Sour Puss

The New York Times bestselling Mrs. Murphy mystery series is a favorite with cozy fans and cat lovers all over the world. Co-written by acclaimed author Rita Mae Brown and her cat Sneaky Pie, each novel in the series is a clever whodunit packed with red herrings and surprising plot twists.

Visiting the local vineyards of Crozet, Virginia, world-renowned grape and fungus expert Professor Vincent Forland loses his head-literally. Forland had recently delivered a lecture on how distilled fungus plays a critical role in chemical warfare. Figuring the murder is political, the Crozet residents are hardly bothered and return to their routines-until another headless body turns up. Now it's up to Mary Minor Haristeen and her sleuthing animals to sniff out a killer before someone else dies.