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    Rita Mae Brown 
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    Mary
                Minor Haristeen, a postmistress and her cat, Mrs. Murphy, in
      Crozet, Virginia: | 
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    Wish
          You Were Here1          (1990) 
      Rest
          in Pieces1          (1992) 
      Murder
          at Monticello1          (1994) 
      Pay
          Dirt2          (1995) 
      Murder,
          She Meowed2          (1997) 
      Murder
          on the Prowl2          (1998) 
      Cat
          on the Scent3          (1999) 
      Pawing
          Through the Past3          (2000) 
      Claws
          and Effect3          (2000) 
      Catch
          As Cat Can (2002) 
      The
          Tail of the Tip-Off (2003) 
      Whisker
      of Evil (2004) 
      Cat’s
      Eyewitness (2005) 
      Sour
      Puss (2006) 
      Puss ’n Cahoots (2007)  | 
    The
      Purrfect Murder (2008) 
      Santa
          Clawed (2008) 
      Cat
          of the Century (2010) 
      Hiss
          of Death (2011) 
      The
          Big Cat Nap: The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery (2012) 
      The Litter of the Law (2013)  
      Nine Lives To Die (2014) 
      Tail Gait (2015) 
      Tall Tail (2016) 
      A Hiss Before Dying (2017) 
      Probable Claws (2018) 
      Whiskers in the Dark (2019) 
      Furmidable Foes (2020) 
      Claws for Alarm (2021)  | 
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    “Sister” Jane Arnold, the 70-year-old Master
      of the Fox Hunt, in Virginia: | 
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    Outfoxed (2000) 
      Hotspur (2002) 
      Full
          Cry (2003) 
      The
          Hunt Ball (2005) 
      The
          Hounds and the Fury (2006) 
      The
      Tell-tale Horse (2007) 
      Hounded
      to Death (2008)  | 
    Fox
      Tracks (2012) 
      Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (2014) 
      Crazy Like a Fox (2017) 
      Homeward Hound (2018) 
      Scarlet Fever (2019) 
      Out of Hounds (2021)  | 
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    Mags (Magdalene) Rogers, a former Wall
      Street banker moving from New York City with her dachshund Baxter, to her
      great aunt Jeep Reed’s
      Wings Ranch near Reno, Nevada: | 
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    A
          Nose for Justice (2010) 
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    Murder
          Unleashed (2011) 
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    Non-series: | 
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    Southern
          Discomfort (1983) 
      Sudden
          Death (1984)  | 
    Sneaky Pie for President (2012)  | 
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