Review and Interview with Rita Mae Brown

I have been a fan of the Mrs. Murphy mystery series by Rita Mae Brown (co-written with her cat Sneaky Pie,) featuring tabby cat Mrs. Murphy and her friends Tee Tucker the Corgi and Pewter, a rotund grey kitty who is sensitive about her weight, since the first book in the series came out in 1991. 25 years later, the series is still going strong.

In Tall Tail, the latest installment, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her animal friends try to solve a murder that ends up sending them to look for...