lilacs wafting through every page, and the deft prose of a writer on top of her game. But then, there'd be no raison d'etre for the liveliest scene in the book, wherein Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tee take a turbo-charged Porsche for a breakneck ride through Virginia's verdant hills and dales. By the end of the book, the only mystery is whether Harry and Fair, her favorite ex-husband, will manage to get back together again in the next installment--or the one after that--of this popular series. --Jane Adams
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Has Brown gone too far this time? Readers of the other six mysteries "coauthored" by her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown, are used to the talking animals in the stories. Judging by Brown's success, they even enjoy them. However, some of the animal action here may be a bit too much for even hard-core Brown fans to swallow. The usual characters are back in the small town of Crozet, Virginia, where a local man is found murdered in a meat locker and a rich Englishman is shot with real bullets during a Civil War reenactment. How these crimes are connected, and how they relate to a secret development scheme, is what Mrs. Murphy and Pewter (the cats) and Tucker (the dog) must determine. Although it is amusing, and maybe even believable (in a peculiar kind of way), that the animals' deductive powers could be far superior to those of the humans, the idea of two cats and a dog actually driving a Porsche is way too much--intelligent fantasy become silly cartoon. Part of the charm of this series has been the animals' subtle nudging of the humans toward clues and the humans' general ignorance of their pets' intelligence. Here, Brown has left subtlety far behind, lost in the dust of her cat-driven Porsche. Loyal Brown fans will still request this one, but even they may find themselves losing patience. Jenny McLarin
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What a nice and relaxing mystery! I do not know how Rita does it, but she makes provincial America so likeable although she always describes hideous crimes. And in addition the ending might be frustrating for some, but such is life. It happens all the time in reality. And then the animals: I like their subtly described characters; they seem to be alive ansd much smarter than humans. You forget they are animals. They play a decisive dramatic role in her novels. A splendid idea!
I recommend the book to all those who like traditional mysteries, but also to those people who like nice relaxing stories with a lot of humour in them. Rita, please, let us have some more Mrs. Murphy mysteries!
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despite all the rather bad comments about how unrealistically the animals "behaved" this time (like driving a porsche), this book is an excellent read! after all, this is FICTION!! and as long as it is as fabulously entertaining as this, I don't mind it a bit exaggerated at some times. it is a wonderful story, gripping, at times funny, very lovely and in the end a bit sad, when tally sees what is in the suitcase and the "additonal" mystery about the death of harry's great gradfather is solved. although I too had preferred the crime to be solved in all parts and the bad boys got what they deserved, in my opinion this was one of her best purr-fect mysteries!
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Okay, I can buy the talking animals -- willing suspension of disbelief and all that. But I do tend to think that Brown has gone a bit too far with some of the things the animals do. I found it fun, and I guess that if you except her premise that animals have human (or, as Brown says, above-human) intelligence, maybe you won't find this book so hard to swallow. It also lacks the closure of the other Mrs. Murphy mysteries, too -- Harry and friends never find out what really happened, although we, the readers, do.
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Clever animals, Good Plot, Flat Characters, Bad Prose
I picked this book up while I was housesitting recently and strapped for something to read. I had a bad feeling when I came to the Cast of Characters in the front of the book--a... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
Mrs. Murphy and company do it again, in spades
I think that Rita Mae Brown (and Sneaky Pie Brown) should be locked in a castle turret and not released until they write at least 25 Mrs. Murphy mysteries. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. Juli 2000 von ALICE O'HARE
A joy for cat and mystery lovers.
This is my third Rita Mae Brown book and I look forward to reading the whole series. This is cute and cosy, perfect for animal lovers who also love mystery novels. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. April 2000 von Helen
Frustrating
Personally, I like to see the killers in a cozy little mystery "get theirs" in the end. This one doesn't tie up the loose ends to my liking. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. April 2000 von Ellen C. Falkenberry
Ein bißchen zuuuuu viel des Guten - und zu wenig
Das Buch überraschte mich in mehrfacher Hinsicht: Bei den bisherigen fragte ich mich oft, wieso es den Tieren nicht gelang, "Frauchen" auf das aufmerksam zu machen,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. April 2000 von Sandra Pietsch
It takes a cat...
Sneaky Pie und ihre Koautorin Rita Mae Brown haben ein neues Meisterwerk abgeliefert. Für mich ist „Cat on the scent" ihr bislang bestes Buch. Die Katzen Mrs. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 13. September 1999 veröffentlicht
As always Rita Mae Brown's are entertaining!
I enjoy all of Rita Mae Brown's "Sneaky Pie" books. My daughter who is of college age and I have read the entire series. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Not As Good As the Rest
I don't have much new to add to the previous reviews, except to say that I, too, have read all of the previous Mrs. Murphy books as well as Riding Shotgun and Rita Will. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Didn't measure up.
I enjoy Rita Mae Brown's books very much and I actually bought one from Amazon.com using a gift certifcate just last week. This, however, didn't measure up. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. Juli 1999 von James A. White
Not the best, but an enjoyable read
Mrs. Murphy, Tee Tucker, Pewter, Simon, the bobcat, the horses and then the humans too. What a menagerie. I enjoy these books, but they are not for everyone. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
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