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YA-Murders continue to be solved by English-speaking animals in the tiny town of Crozet, VA. When first one and then a second obituary are published prior to the murders, the curiosity of sleuths Harry Haristeen and her pets is set afire. The involvement of high school students and staff will appeal to teens. The quick wit and blunt speech giving the animals' perceptions of the humans involved are the special drawing cards to this series. The appealing line drawings help to pull readers into this fast-moving story.
Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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In their sixth collaboration, Brown and her tiger cat Sneaky Pie move locale from historic Virginia sites, such as Monticello and Montpelier, to St. Elizabeth's, the exclusive private school in Crozet where philandering headmaster Roscoe Fletcher hopes to establish a new film department with financial assistance from director Maury McKinchie. When fake obituaries of the two are followed by their actual demise, it's up to Crozet's postmistress Mary Minor ("Harry") Haristeen and her fellow, four-footed amateur detectives--tiger cat Mrs. Murphy, fat cat Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker--to sniff out what's rotten in St. Elizabeth's. The frailties of the human characters (mostly, who slept with whom) seem less interesting than the perspicacious, amusing, and often irreverent commentary of the talking animals, who also take an active part in affairs. Note: Readers will be pleased with indications that Harry and her ex-husband, veterinarian Fair Haristeen, may get back together again--perhaps in the next Mrs. Murphy mystery? Barbara Duree --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Exciting Mystery, Oct. 1 2002

Par	Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Murder on the Prowl (Mass Market Paperback)

When phony obituaries begin appearing in the Crozet, Virginia's local newspaper Harry knows that something strange is going on. But when dead bodies start turning up, she begins investigating. But even before she can find out what's going on her furry companions, Tee Tucker (Welsh Corgi), and Pewter and Mrs. Murphy (cats) are on the case trying to find out who will turn up murdered next, and trying to keep their owner out of danger.

Rita Mae Brown has done it again. This is one of the best Mrs. Murphy mysteries to date, and a must-read for fans of the cat-cozy genre.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 A lightweight but quite entertaining book, Juil 9 2002

Par	the_frog (Los Angeles, CA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Murder on the Prowl (Mass Market Paperback)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle this isn't, but nonetheless the book does manage to entertain the reader for its duration quite well. Although it does follow the standard Sneaky Pie Brown construction, the actual mystery is really little more than a vehicle for the inspired, witty commentary of the animals that inhabit Brown's Crozet, VA. The book is enjoyable for the one-liners, and teasing dialogue between the all the characters, but the mystery is of little challenge, (and should have been more easily resolved by the characters within). Nonetheless, it is an enjoyable read.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 A bad joke., Jui 7 2002

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This review is from: Murder on the Prowl (Hardcover)

It is a good thing I didn't bother with the 15 reviews preceeding mine before I read through this book. As of this date the majority of those who have read these reviews and bothered to vote on them have not found any of them helpful even though the book has received a perfect, stellar, rating. And it is also a rather good thing that I am able to get this "mystery" series in the paperback swap section of my local library. It certainly isn't worth spending good money on. Rita is the only mystery author I know of who has the audacity and mendacity to give a sales pitch for merchanise tie-ins at the end of every book in her series. Bad form.

Just exactly who is dear Rita trying to kid with the likes of Jody Miller? Jody's behavior is at the very least outragious and nobody bothers to find out why. Nor is there any indication that serious efforts were made to find out who really gave her that shiner. It must really be nice being a juvenile delinquent in Rita's version of Crozet.

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4.0�toiles sur 5 Entertaining Characters Enhance Lightweight Mystery
MURDER ON THE PROWL is one of the better novels in Rita Mae Brown's popular "Mrs. Murphy" series, and like all books in the series it is set in Crozet, Virginia--a small town... Read more

Publi� le Janv. 22 2002 par Gary F. Taylor

5.0�toiles sur 5 This book is the best one yet!
Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie have teamed up once again to write another wonderful mystery. In this mystery one fake obituary put in the paper really gets the small town of Crozet... Read more

Publi� le Mai 22 2001

5.0�toiles sur 5 Excellent!
What a well constructed plot! The characters seem to be living persons! I have never read anything like this. Read more

Publi� le Mai 5 2000 par Peter Werner

5.0�toiles sur 5 Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown are a PURR-fect team!
Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie brown make the purr-fect team in writting adventurous mysteries! If you like thrilling mysterys where to the last page you are trying to figure out... Read more

Publi� le Juil 10 1999