Wish You Were Here

Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy--and her human companion Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet Virginia is a typical small town-until its secrets explode into murder. Crozets thirty-something post-mistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen has a tiger cat (Mrs. Murphy) and a Welsh Corgi (Tucker) a pending divorce and a bad habit of reading postcards not addressed to her. When Crozets citizens start turning up murdered Harry remembers that each received a card with a tombstone on the front and the message "Wish you were here" on the back. Intent on protecting their human friend Mrs. Murphy and Tucker begin to scent out clues. Meanwhile Harry is conducting her own investigation unaware her pets are one step ahead of her. If only Mrs. Murphy could alert her somehow Harry could uncover the culprit before the murder occurs--and before Harry finds herself on the killers mailing list. From the Paperback edition.