Best Selling Books by Rita Mae Brown

"... In Her Day. This time in the big town and the brat''s grown up and become a woman-- or rather three or four of them, women in our day and age with our hangups and hassels and preoccupations-- bu managing. Managing beautifully." -- Kate Millet from the back cover.

After the discovery of a body on a Christmas tree farm owned by the Brothers of Love, a semi-monastic organization, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen seeks a murderer as prominent men of Crozet, Virginia, continue to turn up dead.

Continuing in the exuberant tradition of Six of One, Bingo, and Loose Lips, New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown returns to her much-loved fictional hamlet of Runnymede, whose memorable citizens are welcoming both the end of the Great War and the beginning of a new era. The night a riot breaks out at the Capitol Theater movie house during a Mary Pickford picture, no less you can bet that the Hunsenmeir sisters, Louise and Julia, are nearby. Known locally as Wheezie and Juts, the inimitable, irrepressible, distinctly freethinking sisters and their delightful circle of friends are coming of age in a shifting world and are determined to understand their place in it. Across town, the well-to-do Chalfonte siblings are preparing for the upcoming wedding of brother Curtis. But for youngest sister Celeste, the celebration brings about a change she never expected and a lesson about love she ll not soon forget. Set against the backdrop of America emerging from World War I, Cakewalk is an outrageous and affecting novel about a small town where ideas of sin and virtue, love and sex, men and women, politics and religion, can be as divided as the Mason-Dixon Line that runs right through it and where there s no problem that can t be cured by a good yarn and an even better scotch. With her signature Southern voice, Rita Mae Brown deftly weaves generations of family stories into a spirited patchwork quilt of not-so-simple but joyously rich life. Praise for Rita Mae Brown s Runnymede novels Six of One Joyous, passionate and funny. The Washington Post Book World No matter how quirky or devilish, Brown s people cavort in an atmosphere of tenderness. . . . It is refreshing to encounter this celebration of human energy. Chicago Sun-Times Bingo Genuinely funny. Los Angeles Times Vividly drawn characters . . . and tart, loving humor. Self Loose Lips Surprises . . . come from Rita Mae Brown s comic timing and her affection for eccentrics. The Seattle Times [Brown] does an admirable job of portraying the effects World War II has on one small American town. The Arizona Republic From the Hardcover edition."

Frühling in Monticello, Wohnsitz von Präsident Thomas Jefferson: Archäologe Kimball Haynes macht einen grausigen Fund. In den alten Sklavenquartieren, wo einst die schöne Sklavin Medley Orion lebte, liegt das über hundert Jahre alte Skelett eines reichen Mannes. Sein Schädel wurde zertrümmert. Kurz darauf wird auch Haynes ermordet. Mit Tigerkatze Mrs. Murphy an ihrer Seite taucht Mary Minor »Harry« Haristeen tief in die Vergangenheit Crozets ein. Alle Fälle der Mrs.-Murphy-Erfolgsserie gibt es jetzt als E-Books bei Ullstein!

Crozet verschwindet unter einer Schneedecke, als der erste Sturm der Wintersaison übers Land zieht. Die Menschen in dem kleinen Ort stürzen sich mit großer Vorfreude in die Vorbereitungen für das Weihnachtsfest. Die smarteste Privatdetektivin in ganz Virginia, Harry Harristeen, ist unter den Gästen der glamourösen Spendengala von Silver Linings – einer Organisation, die Jungs in Schwierigkeiten wieder auf die Beine hilft. Der Abend endet jedoch jäh, als der ehemalige Top-Footballer Pete Vavilov auf dem Heimweg tödlich verunglückt. Doch erst als ein zweiter Vertreter von Silver Linings wenig später ebenfalls tot aufgefunden wird, vermutet Deputy Cooper eine Mordserie. Viel zu spät, wie Harry findet. Fehlen doch beiden Opfern zwei Finger. Gemeinsam mit ihrer klugen Katze Mrs. Murphy macht sich Harry daran, Deputy Cooper bei der Aufklärung des Falls auf die Sprünge zu helfen.

Illustraties door Wendy Wray.

After a shocking archaeological find at Thomas Jefferson''s Monticello home sparks controversy, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen goes hunting for the truth. Her friends Mrs. Murphy the tiger cat and Tee Tucker the corgi go hunting too--for a killer out to keep Harry quiet.

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"Someone''s passed their expiration date in this thrilling new mystery in the bestselling Mrs. Murphy series from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown. Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen and her pet sleuths uncover a rotten scam to dupe consumers when they discover that substandard produce is being passed off for organic, upmarket groceries. As always, Harry''s crime-solving cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and Tee Tucker the Corgi share her determination to sniff out the foes among friends, the spoiled among the fresh"--