Publisher's Synopsis
Mrs. Murphy digs into Virginia historyand gets her paws on a killer.The most popular citizen of Virginia has been dead for nearly 170 years. That hasn't stopped the good people of tiny Crozet, Virginia, from taking pride in every aspect of Thomas Jefferson's life. But when an archaeological dig of the slave quarters at Jefferson's home, Monticello, uncovers a shocking secret, emotions in Crozet run highdangerously high.The stunning discovery at Monticello hints a hidden passions and age-old scandals. As postmistress Mary Minor Harry Haristeen and some of Crozet's Very Best People try to learn the identity of a centuries-old skeletonand the reason behind the murderHarry's tiger cat, Mrs. Murphy, and her canine and feline friends attempt to sniff out a modern-day killer. Mrs. Murphy and corgi Tee Tucker will stick their paws into the darker mysteries of human nature to solve murders old and newbefore curiosity can kill the catand Harry Haristeen.From the Paperback edition.