Furmidable Foes

Mary Minor ΓÇ£HarryΓÇ¥ Harristeen is on the hunt for a killer with a deadly green thumb when a day in the garden turns fatal in this exciting new mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown. Spring arrives in northern Virginia,and as the ground thaws and the peonies begin to bloom a bright magentathe women of St. LukeΓÇÖs Lutheran Church prepare for a Homecoming celebration like no other. HarrySusan Tuckerand their friends are busy planting flowers and trimming hedges to get the church grounds in shape for the big day. But a note of a menace mars the beautiful spring: The brewery owned by Janice Childs and Mags Nielsentwo members of the gardening committeegets robbedwith hundreds of dollars in merchandise taken off their delivery trucks in the dead of night. Is this the work of a random thief? Or is something more sinister afoot? When Jeannie Cordle drops dead at a charity auctionpoisoned by a fatal weedHarryΓÇÖs worst suspicions are confirmed: a killer lurks in their midstone with a keen understanding of poisonous plants. Although she canΓÇÖt yet prove itHarry knows the murder is related to the thefts at BottomΓÇÖs Up Brewery. With help from her feline sidekicksMrs. Murphy and Pewteras well as Tee Tucker the corgi and sweet puppy PirateHarry sets out to find the weed in St. LukeΓÇÖs gardenΓÇöand stop a killer before they can strike again.