Just as the humans interact with each other to solve the mystery, the animals are also interacting with each other. This mystery was a good one and you are kept in suspense up to the conclusion. The dog only relinquishes the find under duress from Harry, who alerts the cops. In this installment, a mutilated hand is discovered by Tucker the Corgi. She figures that after all, if senders wanted some privacy, they could as well enclose these postcards in envelopes. As a postmistress, she finds it perfectly in order for her to go through people’s postcards. Newly divorced Harry is a young woman who is also attractive. The second book is quite impressive and as a reader, you can’t wait to go through the entire series. Brown delves into a bit of environmentalism, and what it means to have real and long-lasting relationships. But this time things are different because the pets and their owner are able to communicate well.Ī cozy mystery can sometimes turn out to be more than that, and Rest in Pieces falls into that category. The three of them start digging through the clues, only to miss death by a whisker at the hands of the killer. Murphy and her buddy Tucker, accompanied by their owner Harry. Even though no one knows the identity of the murdered man, when grisly clues start making an appearance, everyone is frozen in fear. However, could his single flaw be that this man is a killer? When parts of a mutilated corpse start to show up around the small town, Blair becomes a prime suspect. And even her beloved cat and dog think that the man smells A-okay. So when Blair Bainbridge arrives in Crozet, local matchmakers don’t waste any time in trying to pair him up with the newly divorced postmistress, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen. You see small towns don’t particularly like strangers, unless this stranger is a handsome and seemingly single male. Murphy thinks that the new man in town is the bee’s knees but maybe she ought to think again. The second book in this series is called ‘Rest in Pieces’. For a first book in a series, the author has done a tremendous job. There’s a mystery going on alright, but the weird and frustrating thing is the dearth of communication existing between the two pets and their owner. We find a cat and dog busy deliberating about the terror of our human condition with regards to nature, family and people who are mentally ill. The overall mood of the story is also slightly dampened, but it is still a great story to read. Perhaps the pace of the novel could have picked up if Harry could have her pending divorce finalized quickly. With the assistance of her two pets, she becomes involved in helping to solve these murders. Harry the postmistress begins getting clues from other people’s postcards. The tranquility of Crozet is suddenly shattered when a series of murders happen after two decades of peace and safety. In addition, it’s easy for the readers to pick up from where they were reading. One of the most loveable things about this book is that it is written in a light and funny way. Now if only her cat could somehow manage to alert her, the culprit could be found, and murder could be averted before Harry is put on the murderer’s mailing list. In the meantime, Harry has also started her own investigations, unaware that her beloved pets are a step in front of her. Wanting to protect their human companion, Tucker and Mrs. So when the citizens of Crozet start being murdered, Harry remembered that each of these people had received a postcard with the picture of a tombstone at the front, and a message that read “Wish You Were Here” at the back. She also has this awful habit of scanning postcards that haven’t been mailed to her. Apart from having a cat, Harry also has a Corgi called Tucker, and she also has an imminent divorce. Crozet, Virginia happens to be your typical little town, until its hidden secrets explode and murder follows. You see towns are just like families where everyone lives close together, and everyone has secrets. Murphy-and her human companion, Mary Minor “Harry” Harristeen. In this story, curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy series is called ‘Wish You were Here’. The success of the series has seen one of her books (Murder, She Meowed) turned into a movie (Murder She Purred), which was released in 1998. This series started in 1990 and there are more than twenty books in the series. Murphy, is actually the cat of 30-something divorcee Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and together, they help in solving mysteries in Crozet, Virginia. The eponymous character in the series, Mrs. She says that it takes a cat to write the purr-fect mystery and everyone agrees. Murphy mystery series, which she writes with her cat, Sneaky Pie. Rita Mae Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of the Mrs.
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