Sour Puss

The New York Times bestselling Mrs. Murphy mystery series is a favorite with cozy fans and cat lovers all over the world. Co-written by acclaimed author Rita Mae Brown and her cat Sneaky Pie, each novel in the series is a clever whodunit packed with red herrings and surprising plot twists.

Visiting the local vineyards of Crozet, Virginia, world-renowned grape and fungus expert Professor Vincent Forland loses his head—literally. Forland had recently delivered a lecture on how distilled fungus plays a critical role in chemical warfare. Figuring the murder is political, the Crozet residents are hardly bothered and return to their routines—until another headless body turns up. Now it’s up to Mary Minor Haristeen and her sleuthing animals to sniff out a killer before someone else dies.