{"product_id":"book-d37c","title":"Hotspur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her well-received novel \u003cem\u003eOutfoxed\u003c\/em\u003e, Rita Mae Brown vividly and deftly brought to life the genteel world of foxhunting, where hunters, horses, hounds, and foxes form a tightly knit community amidst old money and simmering conflicts. With \u003cem\u003eHotspur\u003c\/em\u003e, we return to the Southern chase—and to a hunt on the trail of a murderer.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eJane “Sister” Arnold may be in her seventies, but she shows no signs of losing her love for the Hunt. As Master of the prestigious Jefferson Hunt Club in a well-heeled Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain town, she is the most powerful and revered woman in the county. She can assess the true merits of a man or a horse with uncanny skill. In short, Sister Jane is not easily duped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWhen the skeleton of Nola Bancroft, still wearing an exquisite sapphire ring on her finger, is unearthed, it brings back a twenty-one-year-old mystery. Beautiful Nola was a girl who had more male admirers than her family had money, which was certainly quite a feat. In a world where a woman’s ability to ride was considered one of her most important social graces, Nola was queen of the stable. She had a weakness for men, and her tastes often ventured towards the inappropriate, like the sheriff ’s striking son, Guy Ramy. But even Guy couldn’t keep her eyes from wandering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWhen Nola and Guy disappeared on the Hunt’s ceremonial first day of cubbing more than two decades ago, everyone assumed one of two things: Guy and Nola eloped to escape her family’s disapproval; or Guy killed Nola in a jealous rage and vanished. But Sister Jane had never bought either of those theories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eSister knows that all the players are probably still in place, the old feuds haven’t died, and the sparks that led to a long-ago murder could flare up at any time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHotspur\u003c\/em\u003e brings all of Rita Mae Brown’s storytelling gifts to the fore. It’s a tale of Southern small-town manners and rituals, a compelling and intricate murder mystery, and a look at the human\/animal relationship in all its complexity and charm. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49380091396400,"sku":"BDd37c","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49380091494704,"sku":"ZEd37c","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/433556-d37c-Square.jpg?v=1734989330","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d37c","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}