The Tell-Tale Horse " Signed "

Brown, Rita Mae

ISBN 10: 034549024X / ISBN 13: 9780345490247

Published by Ballantine Books, 2007

About this Item

2007. Hardback. Fine. First Edition. First Print. Signed by the author on the title page, signature only. An excellent addition to your collection. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes.

Seller Inventory # 10448

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tell-Tale Horse " Signed "
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034549024X
• ISBN 13: 9780345490247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Book Type: Hardback
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

The hunt is on in this new installment of Rita Mae Brown’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.

It’s February, prime foxhunting season for the members of Virginia’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 January’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, “Sister” Jane Arnold, master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, uses her fine-tuned horse sense to try to solve the mystery of this “Lady Godiva” 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 killer’s next victim.

But humans aren’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, they’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. It’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 game–because foul play is never in season.

About the Author

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of a series of foxhunting novels–Outfoxed, Hotspur, Full Cry, The Hunt Ball, and The Hounds and the Fury–the New York Times bestselling Sneaky Pie Brown mystery series, and Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day, and Six of One, among many other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, she lives in Afton, Virginia, where she is also master of foxhounds of Oak Ridge Hunt Club.