I was irritated and rolling my eyes even before the book got intrusive and preachy in a out of place rant against the 'right-wing' and I decided to part ways. And of course the cat believes she owns the human, that God is a cat, etc. Brown gives her own cat, Sneaky Pie, a byline, and we get dialogue and the point of view of the cat (and dog) of the town postmistress-Mrs Murphy, a tabby. The gimmick in this one is just way too cutesy for me. And, of course, such a work needs a gimmick. Basically, the kind of mystery that could fit a network movie of the week or series without anything graphic or too dark, and an amateur sleuth who finds so much murder landing at the doorstop of her small town you'd think the FBI would put her on a list of suspected serial killers. This novel fits the subgenre of 'cozy mystery' which I'm not very fond of. I didn't get far in this one before giving up.

Murphy could alert her somehow, Harry could uncover the culprit before the murder occurs-and before Harry finds herself on the killer's mailing list. Meanwhile, Harry is conducting her own investigation, unaware her pets are one step ahead of her. Murphy and Tucker begin to scent out clues.

Intent on protecting their human friend, Mrs. When Crozet's citizens start turning up murdered, Harry remembers that each received a card with a tombstone on the front and the message 'Wish you were here' on the back. Murphy) and a Welsh Corgi (Tucker), a pending divorce, and a bad habit of reading postcards not addressed to her. Crozet's thirty-something post-mistress, Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical small town-until its secrets explode into murder. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together.and everyone keeps secrets. Murphy-and her human companion, Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen. Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs.

Claws and Effect by Rita Mae Brown