The first suspicious discovery was an eye-wateringly expensive watch found discarded carelessly on an overgrown path. The second? A dead body, laid to rest with about as much care. “Sister” Jane Arnold sets out to find the connection, with a little help from her friends—both two legged and four—in this transportive mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown.
“Cunning foxes, sensible hounds, and sweet-tempered horses are among the sparkling conversationalists in this charming series.”—The New York Times Book Review
Between visiting her friends at Bull Run Hunt to organize a joint session, leading her own Jefferson Hunt Club’s busy fox hunting season, and taking care of her beloved hounds and horses, “Sister” Jane Arnold is busy as can be. She and her friend Tootie Harris are helping to lure home hunt club member Cindy Chandler’s two escaped cows, Clytemnestra and Orestes, when they find an expensive watch discarded in the grass. The last thing Sister needs is a mystery to solve, but when one drops into her lap, she’s too curious to let it lie and becomes determined to figure out where the watch came from.
Then a young man is murdered, one with seemingly no connection to either expensive jewelry or a life of crime. His mother is distraught, and Sister vows to find the murderer. But when hounds on the hunt discover a truck covered in blood – with no body in sight – she quickly realizes she’s in over her head with a cunning and clever adversary. Can she find the link and stop the murderer before they strike again? Only time will tell.
