The Hounds and the Fury: A Novel ("Sister" Jane)

The Hounds and the Fury: A Novel ("Sister" Jane)

Critics and fans alike are wild about Rita Mae Brownâ€™s richly imagined and utterly engaging foxhunting mysteriesâ€“and this latest novel promises more thrilling hunts, breathtaking vistas, and an all-new sinister scandal.

Millions of dollars seem to be missing after a long-overdue audit of the local aluminum plant reveals a major accounting discrepancy. Company president Garvey Stokes finds himself at a lossâ€“in more ways than one. He turns to his sharp-tongued, ornery bookkeeper, Iphigenia â€œIffyâ€ Demetrios, for an explanation, but sheâ€™s no help. Yet when the fuzzy math suddenly includes a body count, the figures can no longer be ignored.

While the town sheriff tries to get to the bottom of the matter, leave it to â€œSisterâ€ Jane Arnold, venerable master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, to rely on her keen horse-and-hound sense to follow the trail of murder and cover-up. Throwing her off the scent, however, is former hunt club donor and all-around cad Crawford Howard, who thinks he can go toe-to-toe with the beloved septuagenarian and outclass her club by grossly sidestepping hound- and-hunt etiquette. Against the backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a menagerie of friends, foes, and fresh new faces saddle up for the breakneck ride to unravel the conspiracy. Even the furry denizens in the fields and boroughs have a thing or two to say about these peculiar humans.

Incomparable author Rita Mae Brown returns to the glorious hills of Virginia and its genteel foxhunting society, where how much money you have in the bank is not nearly as important as how long your family has lived on the landâ€“and where nearly everyone has something to hide. As Sister muses, â€œThe little secrets leak out. The big ones, well, some escape like evils from Pandoraâ€™s box. And others weâ€™ll never know.â€

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Ballantine Books
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780345465481
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2007-09-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345465481

Country	USA
Brand	Ballantine Books
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780345465481
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2007-09-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345465481

The Hounds and the Fury: A Novel ("Sister" Jane)

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