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Summary: Well done, Sneaky Pie!!
Review: This "Mrs. Murphy" mystery is so well done. It was a page turner to the max! Most of the time I can figure out "who done it" before Ms. Brown & Sneaky Pie let the cat out of the bag (no pun intended) but this one had me puzzled right to the end - and what an ending!
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Summary: Well done, Sneaky Pie!!
Review: This "Mrs. Murphy" mystery is so well done. It was a page turner to the max! Most of the time I can figure out "who done it" before Ms. Brown & Sneaky Pie let the cat out of the bag (no pun intended) but this one had me puzzled right to the end - and what an ending!
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Summary: Kudos To The Browns!
Review: This entry into the Sneaky Pie series is a little different than the others. That is not a bad thing. Ms. Brown just out did herself in writing this one. I didn't see the end coming at all. Great going to the Browns, you did a wonderful job in hiding the killer and the why in this plot. I wished I could give this installment 6 stars, it is better than the previous books and they were very fun and entertaining. As with all of the author's installments in this series, the writing is tight and flows smoothly. The characters and dialog were very well developed. One thing too that I like about this series is that the author stays true to her characters. Ms. Brown understands the psychology of the inhabits of Crozet. She never lets them do anything that they shouldn't just to move the plot. This installment also introduces a new character, Tracy Raz. In my book, he is a welcomed addition to the Crozet clan. A nice father figure to Harry and companion to Miranda. I hope that he never moves away. Miranda needs some one to take care of and to love again. With the reunions, we get to see a different side to Harry. Harry does some mellowing and is starting to understand herself better. I do sense some changes in the air for her and the Crozet clan. I'm sure that The Browns will make these changes for the better. Because I'm sure that Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie love these characters as much as I do.
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Summary: Kudos To The Browns!
Review: This entry into the Sneaky Pie series is a little different than the others. That is not a bad thing. Ms. Brown just out did herself in writing this one. I didn't see the end coming at all. Great going to the Browns, you did a wonderful job in hiding the killer and the why in this plot. I wished I could give this installment 6 stars, it is better than the previous books and they were very fun and entertaining. As with all of the author's installments in this series, the writing is tight and flows smoothly. The characters and dialog were very well developed. One thing too that I like about this series is that the author stays true to her characters. Ms. Brown understands the psychology of the inhabits of Crozet. She never lets them do anything that they shouldn't just to move the plot. This installment also introduces a new character, Tracy Raz. In my book, he is a welcomed addition to the Crozet clan. A nice father figure to Harry and companion to Miranda. I hope that he never moves away. Miranda needs some one to take care of and to love again. With the reunions, we get to see a different side to Harry. Harry does some mellowing and is starting to understand herself better. I do sense some changes in the air for her and the Crozet clan. I'm sure that The Browns will make these changes for the better. Because I'm sure that Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie love these characters as much as I do.
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Summary: I always KNEW animals talked!
Review: This is one of the best in the series of Harry Haristeen and her beloved animals! Harry's 20th high school reunion brings more than old friends back home. Her fellow classmates begin to be victims of foul play. No one really understand why, but it looks like Harry may be one of the victims! The good news --- Mrs. Murphy, Pewtar, and Tee Tucker are on the job! They manage to save the day! Their cleverness far surpasses the humans'. Don't even ask...just get the book and read! More good news....it looks like Harry is ready to give Fair another chance! If you haven't begun this entertaining series, do so! This book stands alone, but you may want to start with WISH YOU WERE HERE and travel through the series! The animals' conversations about "their humans" alone will be worth it. Happy reading!
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Summary: One of the best M.Ms yet!
Review: This is undoubtebly the best Murphy novel so far...in the same style as Wish You Were Here (as someone else noted, I think...) anyway, the animals' antics are more like they normally seem to be as in some of the books they seem a little warped. But, best of all, the story is great and the mystery was incredibly hard to figure out, which made it even better. Recommended read!
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Summary: Drivel Inc. on the prowl again.
Review: This was the first book I read by this author(s); being an animal lover.. I did not put it down until I finished it. I love this type of mystery. She captured my attention from the first chapter. I now have read "Claws and Effect" and will continue to read as long as she keeps writing books like this.
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Summary: My first and I am hooked... wonderful book
Review: This was the first book I read by this author(s); being an animal lover.. I did not put it down until I finished it. I love this type of mystery. She captured my attention from the first chapter. I now have read "Claws and Effect" and will continue to read as long as she keeps writing books like this.
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Summary: The Class of 1980 - or what's left of it
Review: We are in Crozet, Virginia and the clerk at the post office is nicknamed Harry. A twentieth year reunion is being planned. There is a conceited classmate named Boom Boom who is helping to run the show. Harry, Mary Minor Haristeen, is irritated. Next a particularly obnoxious member of the class, Charlie Ashcraft, turns up dead. Harry's ex-husband Fair helps her to make a downpayment on a new truck. This is a book where two cats and a dog talk to the reader and to each other. We read their contributions in italics. This should not work, but it does. The story improves as one reads on. Initially one fears the whole thing will expire of cuteness. Parallel reunions are going on, and so the author has given herself a vehicle to write of different generations--neat. The dead man had been an egotist. Tracy Raz, newly arrived for one of the reunions, arranges to rent some rooms from Harry at her farm. Tracy is going to be attending the fifty year reunion. Tracy is an old friend of Harry's employer at the post office. A body of another classmate is found in the dumpster of the grocery store next to the post office. The two men were killed in the same manner. The second victim is Leo Burkey. The next death is a suicide. Harry dreads the question at her high school reunion of her failure to achieve greatness. She is going to have to say that she has made a conscious choice to put her inner life ahead of her outer life. Someone is killed at the reunion of twenty years. One of the people present says they could market the idea of murder at the reunion. Oh my, another body is discovered at the school, site of the reunion. At this stage I really do not want to give away more of the plot. Read how the cats end up saving the day. I am impressed. The author has written a good book. She uses the animals well and creatively. Her plotting skills are of the highest order. I would welcome the opportunity to read another title in this series.
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Summary: When animals are people
Review: We are in Crozet, Virginia and the clerk at the post office is nicknamed Harry. A twentieth year reunion is being planned. There is a conceited classmate named Boom Boom who is helping to run the show. Harry, Mary Minor Haristeen, is irritated. Next a particularly obnoxious member of the class, Charlie Ashcraft, turns up dead. Harry's ex-husband Fair helps her to make a downpayment on a new truck. This is a book where two cats and a dog talk to the reader and to each other. We read their contributions in italics. This should not work, but it does. The story improves as one reads on. Initially one fears the whole thing will expire of cuteness. Parallel reunions are going on, and so the author has given herself a vehicle to write of different generations--neat. The dead man had been an egotist. Tracy Raz, newly arrived for one of the reunions, arranges to rent some rooms from Harry at her farm. Tracy is going to be attending the fifty year reunion. Tracy is an old friend of Harry's employer at the post office. A body of another classmate is found in the dumpster of the grocery store next to the post office. The two men were killed in the same manner. The second victim is Leo Burkey. The next death is a suicide. Harry dreads the question at her high school reunion of her failure to achieve greatness. She is going to have to say that she has made a conscious choice to put her inner life ahead of her outer life. Someone is killed at the reunion of twenty years. One of the people present says they could market the idea of murder at the reunion. Oh my, another body is discovered at the school, site of the reunion. At this stage I really do not want to give away more of the plot. Read how the cats end up saving the day. I am impressed. The author has written a good book. She uses the animals well and creatively. Her plotting skills are of the highest order. I would welcome the opportunity to read another title in this series.
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