Pay Dirt (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries)

I always enjoy a Mrs Murphy mysteries.
they are very enjoyable. and I like it when the animals make comments

my favorite cat mysteries serious. love this author, own all of her cat who mysteries written today. prompt shipping, and great packaging.

In the 4th book in the Mrs. Murphy and Tucker mystery series, a mysterious stranger has ridden into the sleepy town of Crozet, Virginia. Rumbling in on a motorcycle, the appearance of the man yelling for "Malibu" startles the small town, and they try to insist to the man that no woman by that name resides in the area. Even though the residents of Crozet are curious, they have other things on their minds. The town is worried about a computer virus, Threadneedle, that is supposed to hit businesses on August 1st. When a huge sum of money goes missing from the local bank, everyone assumes that the bank has fallen victim to the computer virus. Everyone scrambles at the bank to locate the missing funds, and when the biker is found murdered, pieces of the puzzle start to fall together. And when Harry and her two famous animal sleuths get involved in the case, you can be sure that she will find and apprehend the culprit.

I have become a big fan of this series, and really enjoy the banter between the animals. The relationships between the members of the town have been evolving, and I like the way that Harry is loved and embraced by the people who have known her all of her life. She works hard, cares for her animals, and genuinely cares for the town and its residents. I look forward to future books in the series, and am hopeful to see more of a love interest for Harry.

If you enjoy "The Cat Who" mysteries by Lilian Jackson Braun, you might want to give this series a try.

The first book in the series is called "Wish You Were Here". Enjoy!

I know what I'm in for when I read a Sneaky Pie Brown book, so I shouldn't have been surprised with this one. It's the usual fare - murders in Crozet and all the citizens getting involved in trying to find the murderer. Then there's Tucker and Mrs. Murphy (Harry's pets) who always seem to figure things out before the humans do. These books are definitely of the "cozy" genre, and the characters themselves are quirky enough to make them interesting, but the stories are a little silly. I always figure out who the murderer is right at the very beginning of the book, and then there's usually one or two more murders after that, so as I read I wait for them to happen. In this book we have a dead biker first, and then some shenanigans at the local bank that seem to be connected with the dead biker. I will continue to read this series for the characters (for a time anyway).

I absolutely love Rita Mae Brown's characters! I have approximately three more to read and I will have read all she has out at present. Through reading her Mrs. Murphy Mysteries, I have a very vivid appearance of each and every character in Crozet. They're family! Mrs. Murphy, Tucker and Pewter are like my two cats and one dog. Pay Dirt is a wonderful mystery as are all of her stories. I just can't get enough!