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    Rest in Pieces
    Rest in Pieces
    Rest in Pieces
    Audiobook8 hours

    Rest in Pieces

    Written by Rita Mae Brown

    Narrated by Kate Forbes

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In this second entry from the New York Times best-selling series by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown, the citizens of Crozet, Virginia, reap a gruesome harvest-of human body parts. Ever since her husband's affair, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen has taken a sabbatical from men. The 30-ish divorceE is content to tend her farm and gain a bird's-eye view of the neighbors from her perch as small-town postmistress. Yet when a hunky city slicker comes to town with no clue about farming, she's happy to show him the ropes. When pieces of a dismembered body crop up around Crozet, however, the wary townsfolk reckon the handsome stranger is the culprit. But as Harry and her sleuthing pets-Mrs. Murphy the cat and Tee Tucker the dog-sniff out the clues, they have other notions. While the unique trio follows a curious trail, Kate Forbes' charming narration captures the spirit of each colorful character-whether human, feline, or canine. ". a spooky, baffling tale ."-Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 1, 2012
    ISBN9781440775437
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    • 2/5
      Book # 1 and Book # 2 had far too many unnecessary curse words. Would have been much better without those words.
    • 3/5
      3.25 stars“Harry”, the town’s (female) postmistress and a farmer, has a dog, Tucker, and a cat, Mrs. Murphy. The pets talk to each other and other animals in this series (and help solve mysteries). In this one, shortly after an attractive man buys the neighbouring farm to Harry’s, a (non-local) man is found, murdered and in pieces. It took a long time for this one to get going for me, I wasn’t really interested until about 1/3 of the way in (or maybe a bit further). There was a lot of description going on at the start: of the town, of the people, and their relationships. After the murder was discovered is when it started to pick up for me (though not completely). The end did leave me with enough interest to read the next in the series, though. The animals are cute, but to be honest (and as a bit of a surprise), they aren’t the main draw for me, though they do make the series a unique.
    • 2/5
      Book # 2 in the Mrs Murphy mystery series featuring Mary “Harry” Haristeen and her menagerie – Mrs Murphy (a grey tiger cat), Tucker (a Welsh corgi), and Simon (an opossum living in the hay loft), as well as two horses, and a four-foot black snake. As glorious fall color paints the trees around Crozet, Virginia, a handsome new man is refurbishing the neighboring farmhouse. But when a dismembered corpse is discovered, suspicion turns to Blair – the new man in town has a tragic secret in his past, but the animals think he smells A-okay. Then a local banker turns up dead, and residents get threatening postcards. As autumn turns to winter, the police seem completely stumped.

      I’m having a hard time describing the book because it’s so disjointed. There is really very little plot, but rather a lot of description – of the fox hunt, of the town festival, of various townspeople’s relationships, of the gowns women wear to the holiday party, etc. The reveal is ridiculously complicated but thrown in during the last 20 pages. I did like that Harry is a strong, resourceful, intelligent woman who goes about her business without worrying what others think. I also like the relationships she had with neighbors, and even with her ex-husband.

      I’d heard about this series for a long time, but never read any of them. Maybe this was just the sophomore slump; that phenomenon that happens when a debut novel is enthusiastically received but the second book falls flat, before the author hits her stride with book three and subsequent books. The series is obviously popular – book # 23 is scheduled for release in 2015 – so I’ll try one more.
    • 4/5
      I enjoy this series, even if the discussions between the animals about the moralities of humans are a little tiring. The whole 'what makes humans so civilized when they go around killing each other' theme could stand to be a little less blatant. Regardless, what you end up with here is a humorous, entertaining, well woven story. Maybe a little more humorous than the author intended, because the climax of the novel comes off a little like the Keystone Cops. Though I wasn’t surprised by who the murderer was, I was completely surprised by the reason. And I like to be surprised. I’ll continue with this series.
    • 4/5
      I really did like this book. It was an easy read with some adult humor. Nice little twist at the end although I figured it out a litle bit early.
    • 3/5
      A good light read. I enjoy her comments about the meaning of life, and her ease in dealing with religious things.