Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a transsexual woman, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed.26 black-and-white illustrations.
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Acclaimed authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky Pie Brown, are back with this new mystery starring Mary Minor â??Harryâ? Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. And this time they must catch a killer determined to turn a birthday party into a funeral.
Harryâ??s beloved and tart-tongued Aunt Tally is about to turn the big 1-0-0. The alumnae association of her alma mater sees an opportunity to honor the event and make some loot off the centennial as well. The plan is to hold a big fund-raiser in Aunt Tallyâ??s honor to recoup some of the school revenue lost in the cratered economy. But soon thereâ??s more at risk than investments and endowments.
First, an impending blizzard threatens to ruin the whole affair. Then a suspicious transaction is discovered in the associationâ??s account: board member Mariah Dâ??Angelo has mysteriously withdrawn and then replaced $25,000.
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But was that enough to get her killed? Mariahâ??s car is on campus, sheâ??s gone missing, and Tucker has found human blood near the schoolâ??s stables.
Whatâ??s behind the disappearance? Was it Mariahâ??s donations to crafty politicians and crooked charities? Her rivalry with fellow board member Flo Langston? And is there a connection to the forty-year-old unsolved death of an old acquaintance of Aunt Tallyâ??s? Using animal cunning and human canniness, Harry and her menagerie of mystery solvers must sniff out the answers orâ??even at a hundred years oldâ??Aunt Talley may outlive them all.
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Explosive sabotage and the startling unearthing of a hundred-year-old skeleton on a Nevada ranch thrillingly start off this debut novel in a tail-wagging new series from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown.
With the ruins of her high-powered Wall Street job now far in the rearview mirror of her rented silver Camaro, thirty-two-year-old Mags Rogers arrives at her great-aunt Jeepâ??s sprawling Wings Ranch to reassemble her life. In the passenger seat, with his suspicious nose to a cracked window, is Magsâ??s beloved wirehaired dachshund, the urbane Baxter.Â
Mags was named for her great-aunt, Magdalenaâ??though everyone calls the spry octogenarian rancher Jeep. From piloting planes in World War II to discovering one of Americaâ??s largest gold deposits, Jeep has enjoyed a lifetime jam-packed with love and adventure, and sheâ??s not done yet. At her sideâ??to Baxterâ??s low-down distressâ??is Jeepâ??s loyal German Shepherd mix, King. The growlings are mutual: King sniffs that Baxter is a â??fuzzy sausage.â?
Meanwhile, someone pipe-bombs Red Rock Valleyâ??s pumping station, endangering the water supply near and far. Deputy Pete Meadows links the sabotage to a string of local murders, but he doesnâ??t yet know if itâ??s a corporate plot or twisted eco-terrorism. Heâ??s also called out to Wings Ranch when human bones are dug up in Jeepâ??s barn; the dead manâ??s ring identifies him as an elite Russian military officer from the late 1800s, apparently knifed to death. In her search to find out whodunit, Mags uncovers fascinating history about Jeepâ??s ranch, including an intriguing connection to Buffalo Bill.Â
Mags and Pete have mysteries to solve, among them why they are so drawn to each other. Baxter and King team up when it comes time to protect their humans. And all the while, Jeep Reed, the sassiest wit in the West, has a bold plan for Red Rock Valley in which they all will play a part.
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The hunt is on in this new installment of Rita Mae Brownâ??s clever and engaging series. Only instead of chasing foxes into their dens, the locals must track down a killer and save the life of one of the most beloved folks in town.
Itâ??s February, prime foxhunting season for the members of Virginiaâ??s Jefferson Hunt Club. The girls at Custis Hall are finishing their last semester before heading off to college, the entrepreneurially shrewd Crawford Howard is still smarting from Januaryâ??s breech in hound etiquette, and the Casanova Hunt Club is hosting their annual ball. New neighbors bring new friendships, and romance is in the air.
Then a shocking event alarms the community. A woman is found brutally murdered, stripped naked, and meticulously placed atop a horse statue outside a tack shop. The theft of a treasured foxhunting prize inside the store may be linked to the grisly scene, and everyone is on edge.
With few clues to go on, â??Sisterâ? Jane Arnold, master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, uses her fine-tuned horse sense to try to solve the mystery of this â??Lady Godivaâ? murder. The septuagenarian still has a strong spring in her step and her wits about her, but that may not be enough. As Sister gets closer to the truth, she could become the killerâ??s next victim.
But humans arenâ??t the only ones equipped to sniff out the trail. The local foxes, horses, and hounds have their own theories on the whodunit. If only these peculiar people could just listen to them, theyâ??d see that the killer might be right under their oblivious noses.
Once again, this charming southern community finds itself caught up in a bone-chilling tale of murder and greed. Itâ??s up to everyone, two- and four-legged alike, to band together, beat the bushes, and bring to bay the evil forces that have declared the Jefferson Hunt Club fair gameâ??because foul play is never in season.
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Critics and fans alike are wild about Rita Mae Brownâ??s richly imagined and utterly engaging foxhunting mysteriesâ??and this latest novel promises more thrilling hunts, breathtaking vistas, and an all-new sinister scandal.
Millions of dollars seem to be missing after a long-overdue audit of the local aluminum plant reveals a major accounting discrepancy. Company president Garvey Stokes finds himself at a lossâ??in more ways than one. He turns to his sharp-tongued, ornery bookkeeper, Iphigenia â??Iffyâ? Demetrios, for an explanation, but sheâ??s no help. Yet when the fuzzy math suddenly includes a body count, the figures can no longer be ignored.
While the town sheriff tries to get to the bottom of the matter, leave it to â??Sisterâ? Jane Arnold, venerable master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, to rely on her keen horse-and-hound sense to follow the trail of murder and cover-up. Throwing her off the scent, however, is former hunt club donor and all-around cad Crawford Howard, who thinks he can go toe-to-toe with the beloved septuagenarian and outclass her club by grossly sidestepping hound- and-hunt etiquette. Against the backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a menagerie of friends, foes, and fresh new faces saddle up for the breakneck ride to unravel the conspiracy. Even the furry denizens in the fields and boroughs have a thing or two to say about these peculiar humans.
Incomparable author Rita Mae Brown returns to the glorious hills of Virginia and its genteel foxhunting society, where how much money you have in the bank is not nearly as important as how long your family has lived on the landâ??and where nearly everyone has something to hide. As Sister muses, â??The little secrets leak out. The big ones, well, some escape like evils from Pandoraâ??s box. And others weâ??ll never know.â?
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â??A rich, atmospheric murder mystery . . . rife with love, scandal . . . redemption, greed and nobility,â? raved the San Jose Mercury News about Outfoxed, Rita Mae Brownâ??s first foxhunting masterpiece. In The Hunt Ball, the latest novel in this popular series, all the ingredients Brownâ??s readers love are abundantly present: richness of character and landscape, the thrill of the hunt, and the chill of violence.
The trouble begins at Custis Hall, an exclusive girlsâ?? school in Virginia that has gloried in its good name for nearly two hundred years. At first, the outcry is a mere tempest in a silver teapotâ??a small group of students protesting the schoolâ??s exhibit of antique household objects crafted by slavesâ??and headmistress Charlotte Norton quells the ruckus easily. But when one of the two hanging corpses ornamenting the studentsâ?? Halloween dance turns out to be realâ??the body of the schoolâ??s talented fund-raiser, in factâ??Charlotte and the entire community are stunned. Everyone liked Al Perez, or so it seemed, yet his murder was particularly unpleasant.
Even â??Sisterâ? Jane Arnold, master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, beloved by man and beast, is at a loss, although she knows better than anyone where the bodies are buried in this community of land-grant families and new-money settlers. Aided and abetted by foxes and owls, cats and hounds, Sister picks up a scent that leads her in a most unwelcome direction: straight to the heart of the foxhunting crowd. The chase is on, not only for foxes but also for a deadly human predator.
No one has created a fictional paradise more delightful than the rolling hills of Rita Mae Brownâ??s Virginia countryside, or has more charmingly captured the rituals of the hunt. No one understands human and animal nature more deeply. The Hunt Ball combines a rounded, welcoming world with an edge of unforgettable white-knuckled menace.
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Instead of a proper second honeymoon, the newly remarried Harry and Fair Haristeen leave cozy Crozet, Virginia, for Shelbyville, Kentucky, site of the famous saddlebred horse show. There theyâ??ll visit dear friends Joan Hamilton and Larry Hodge and enjoy a week among some of the finest horses, trainers, and riders in the country.
But soon after they arrive, events veer mysteriouslyâ??and murderouslyâ??off course. First, Joanâ??s ruby and sapphire horsehead heirloom pin is stolen from her private box at the fairgrounds. Next, a young film starâ??s prize three-gaited mare disappears into thin air. There is no lack of suspects, from hotheaded trainers and jealous rivals to vicious ex-spouses. Then a body is found flagrantly murdered and itâ??s obvious to Harry that someone at Shelbyville is sending a strong message: winning is only secondaryâ??first prize is survival.
As Harry searches for clues, rediscovers life as a married woman, and deals with her upcoming fortieth birthday, her four-legged detective friends are already on the case. But is animal instinct any match for human depravity? Especially with two humans to protect and a killer on the prowl?
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