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“As feline collaborators go, you couldn’t ask for better than Sneaky Pie Brown.”—The New York Times Book Review
"Brown ratchets up the tension in a conclusion that brings Harry, the killer, both cats, the dog and two horses into the final showdown. Brown...reunites the reader with beloved characters, supplies a wealth of local color and creates a killer whose identity and crimes are shocking (in one case, particularly so)."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"As explained on the book’s cover, it takes a cat to write the purr-fect mystery. Indeed...With a baffling mystery at hand (or paw), it might just prove to be one of [Harry's] most perplexing cases."--Tucson Citizen
"Brown sensitively depicts Harry's cancer treatment as the paw-biting action...builds to the revelation of a surprising killer."--Publishers Weekly
"If you love animals...and have ever wondered what your pets are saying, these books are delightful."--Briar Patch Books
"Brown ratchets up the tension in a conclusion that brings Harry, the killer, both cats, the dog and two horses into the final showdown. Brown...reunites the reader with beloved characters, supplies a wealth of local color and creates a killer whose identity and crimes are shocking (in one case, particularly so)."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"As explained on the book’s cover, it takes a cat to write the purr-fect mystery. Indeed...With a baffling mystery at hand (or paw), it might just prove to be one of [Harry's] most perplexing cases."--Tucson Citizen
"Brown sensitively depicts Harry's cancer treatment as the paw-biting action...builds to the revelation of a surprising killer."--Publishers Weekly
"If you love animals...and have ever wondered what your pets are saying, these books are delightful."--Briar Patch Books
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Beloved authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-conspirator, Sneaky Pie Brown, sow the seeds of an all-new mystery featuring Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and that incorrigible corgi Tee Tucker. This time around, the onset of spring ushers in more than hay fever as the animal friends must come to the aid of an ailing Harry to sniff out the season’s first blossom of murder.
Ah, spring! The redbuds open, the robins return, and the days lengthen. People’s spirits lift—as do those of their animal companions. As a wave of tilling and planting sweeps over Crozet, Virginia, Harry is especially excited: This year is her first harvesting grapes to sell. But then a health crisis sends her reeling into the forbidding world of hospitals and doctors, treatments and procedures.
Surviving this journey will be tough, but Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker will do their best to steer Harry in the right direction—as will her ever-helpful husband, Fair. Others will have worse luck: An especially promising nurse’s lifeless body is discovered without a mark on her. Then another hospital employee, who had seemed in perfect health, is also found dead. It’s clear there’s a mystery afoot—and that’s one thing Harry and her menagerie can’t keep their noses out of.
Ah, spring! The redbuds open, the robins return, and the days lengthen. People’s spirits lift—as do those of their animal companions. As a wave of tilling and planting sweeps over Crozet, Virginia, Harry is especially excited: This year is her first harvesting grapes to sell. But then a health crisis sends her reeling into the forbidding world of hospitals and doctors, treatments and procedures.
Surviving this journey will be tough, but Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker will do their best to steer Harry in the right direction—as will her ever-helpful husband, Fair. Others will have worse luck: An especially promising nurse’s lifeless body is discovered without a mark on her. Then another hospital employee, who had seemed in perfect health, is also found dead. It’s clear there’s a mystery afoot—and that’s one thing Harry and her menagerie can’t keep their noses out of.
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I agree with the other reviews at Amazon.com about this book. Please get off the "Soapbox" Ms. Brown. I started out loving these stories with all the antics the animals would get into but I almost quit reading this one in the middle of the book. 'Cat of the Century' was almost as bad and until I see a good review on future books I will not order anymore.
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Get OFF the soapbox! Please!,
By Julieanne "aknitter" - Published on Amazon.com
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I wanted to like Hiss of Death, after all, some of my favorite books have been the Mrs. Murphy mysteries. I'm afraid this one fell prey to the same bugaboo as Cat of the Century--political, and other, rants. I understand Rita Mae's feelings, I even agree with a lot of her politics, but she has to get off that soapbox and write us a mystery we can enjoy.I blame her editors, too, who have let this sort of thing through. There's about half a good mystery here, but the other half of the book is composed of polemics on politicians, taxes, big business, land development, and of course, in a book involving Harry's treatment for breast cancer, medicine. We don't see most of the characters we've come to know and love, don't even see Miranda when Harry is being treated for cancer, and Big Mim, Little Marilyn, BoomBoom, don't play any role. Susan's around, but more for window-dressing than anything. The plot, the characters, the animals, are all given short shrift in favor of the rants. It would have been wonderful to actually see Harry's treatment, not just learn about it in a sentence or two, and we don't see how the conspiracy behind the murders is actually uncovered. No sleuthing, uncovering the truth, etc., etc. It all just seems to fall out of the sky in the last couple of chapters, and even the hints there are, are throwaways, skimped in favor of rants. Every time two characters start a conversation, one or the other launches into a monologue on some issue dear to Rita Mae's heart. This is what sank Cat of the Century, and it makes about 90% of the book just drag. When you have to skim big chunks just to maintain some interest in the book, it's just not working. Please, Rita Mae, write letters to the editor to get all this out of your system, do editorials in Time and Newsweek, but when you sit down to write a mystery, write a mystery. We miss them. 58 of 58 people found the following review helpful
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"Kiss of death",
By Avid Reader "AR" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hiss of Death: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (Hardcover)
After years of being a faithful Rita Mae reader, I may have to hand over my card-carrying fan credentials. This is the second book in a row that has left me, gasp!, bored. Yes, bored. No plot. Very little mystery and none of the charm and humor that we've come to expect. Where are the animals??? And all the other characters that we've come to know and love? I have to agree with an earlier reviewer that Rita has gone off the rant deep end. I appreciate that she has opinions on what's going on in the world but writing them into a novel does not make for entertainment. Cut it out. Go back to writing. It's called "fiction" for a reason. I'll buy one more and if I'm bored again, I won't spend another penny. Boring is the "kiss of death" for me.
43 of 43 people found the following review helpful
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Disappointing!,
By Sylvia U. Pritchard - Published on Amazon.com
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Hiss of Death is very disappointing. It's a book about breast cancer, diagnosis, and treatment, rather than a Mrs. Murphy mystery. The mystery plot is very poor and lacks cohesion, it doesn't seem to be very well thought out, and the animals, which are supposed to be the central point of the plot, are just not there. I do not buy these books to learn all about breast cancer, but that's what this book is mostly about. I would not recommend this book to anyone, unless they want an education on breast cancer!
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