| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-02-01 | | Illustrator: | Itoko Maeno |
| Size | | Length: | 321 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
Publisher's Note Spring in tiny Crozet, Virginia, is the season of lilacs, liaisons, and Civil War reenactments. But this year real blood is shed where battle enthusiasts gather to relive history. With more than one million copies in print, the much loved series starring mysterydom's wittiest crime-solving cat continues with a seventh charming and sassy entertainment.
Industry Reviews Bloodshed at a Civil War reenactment. Jansen
The latest collaboration (after last year's Murder on the Prowl) between Brown and her feline muse is a charming and keen-eyed take on human misdeeds and animal shenanigans. Mrs. Murphy, the cat sleuth, out for an evening prowl, spots a small plane landing near an abandoned barn. Soon after, at an Albemarle County (Va.) Commission meeting, dissension arises over plans for a new reservoir, and two murders ensue. The owner of the plane, Tommy Van Allen, disappears, only to turn up later, frozen stiff in the refrigerator of a local food plant. Next, during a Civil War battle reenactment, a local landowner, Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, is shot in the back. Mrs. Murphy, ably aided by Tee Tucker the corgi and Pewter the cat, nudges the humans around her into finding evidence to braid all these stray strands. She even orchestrates a daring rescue. Told with spunk and plenty of whimsy, this is another delightful entry in a very popular series. Illustrations by Itoko Maeno not seen by PW. (Mar.) Fox
| See an error? Submit a change request |