Mrs. Murphy · Book 1

Wish You Were Here

by Rita Mae Brown

Published
1 January 1990
Pages
284
ISBN-13
9780553058819
Type
novel

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Cover of Wish You Were Here

About this book

Wish You Were Here is the book that opens Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy series, published in 1990 at 284 pages. Every book in the series, including this one, is credited on its cover to Brown and her real-life cat Sneaky Pie Brown as co-author. It's the natural place to begin the series, which continues with Rest in Pieces.

Its place in Mrs. Murphy

Wish You Were Here is book 1 in the Mrs. Murphy series. It is followed by Rest in Pieces. See the full Mrs. Murphy reading order.

In the small Virginia town of Crozet, postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen keeps finding dead bodies along her mail route — and her real crime-solving partners are her own pets: Mrs. Murphy, a sharp-witted tiger cat, Tucker, a loyal Welsh corgi, and Pewter, a vain and food-obsessed gray cat. The animals see, hear, and deduce more than the humans around them, and much of each book's charm comes from their private conversations and running commentary on the two-legged investigation happening in parallel …

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