false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172341119m/165355.jpg 165355 9 In a small town, everyone knows each other's secrets--or do they? When a Crozet Hospital staff member is found murdered in the boiler room, everyone in the bucolic Virginia burg is puzzled and none more so than postmistress "Harry" Haristeen. With the help of her two curious kitties, Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and her corgi, Tucker (who find human perception maddeningly slow), Harry soon finds herself entangled in the strange web of misdoings at the hospital. <p> The ninth installment in Rita Mae Brown's "Mrs. Murphy" series, <I>Claws and Effect</I> is more entertaining than suspenseful, with a liberal dose of witty conversations among the animals punctuated by Itoko Maeno's adorable illustrations of the four-legged sleuths. There is just enough misdirection to keep mystery buffs guessing and enough social gossip among the town's human citizens to make readers eagerly anticipate their next visit to Crozet. <I>--Larisa Lomacky Moore</I> 1488829 2001 Claws and Effect (Mrs. Murphy Book 9) total:407|5:88|4:163|3:137|2:16|1:3| 407 1538 526 21 3 0 false false Tue Jun 09 18:21:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 18:31:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 04 23:17:22 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 01:41:32 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 14:36:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 14:53:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sat Nov 22 13:29:05 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 13:29:05 -0800 2008 Just a good murder mystery. Cat solves the mystery. Written so you know what the people are thinking, and what the animals are thinking (though the animals don't actually talk). It's cute to see how the animals "nudge" the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 13:25:08 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 13:31:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Feb 21 13:23:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:24:12 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Feb 11 10:26:24 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 10:27:13 -0800 2009 about a third of the way through the book, when Coop and Rick visit his home, so I wouldn’t call this a great mystery.

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