![]() Murphy) and a Welsh Corgi (Tucker), a pending divorce, and a bad habit of reading postcards not addressed to her. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical small town-until its secrets explode into murder.Ĭrozet's thirty-something post-mistress, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together.and everyone keeps secrets. Murphy-and her human companion, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. Read MoreĬuriosity just might be the death of Mrs. Along the way, they encounter curious coyotes, human kindness and treachery, and a long-buried stash of riches. As nefarious sexploits and backroom backstabbing reverberate throughout the county, the dogs are officially off the leash-and on the hunt for a killer. Luckily, Mags, Jeep, and Babs still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Though Reno deputy-and Mags’s unofficial significant other-Pete Meadows uncovers evidence of blackmail, shady real estate ventures, and rumors of lost treasure, the killer seems to hold all the cards in a city of gambling and sin. When a former banker is found brutally slain in one of the abandoned homes, the notion of “cutthroat business practices” takes on a whole new meaning.īaxter, King, and some other canine detectives leave no bone of contention buried as they help their human charges untangle a string of murders rooted deep in the heart of Red Rock Valley’s prominent citizenry. The foreclosure crisis has taken a huge bite out of the local real estate market, where rows of homes sit unsold and forsaken-but not empty.A group of squatters, including desperate single mothers with children, are living under the radar in the houses on Reno’s Yolanda Street-without water or electricity.īig-hearted real estate broker Babs Gallagher enlists Jeep and Mags to start a community outreach program, but that means going up against uncaring utility companies, corrupt officials, ruthless politicians-and a merciless murderer. Settling into ranch life outside Reno, Nevada, with her gregarious great-aunt Jeep Reed and Jeep’s German Shepherd, King, former Wall Street trader Mags doesn’t miss the cutthroat world of investment banking-because its destructive tentacles have reached westward to the Silver State. Unscrupulous bankers, abandoned homes, and a cold-blooded killer on the loose: Mags Rogers and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, digg up the dirt in the second scintillating novel in New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown’s delightful new series featuring some doggedly determined canine sleuths and their intrepid human companions. Baxter and King team up when it comes time to protect their humans.Īnd all the while, Jeep Reed, the sassiest wit in the West, has a bold plan for Red Rock Valley in which they all will play a part. Mags and Pete have mysteries to solve, among them why they are so drawn to each other. In her search to find out whodunit, Mags uncovers fascinating history about Jeep’s ranch, including an intriguing connection to Buffalo Bill. He’s also called out to Wings Ranch when human bones are dug up in Jeep’s barn the dead man’s ring identifies him as an elite Russian military officer from the late 1800s, apparently knifed to death. The growlings are mutual: King sniffs that Baxter is a “fuzzy sausage.”Meanwhile, someone pipe-bombs Red Rock Valley’s pumping station, endangering the water supply near and far.ĭeputy Pete Meadows links the sabotage to a string of local murders, but he doesn’t yet know if it’s a corporate plot or twisted eco-terrorism. ![]() ![]() ![]() From piloting planes in World War II to discovering one of America’s largest gold deposits, Jeep has enjoyed a lifetime jam-packed with love and adventure, and she’s not done yet.Īt her side-to Baxter’s low-down distress-is Jeep’s loyal German Shepherd mix, King. Mags was named for her great-aunt, Magdalena-though everyone calls the spry octogenarian rancher Jeep. In the passenger seat, with his suspicious nose to a cracked window, is Mags’s beloved wirehaired dachshund, the urbane Baxter. With the ruins of her high-powered Wall Street job now far in the rearview mirror of her rented silver Camaro, thirty-two-year-old Mags Rogers arrives at her great-aunt Jeep’s sprawling Wings Ranch to reassemble her life. Explosive sabotage and the startling unearthing of a hundred-year-old skeleton on a Nevada ranch thrillingly start off this debut novel in a tail-wagging new series from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown. ![]()
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