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started this mystery, but wanted tosay how much I love the series: horses, dogs, foxes, Sister Jane and all the hunters, Heaven. "
"It seems that fellow MFH, Jane Winegardner aka, O, J. Other Jane on her last hunt with Sister Jane in Kentucky OJ home turf due to weather conditions a horse's grave atone was broken.
Forensics found along with the horse's skeleton a human one, "
"Sister Jane and various members of the Jefferson Hunt serve on the board of the private school, Custis Hall and are trying to find ways to bring more scholarship students to the school.
Nice to give intelligent kids a chance to get a better education than in public schools, "
"Sister Jane as MFH was hunting with the Jefferson Hunt and former member now rogue fox hounds hunter Crawford Howard's pack joined the Jefferson Hunt and had to be brought back to Crawford, a self made multimillionaire.
Crawford is a thorn in Sister Jane's life but she deals with him in true Southern style as befitting a great lady, "
"Waiting for the idenity of the skeleton, More nifty hunts and lots of neat horses, "
"long comment missing again, Skiff. Crawford motive for murder of vet, Ms. Hinson. "
"I figured out the murderer's identity when Mercer was killed, " Sister Jane and her friends are back in this ninth book in the series, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, When a body is found with a small dog buried next to it, underneath a slab set up to commemorate Benny Glitters, a failed race horse who became a young woman's prized mount over a hundred years ago, Mercer Laprade is determined to prove that the body belongs to his grandfather, who went missing from a whorehouse, leaving his clothes behind.
The problem is, there has to be a reason why the body was placed beneath the stone slab, along with the dog.
And the reason could have repercussions even into today,
With a lot of great scenery of Virginia, beautiful foxhounds and horses, the mystery slowly unspools throughout the glories of foxhunting, with the foxes, hounds, and horses offering a lot of background color and character.
Rita Mae Brown's tales are amazingly crafted works of art, In her Fox Hunter's series, there's a wealth of
information about a sport many of us know little about, Every volume speaks to another sometimes thorny issue in the world of horse breeding, racing and riding to the hounds, Did you know that there is DNA linking today's equines with prototypical horses of,years ago Horse people take lineage very seriously, and the reader of LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE will learn some amazing lessons.
Then there are the scenes involving fox hunting and the general daytoday activities of a hunt Master, Truly brilliant descriptions and highly informative, The characters are so fully fleshedout that I feel I know them, And then there's the plot! I can't wait for the next one in this delightful series, I received a free digital copy via Netgalley, Thanks for the opportunity!
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Enjoyed it, a fun series, Another Rita Mae Brown fox hunting mystery, featuring Sister Jane and her cohorts, An old crime resurfaces eprevealing some bad behavior decades old, and an ancient scandal, long forgotten resurfaces,
The Jefferson Hunt Club has travelled to Kentuckey to ride with members of the Woodford Hounds, unfortunately the weather is not cooperating, and an ill wind blows no good as they say.
After the hunt as Jane and her partner Gray head out to lunch and a terrible discovery of the remains of a human in an equine cemetery upsets everyone.
This is determined to be a murder that ties well connected Southern families, When the Jefferson Hunt returns to Virginia Janes friend is found murdered, and Jane and all her friends, both two legged and four legged must work together to find the killer determined to keep this secret buried.
I've always enjoyed the relationship between the humans and animals in these stories, and the descriptions of Virginia, and it's beautiful landscapes are worth the read.
The usual great story from Rita Mae Brown! Sister Jane is back with a slightly more sophisticated mystery involving DNA, The ending was quite a surprise, I always enjoy the descriptions of the hunt days, and the chase after the wily fox, All the usual characters are here again, including foxes Uncle Yancy and Aunt Netty, the hounds, the horses, and the spoiled cat, Golly, Sister Jane is one of my favorite characters, and it is always a joy when a new book comes out, This story really does seem different from previous books, in that the subject matter is more contemporary, and yet Ms, Brown sticks to her usual background of the foxhunt and the Central Virginia lifestyle, A great read! I have learned so much about fox hunting from these books! Apparently fox hunting is all about environmental stewardship, And, at least the way Rita Mae Brown tells it, not cruel at all, I was disappointed. A lot too much hunting detail, Every second chapter was hunting, I ask “how does this advance the story line” Answer, it doesnt, I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, I've read almost all of Rita Mae Brown's Sister Jane series and Mrs, Murphy series. I grew up foxhunting in Virginia and love to read about it, I love the character, "Sister Jane Arnold", I did enjoy the mystery, centering around Thoroughbred bloodlines, in this book, Having read so many of Brown's novels, I am finding them all a bit similar at this point, I wish the mystery was a little more in depth, I will continue reading the series because I do like the characters and it's not often that I get to read a story about foxhunting.
Another awesome Sister Jane novel, I am so depressed that there aren't any more after this one! I'll be honest, I was hoping for a blaze of glory ending.
Like Crawford gone rogue trying to murder Sister and they have a showdown, . . bang! Sister quick on the draw! Haha, I guess not, I was still intrigued by the whole murder of a man and his dog to cover up the fact that a breeder had switched two lookalike stallions to make more money on stud fees and foal sales.
But I think I might have missed the part where the murderer kills his accomplice, if it was in there, or the part where he confesses all.
. . again if it was in there, I think I will need to collect these novels for my mystery shelf, Now on to Sneaky Pie Brown novels!!! I am comparing "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" with the previous ones in the "Sister Jane" series, not with other mysteries.
One of the fun things about reading a new book in a series is to return to the characters we've grown to like in previous books.
It's like catching up with old friends over a dinner table, We find out what's been going on in their lives and their plans and hopes for the future, In Rita Mae Brown's "Sister Jane" series, we not only catch up with the humans, but also with the animals the foxes, the hounds, the horses, and even the birds who are all part of what makes these stories so charming.
However, any new reader should know that the "Sister Jane" books are not particularly "plot driven", In fact, the plots are normally secondary to the characters, The plot in "Sleeping Dogs" is a bit lame but in general no lamer than the previous plots involving a discovered murder from, DNAinhorse bloodlines, and a bit about a local girls' academy.
It's the characters who shine in "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie", "Sister Jane" Arnold, the "master" of a midVirginia hunt club, is a wonderfully drawn woman who has seen and done much in heryears but has remained grounded by her devotion to horses, hounds, and friends and her love of the hunt.
By the way, American fox hunters do NOT kill the fox they're chasing, The fox escapes to run another day, in another hunt, Jane Arnold is joined by her "gentleman friend" Gray Lorillard, Shaker Crown, and others including a foe who make up the Jefferson Hunt Club.
Their lives also evolve in the books and the reader is carried along, from book to book,
Even though I've enjoyed the "Sister Jane" books, it's a bit difficult to recommend them to the average mystery reader who's looking for a hardboiled plot.
The plots in these books couldn't be softerboiled without falling apart completely, But for the reader who is looking for a "cozywithanedge" murders do occur on the pages, I heartily recommend Rita Mae Brown's series, But you also must know that there are quite a few hunting scenes, told by both the humans and animals, As long as you're not reading other books with these scenes, I'm sure you'll find them just filling enough, .