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"Emotions are running high around tiny Crozet, Virginia, among the class of 1980, as plans get under way for the upcoming twentieth high school reunion. There's nothing like a reunion to stir up memories, rivalries, and insecurities. It's even put Crozet's normally placid postmistress, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, who's on the committee, on edge, as she wonders if everything will come together on time.
Still, when each member of the class receives an anonymous letter edged in the Crozet High School colors that reads "You'll never get old," Harry takes it as a compliment. Others think it's a joke. But even blitzed out on fresh catnip, Mrs. Murphy senses a much more sinister meaning. And the sly tiger cat is soon proven right...when divinely handsome Charlie Ashcraft, the class womanizer, turns up dead with a bullet between his eyes. At first folks around Crozet figure that when a man is sleeping with other men's wives, trouble is sure to follow.
But when another threatening note to the members of the Class of 1980 is followed by the murder of a second classmate, it becomes all too clear that someone is determined to spoil this reunion - someone who has waited twenty years to take bitter revenge."--BOOK JACKET.
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The overall vibe of the book: Preachy.
SpoilerOther thoughts:
- This is a so-called “Mrs. Murphy” mystery, yet Mrs. Murphy did very little throughout the book, besides be the animals' voice of reason. Tucker the corgi was more interesting and more useful;
- talking animals are a bit corny, and pointless;
- said animals trek all over town, and examine crime scenes without anyone commenting;
- the back cover is misleading, as Harry is never really the intended target;
- too many characters;
- too many characters whose identities are still linked to high school reputations;
- the police in this book are completely unbelievable, and not in a good way;
- There is a large amount of focus put on who Charlie's illegitimate child is, but this proves to be completely irrelevant AND the answer is never revealed.
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23 primary booksMrs. Murphy is a 23-book series with 23 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown.