But when the class womanizer turns up with a bullet between his eyes, and more notes - and more bodies - start appearing, Harry and her menagerie find themselves at the center of a revenge plot 20 years in the making.
#Rita mae brown mrs murphy series
Retcon: As the series has progressed from the first novel, some of the explanations for things have mutated, including the reason for the divorce, the remarriage, and the way she obtained Mrs.Then you have the lead character Mary Minor Haristeen, who's always been called "Harry" since she was little and wanted fur like a cat (well before her first marriage to Pharamond "Fair" Haristeen). Only Known by Their Nickname: "Boom-Boom" is almost always identified or addressed as such.Mystery Magnet: With the crime rate what it is, why would anyone move to Crozet?.Long-Runners: This series began in 1990, and is still going.Hoggendobber starts out this way in the first few books, but then mellows down. Holier Than Thou: Harry's neighbor Mrs.In one book the murderer actually incapacitates Tucker and ends up being attacked when she goes to kill Harry in her barn anyway because she ignored the cats. Actually, come to think of it, the cats tend to do the exact same thing. Heroic Dog: Tucker has saved Harry's life time and time again by bravely attacking her assailants.Exposition Victim: Harry almost becomes one during the very first book.Divorce Is Temporary: Proves to be the case, as Harry remarries her ex-husband in the very first chapter of book 14 ("Sour Puss").This can be explained by some things in books 4 ( Pay Dirt) and 5 ( Murder, She Meowed) - one of the biggest being that Rita Brown makes references to current events of the mid-90s and with no actual calendar dates in most of the books aside for the months and days and season it could be possible the books are actually set in the mid/late 90s and thus books 15 ( Puss n' Cahoots) and 16 ( The Purrfect Murder) could be taking place in the early 2000s, when the economy began a downturn in the world, depending on how you read them.Yet the most recent books make reference to things such as "economy troubles", and movies that came out in the late 90s/early 00s. Which leads to Fridge Logic, as the series began in 1990, and theoretically the most recent books should take place around 1993 or so.Comic-Book Time: Four books equal one year, and each book represents a season.As does the supposed co-authoress, Sneaky Pie. Little Marilyn is also rarely respected by her political parents. Of the human characters, Harry's ex-husband, Fair, tends to be the butt of many insulting comments. Big Fancy House: The wealthier citizens of Crozet have huge, beautiful houses, and there are a lot of wealthy people living there.If Harry leaves her pets by themselves, she's sure to return home and find her home ransacked. Berserk Button: Murphy and Tucker do not like being left home alone, especially if they had planned to do some undercover work.The Beautiful Elite: All of the recurring characters in this series are beautiful, fit and appealing to members of the opposite sex.
Murphy is expressly noted to be based on supposed co-authoress Sneaky Pie. Asshole Victim: At least one of victims is not a very nice person.Amazing she's even still alive by the 3rd book.
Not becoming as involved in the stories as Mrs. Ascended Extra: Pewter, was a very minor character in the first three or four books.Murphy, a cat, who gains information speaking with various other animals related in some way to the crimes. Much of the plot follows the titular Mrs. Animal Talk: A very important part of the series.Always Murder: Although other crimes are involved as well.Tropes featured in the book series include: Her pets are usually one step ahead of her in solving the mystery. Harry usually tries to solve the mystery of the murders herself, despite warnings from friends and the local police. All of the stories involve a series of murders occurring, usually when newcomers start appearing in the town of Crozet, Virginia. Murphy, a corgi named Tee Tucker, and a fat grey cat named Pewter, who actually originally belonged to the local market owner during the first seven books. The stories focus on a postmistress named Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, and her pets tiger cat named Mrs. Murphy Mysteries is a long-running book series by Rita Mae Brown.
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