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New York Times bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, return with a new mystery featuring Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, her sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. Autumn has arrived in Crozet, Virginia, where residents are busy preparing for winter. Harry is excited about her first crop of Petit Manseng grapes and her recent marriage to Fair, as well as her friendship with Deputy Cynthia Cooper. However, tranquility is shattered when murder strikes. Carla Paulson, a wealthy newcomer, aims to make her house the envy of Crozet, hiring architect Tazio Chappers for the project. From the outset, the renovation becomes a headache, only temporarily alleviated by a visit to Thomas Jefferson’s summer home at Poplar Forest. The next day, Mrs. Paulson is found stabbed to death at a gala fund-raiser, with Tazio standing over her, knife in hand. What appears to be an open-and-shut case to everyone else is seen differently by Harry and her animal companions. As they investigate, Harry must navigate the complexities of the case while ensuring her furry friends remain safe. Will they be able to catch the true killer without putting Harry in jeopardy?

CLAWS AND EFFECTWinter puts tiny Crozet, Virginia, in a deep freeze and everyone seems to be suffering from the winter blahs, including postmistress Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen. So all are ripe for the juicy gossip coming out of Crozet Hospital–until the main source of that gossip turns up dead. It’s not like Harry to resist a mystery, and she soon finds the hospital a hotbed of ego, jealousy, and illicit love.But it’s tiger cat Mrs. Murphy, roaming the netherworld of Crozet Hospital, who sniffs out a secret that dates back to the Underground Railroad. Then Harry is attacked and a doctor is executed in cold blood. Soon only a quick-witted cat and her animal pals feline Pewter and corgi Tee Tucker stand between Harry and a coldly calculating killer with a prescription for murder.

It's a summer full of turbulence for small-town Crozet, Virginia, with a movie star's homecoming, a spreading rabies epidemic, and the clues to an old murder unearthed. But what's unsettling for Harry is that the building of a new post office may depose her as postmistress.