Santa Clawed

The inimitable writing duo of Rita Mae Brown and her felicitous feline collaborator Sneaky Pie combine their talents for this 17th novel in the New York Times bestselling Mrs. Murphy mystery series.

As gentle snowflakes dust the landscape, Crozet, Virginia, transforms into an idyllic winter wonderland. But one Grinch has befouled the town with a most unique gift—a dead body decorating the very Christmas tree Harry and her husband selected from a local tree farm. When Harry learns an old high school friend is connected to the tree farm, she’s puzzled. To be sure, Christopher Hewitt was no saint. But he never seemed like the murdering type, either.

As Harry picks up the trail, she is joined by her intrepid, four-legged friends Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tee Tucker—who never met a mystery they couldn’t solve.