Mrs. Murphy Books in Order

In Crozet, Virginia, postcards marked Wish You Were Here arrive before people start turning up dead. Harry Harristeen investigates, while her cat Mrs. Murphy and corgi Tee Tucker spot the pattern first.

A handsome newcomer charms Crozet just as pieces of a dismembered corpse begin appearing around town. Harry, Mrs. Murphy, and Tee Tucker have to decide whether the stranger is merely irresistible or dangerously wrong.

An archaeological dig at Monticello uncovers a centuries-old skeleton, and soon Harry is chasing a very modern killer. Brown ties Virginia history to a present-day mystery with cats, dogs, and plenty of local feeling.

A belligerent biker storms into Crozet looking for his girlfriend, then winds up murdered. Harry and her animal allies dig through gossip and grudges to find the killer before the case hits even closer to home.

The annual steeplechase should be the social high point of the season, until a jockey is found murdered in the main barn. Harry and Mrs. Murphy race to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again.

A fake obituary in the local paper looks like a cruel joke, until murder follows. Mrs. Murphy senses real malice at work, and Harry must sort through jealousy, scandal, and fear spreading through Crozet.

A man disappears as Crozet prepares for a Civil War reenactment, then a participant is shot with very real bullets. Mrs. Murphy and her friends track a case where old secrets threaten living people.

Harry helps organize her twentieth high school reunion just as eerie notes begin arriving. When an old classmate is murdered, Mrs. Murphy realizes someone has been nursing revenge for twenty years.

Winter boredom vanishes when gossip from Crozet Hospital turns deadly. Harry's search for answers uncovers jealousy, illicit affairs, and a secret that reaches back to the Underground Railroad.

As the Dogwood Festival nears, a mechanic dies and dirty money surfaces in Crozet. Harry goes after a cold-blooded killer while Mrs. Murphy already knows the danger is moving closer to her favorite human.

After a contractor drops dead in a parking lot following a Virginia basketball game, Harry cannot let the case go. A second murder and old history pull her deeper, while the animals sense trouble first.

A handsome horse breeder is murdered near Potlicker Creek, and an autopsy reveals an alarming twist. Harry's digging links the crime to a woman and stallion who vanished thirty years earlier.

At a mountain monastery, a statue appears to weep blood just before a monk dies and his coffin turns up empty. Harry and her pets step into a case where faith, rumor, and murder collide.

Harry's remarriage is barely underway when a visiting grape expert is found decapitated. What first looks political becomes far more local, and Harry's new vineyard gives her even more reason to keep digging.

Harry and Fair head to the famous horse show in Shelbyville, Kentucky, hoping for a second honeymoon. Instead they get theft, a missing mare, and murder in a world where winning matters far too much.

Christmas in Crozet turns grim when Harry and Fair find a corpse hanging from a tree at a mountain farm. As more prominent men die, the holiday mystery grows darker and more dangerous.

A rich newcomer is stabbed after a fund-raiser, with one of Harry's friends seemingly caught red-handed. Harry and her four-legged partners doubt the easy answer and look for the real killer.

Aunt Tally is about to turn one hundred, and a school fund-raiser in her honor should be cause for celebration. Then a blizzard, a missing board member, and an old death turn the party into a murder case.

Spring finds Harry dealing with a frightening health crisis while mysterious deaths begin circling a local hospital. She and her animals cannot resist a case that grows stranger with every new victim.

Sneaky Pie Brown steps out of the mystery line and runs for President of the United States. It is a light, satirical romp, with animal sidekicks, campaign jokes, and a very feline political platform.

A pair of odd vehicle mishaps leads Harry toward a murdered mechanic and powerful people who do not want questions asked. Her pets sense the danger before Harry realizes just how exposed she is.

Halloween arrives early when Harry finds a murder victim posed like a scarecrow in a Crozet cornfield. The trail leads to a lucrative scheme, and only sharp animal senses can help keep her alive.

Two suspicious deaths, severed fingers in a church office, and the long-ago disappearance of Harry's Latin teacher all point to buried crimes. Harry and her pets dig through a cold case in deep winter.

A beloved University of Virginia professor is shot on a golf course, and a shaky confession solves nothing. Harry follows the clues into Revolutionary history while Mrs. Murphy and the others stay alert for danger.

A nurse connected to a former Virginia governor dies in what looks like a natural crash, but Harry is not convinced. Her investigation reaches back to an eighteenth-century murder that still casts a shadow.

Autumn leaves hide a grim discovery, and Harry is drawn into a case that reaches back to the earliest days of the republic. Mrs. Murphy and the others race to stop more deaths and expose an old injustice.

Winter turns Crozet into a snow globe, but Harry's latest case is anything but cozy. As past and present mysteries converge, she uncovers corruption that powerful people would rather keep buried.

Another Crozet murder pulls Harry and her animal companions into a tangle of local secrets and growing danger. Brown keeps the focus on small-town life, sharp animal commentary, and a threat hiding nearby.

A church homecoming, brewery thefts, and a charity-auction poisoning all collide in Crozet. Harry and her pets chase a killer with a dangerous knowledge of plants, while an old burial mystery deepens the case.

A young equine vet is found dead in his unopened clinic, and stolen ketamine points toward trouble. At the same time, a vicious family quarrel over a will and historic letters threatens to turn deadly too.

Christmas cheer in Crozet is interrupted by a string of unidentified bodies carrying traces of a deadly drug. While Harry juggles holiday errands and a new dog-show project, her pets nose out a larger pattern.

Political infighting at the Virginia House of Delegates turns deadly when a young page dies under suspicious circumstances. Harry and her animals head to the statehouse to sort through rivals, ambition, and murder.

A decades-old car rises from a creek with a body still inside, just as Harry helps plan a reunion at a restored segregated school. The new case tangles murder with memory, land, and development.

As Harry and Susan prepare a Halloween bash in rainy autumn Crozet, one local death becomes several. Harry, Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, Tee Tucker, and Pirate chase the connection before the town grows even spookier.