Puss 'N Cahoots (26 page)

About the Authors

RITA MAE BROWN
is a bestselling author, an Emmy-nominated screenwriter, and a poet. She lives in Afton, Virginia. Her website is
www.ritamaebrown.com
.

         

SNEAKY PIE BROWN,
a tiger cat born somewhere in Albemarle County, Virginia, was discovered by Rita Mae Brown at her local SPCA. They have collaborated on fourteen previous Mrs. Murphy mysteries:
Sour Puss; Wish You Were Here; Rest in Pieces; Murder at Monticello; Pay Dirt; Murder, She Meowed; Murder on the Prowl; Cat on the Scent; Pawing Through the Past; Claws and Effect; Catch as Cat Can; The Tail of the Tip-Off; Whisker of Evil;
and
Cat's Eyewitness,
in addition to
Sneaky Pie's Cookbook for Mystery Lovers
. She uses the above website, although she threatens to develop her own since she is much more exciting than her human.

Books by Rita Mae Brown with Sneaky Pie Brown

WISH YOU WERE HERE

REST IN PIECES

MURDER AT MONTICELLO

PAY DIRT

MURDER, SHE MEOWED

MURDER ON THE PROWL

CAT ON THE SCENT

SNEAKY PIE'S COOKBOOK FOR MYSTERY LOVERS

PAWING THROUGH THE PAST

CLAWS AND EFFECT

CATCH AS CAT CAN

THE TAIL OF THE TIP-OFF

WHISKER OF EVIL

CAT'S EYEWITNESS

SOUR PUSS

Books by Rita Mae Brown

THE HAND THAT CRADLES THE ROCK

SONGS TO A HANDSOME WOMAN

THE PLAIN BROWN RAPPER

RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE

IN HER DAY

SIX OF ONE

SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT

SUDDEN DEATH

HIGH HEARTS

STARTING FROM SCRATCH: A DIFFERENT KIND OF WRITERS' MANUAL

BINGO

VENUS ENVY

DOLLEY: A NOVEL OF DOLLEY MADISON IN LOVE AND WAR

RIDING SHOTGUN

RITA WILL: A MEMOIR OF A LITERARY RABBLE-ROUSER

LOOSE LIPS

OUTFOXED

HOTSPUR

FULL CRY

THE HUNT BALL

THE HOUNDS AND THE FURY

PUSS 'N CAHOOTS

A Bantam Book / March 2007

         

Published by Bantam Dell

A Division of Random House, Inc.

New York, New York

         

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

         

All rights reserved.

Copyright © 2007 by American Artists, Inc.

Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Michael Gellatly

         

Bantam Books is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

         

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Brown, Rita Mae.

Puss 'n cahoots : a Mrs. Murphy mystery / Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ;

Illustrations by Michael Gellatly.

p. cm.

1. Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Women postal service employees—Fiction. 4. Women detectives—Kentucky—Fiction. 5. Horse shows—Kentucky—Shelbyville. 6. Women cat owners—Fiction. 7. Cats—Fiction. I. Title.

         

PS3552.R698P87 2007

813'.54—dc22

2006037253

         

www.bantamdell.com

         

eISBN: 978-0-553-90349-2

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