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Explosive sabotage and the startling unearthing of a hundred-year-old skeleton on a Nevada ranch thrillingly start off this debut novel in a tail-wagging new series from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown.
With the ruins of her high-powered Wall Street job now far in the rearview mirror of her rented silver Camaro, thirty-two-year-old Mags Rogers arrives at her great-aunt Jeep’s sprawling Wings Ranch to reassemble her life. In the passenger seat, with his suspicious nose to a cracked window, is Mags’s beloved wirehaired dachshund, the urbane Baxter.
Mags was named for her great-aunt, Magdalena—though everyone calls the spry octogenarian rancher Jeep. From piloting planes in World War II to discovering one of America’s largest gold deposits, Jeep has enjoyed a lifetime jam-packed with love and adventure, and she’s not done yet. At her side—to Baxter’s low-down distress—is Jeep’s loyal German Shepherd mix, King. The growlings are mutual: King sniffs that Baxter is a “fuzzy sausage.”
Meanwhile, someone pipe-bombs Red Rock Valley’s pumping station, endangering the water supply near and far. Deputy Pete Meadows links the sabotage to a string of local murders, but he doesn’t yet know if it’s a corporate plot or twisted eco-terrorism. He’s also called out to Wings Ranch when human bones are dug up in Jeep’s barn; the dead man’s ring identifies him as an elite Russian military officer from the late 1800s, apparently knifed to death. In her search to find out whodunit, Mags uncovers fascinating history about Jeep’s ranch, including an intriguing connection to Buffalo Bill.
Mags and Pete have mysteries to solve, among them why they are so drawn to each other. Baxter and King team up when it comes time to protect their humans. And all the while, Jeep Reed, the sassiest wit in the West, has a bold plan for Red Rock Valley in which they all will play a part.
With the ruins of her high-powered Wall Street job now far in the rearview mirror of her rented silver Camaro, thirty-two-year-old Mags Rogers arrives at her great-aunt Jeep’s sprawling Wings Ranch to reassemble her life. In the passenger seat, with his suspicious nose to a cracked window, is Mags’s beloved wirehaired dachshund, the urbane Baxter.
Mags was named for her great-aunt, Magdalena—though everyone calls the spry octogenarian rancher Jeep. From piloting planes in World War II to discovering one of America’s largest gold deposits, Jeep has enjoyed a lifetime jam-packed with love and adventure, and she’s not done yet. At her side—to Baxter’s low-down distress—is Jeep’s loyal German Shepherd mix, King. The growlings are mutual: King sniffs that Baxter is a “fuzzy sausage.”
Meanwhile, someone pipe-bombs Red Rock Valley’s pumping station, endangering the water supply near and far. Deputy Pete Meadows links the sabotage to a string of local murders, but he doesn’t yet know if it’s a corporate plot or twisted eco-terrorism. He’s also called out to Wings Ranch when human bones are dug up in Jeep’s barn; the dead man’s ring identifies him as an elite Russian military officer from the late 1800s, apparently knifed to death. In her search to find out whodunit, Mags uncovers fascinating history about Jeep’s ranch, including an intriguing connection to Buffalo Bill.
Mags and Pete have mysteries to solve, among them why they are so drawn to each other. Baxter and King team up when it comes time to protect their humans. And all the while, Jeep Reed, the sassiest wit in the West, has a bold plan for Red Rock Valley in which they all will play a part.
About the Author
Rita Mae Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of the Mrs. Murphy mystery series (which she writes with her tiger cat, Sneaky Pie) and the Sister Jane novels, as well as Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day, Six of One, The Sand Castle, and the memoirs Animal Magnetism and Rita Will. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia, with cats, hounds, horses, and big red foxes.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not her best...,
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This review is from: A Nose for Justice: A Novel (Hardcover)
Rita Mae Brown is one of my favorite authors. I have read everything she's written, with the exception of her "cozy" mysteries starring Sneaky Pie. At times, her writing is fully joyful. Two of her backlist, "Southern Discomfort" and "Six of One" are among the best novels I've ever read. She also has had a successful series about a MFH in rural Virginia, "Sister Jane" and her friends, family, and her hounds, horses, and domestic pets."A Nose for Justice" is the first book in what will evidently be a new series. Set in Reno, Nevada, this novel is a strange mishmash of water-rights, Wall Street survivor guilt, murders, and an elderly - though still feisty - woman who flew for the WASPs during WW2 and found a fortune after the war on her large ranch outside of Reno. The problem is that the characters aren't particularly interesting and neither is the plot. Now, maybe a first-book-in-a-series should "set up" the ongoing characters, which this one did, but they're so uninteresting that I won't be back for book two. For me to give any Rita Mae Brown book less than 5 stars is amazing. As I wrote before, I've been a long-time fan of Brown's. I've loved all her stand-alone books, as well as the "Six of One" series and "Sister Jane" series. Rita, please go back to Sister Jane, or, better still, return to "Six" characters and give us some "back stories" on characters like Celeste Chalfonte. You have a lot of fans out there who'd love to see you return to any/all of your old characters and update them. The only thing I liked about "A Nose for Justice" are the sketches scattered throughout the book of the plot's two dogs. They are delightful.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Not an auspicious start for this series...,
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I NEVER thought I would say this about a RMB book, but -- I'm not sure I'm even going to finish this book. I just don't care about the characters, the mystery about the water rights just staggers along and there aren't enough animal scenes. If RMB had focused more on her characters than on the issues surrounding water rights so that the mystery itself is clearer, the book would have been much better. It's an author's right to express her own views but when I want to read about the pros and cons of an issue, I read a newspaper. When I want to read for entertainment and lessons about the natural world, I usually go to RMB.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
fun canine caper,
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Nose for Justice: A Novel (Hardcover)
When Wall Street tanked, many people lost their jobs including broker Magdalene "Mags" Rogers. Broke and disillusioned she returns home to her great-Aunt Magdalene "Jeep" Reed who owns the 10,000 acre ranch Wings in Nevada. She has bought more land and water rights to other property in order to stop more mansions from being built that would use up the water and destroy the ecosystem.On the day that Mags comes home, someone ignites a pipe bomb to blow up property belonging to SSRM (Silver State resource management); responsible for seeing that there is enough water to supply the citizens of the state. A man concerned with Nevada's water supply is found murdered in a hotel room. Not long after that another pump is blown up. An SSRM top official is killed. Some people who bought small plots in the Mini Mansion complex Horseshoe Estates are killed and one person is on the run. Others refuse to talk while the police begin to realize all these events are linked. Jeep and Mags becomes involved when a corpse is found on their property. They help the police with background information while their dogs can't make their humans understand their concerns. Baxter who belongs to Mags and King who owns Jeep have interesting amusing conversations with each other as each believes they are the top dog except when it comes to the safety of their two women. As the canines argue over who is the lead, ironically much of book involves human greed on a scale of The Treasure of the Sierra Madres. This is the first book in Rita Mae Brown's new series and readers who enjoy the author's Miss Murphy capers will love A Nose for Justice as the human and canine cast is strong and the whodunit exciting. Harriet Klausner 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Liked new series,
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This is the debut in Ms. Brown's new detective series. It is a good mystery story and I realy enjoyed that aspect of it. For us fans of Sneaky Pie & Mrs. Murphy this new series does not use the animals characters to any great extent. BUT the story is good and keeps you guessing to the end. There have been comments on the later stories in the Mrs. Murphy series about Ms. Brown being too "preachy". This aspect is missing from this book. Just enjoy a good mystery story.
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