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Murder on the Prowl

A phony obituary - is it a sick joke or a sinister warning?

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  • "Murder on the prowl"@ja

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  • "A phony obituary - is it a sick joke or a sinister warning?"@en
  • "As the principal of St. Elizabeth's, an exclusive private school that caters to Crozet, Virginia's best families, Roscoe Fletcher has proven himself to be a highly effective and vastly popular administrator. So when his obituary appears in the local paper, everyone in town is upset. Yet nothing compares to the shock they feel when they discover that Roscoe Fletcher isn't dead at all. Someone has stooped to putting a phony obituary in the newspaper. But is it a sick joke or a sinister warning? Only Mrs. Murphy, the canny tiger cat, senses the pure malice behind the act. And when a second false obit appears, this time of a Hollywood has-been who is Roscoe Fletcher's best friend, Mrs. Murphy invites her friends, the corgi Tee Tucker, and fat cat Pewter, to do a bit of sleuthing. It's obvious to this shrewd puss that two phony death notices add up to deadly trouble. And her theory is borne out when one of the men is fiendishly murdered. "Harry" Haristeen, in her position as Crozet's postmistress, is the first to hear all the theories on whodunit--starting with the man's jealous wife. Then a second bloody homicide follows, and a third. People are dropping like flies in Crozet and no one seems to know why. Fearlessly exploring all the places where humans never think to go, Mrs. Murphy manages to untangle the knots of passion, duplicity, and greed that have sent someone into a killing frenzy. Yet knowing the truth isn't enough. Mrs. Murphy must somehow lead Harry, her favorite human, down a trail that is perilous ... to a killer who is deadly ... and a climax that mystery lovers will relish."@en
  • "The uncannily perceptive feline, Mrs. Murphy, detects a pattern to the murders claiming the inhabitants of tiny Crozet, Virginia, which seem to be linked to a hoax in the obituary department of the local newspaper"
  • "A Virginia newspaper runs an obituary on the headmaster of a girls' school, only to discover he is alive. But a few days later he is murdered. Postmistress Mary Minor Haristeen goes to work, her sleuthing cat in tow."
  • "The uncannily perceptive feline, Mrs. Murphy, detects a pattern to the murders claiming the inhabitants of tiny Crozet, Virginia, which seem to be linked to a hoax in the obituary department of the local newspaper."

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"

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  • "Murder on the Prowl"
  • "Murder on the Prowl"@en
  • "Japanese edition of Murder on the prowl /cby Rita Mae Brown"
  • "新聞をくばる猫"
  • "Tödliches Beileid : ein Fall für Mrs. Murphy : Roman"
  • "Murder on the prowl : a Mrs. Murphy mystery"@en
  • "Shinbun o kubaru neko"@ja
  • "Tödliches Beileid : ein Fall für Mrs. Murphy ; Roman"
  • "Murder of the prowl"
  • "Murder on the prowl"
  • "Murder on the prowl"@en
  • "Tödliches Beileid ein Fall für Mrs. Murphy ; Roman"
  • "Murder on the prowl /Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrationsby Wendy Wray"@en

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