Murder at Monticello

Name: Murder at Monticello
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Rita Mae Brown
ISBN: 9781440718373

Author: Rita Mae Brown

Series: Mrs. Murphy Mysteries #3

Narrator: Kate Forbes

Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/19/2009

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling author Rita Mae Brown partners with feline co-author Sneaky Pie for this rollicking mystery. After a shocking archaeological find at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home sparks controversy, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen goes hunting for the truth. Her friends Mrs. Murphy the tiger cat and Tee Tucker the corgi go hunting too-for a killer out to keep Harry quiet.

About Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Rubyfruit Jungle, The Hounds and the Fury, Six of One, Hounded to Death, In Her Day, Six of One, and Alma Mater. She also writes the popular Sister Jane mysteries and the Sneaky Pie Brown mystery series. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, she lives in Afton, Virginia, where she is master of foxhounds of Oak Ridge Hunt Club.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chana

Somewhat boring, but also confusing in regards to characters. It was a short lite mystery but the 'cast of characters' page in the beginning is not pretentious, I found it necessary while thinking that it should not have been. The story seems to offer excuses for marital infidelity and for the sexual......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Caveat: I specifically read this as part of the 2018 Read Harder Challenge (Book Riot) to satisfy the #21 task: "A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author." It also qualified as my #15 task, since I was able to read it in one evening. I was intrigued with this book since 1. my mother is a docen......more

Goodreads review by Kellene

I was kind of shocked by a LOT of things in this book, language being a primary. Definitely not PC at all. Knowing a bit about Ms Brown, I do wonder how she views this book now, after the passage of time. Also, I spent a lot of time trying to reconcile the hero worship of Jefferson with the facts th......more