Mrs. Murphy · Book 1

Wish You Were Here

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

Key facts about Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here is a novel by Rita Mae Brown. Readers have had it since 1990. It runs to 284 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Wish You Were Here. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780553058819 to find the main one.

Wish You Were Here is book 1 of 34 in the Mrs. Murphy series. The series has 33 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

Additionally, Rita Mae Brown writes Runnymede and "Sister" Jane as separate series. Those series sit on our family saga romance and cozy mystery shelves. The next announced Rita Mae Brown release is due on 23 February 2027, so there is still more to come.

About Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown is an American author and screenwriter whose literary career began with the groundbreaking 1973 novel Rubyfruit Jungle, one of the first mainstream American novels to portray a lesbian protagonist openly and became a landmark of feminist and LGBTQ literature. See every Rita Mae Brown book in order.

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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