In this latest whodunit, Rita MaeBrown and her feline partner-in-crime-detection, Sneaky PieBrown, return to the scene oftheir bestselling crimes—picturesque Crozet, Virginia. Love is in the air as springcomes to the small town, but nosooner has Mary Minor “Harry†Haristeen remarriedthan she is rudely interrupted—by murder. And no sooner does the trouble start thancurious cats Mrs. Murphy andPewter, along with corgi TeeTucker, sink their claws into thecase.…After an unexpected rekindling of their romance, Harry and herveterinarian ex-husband, FairHaristeen, have happilyremarried. But the excitementof their nuptials is quicklyovershadowed by the murder of Professor Vincent Forland, aworld-famous grape and fungalexpert who was in townvisiting the local vineyards.Within days of giving a lectureon how distilled fungus and cattle diseases are the currentbasis of chemical warfare,Forland’s decapitated bodyis discovered. After their initialfright, the residents of Crozetbelieve that this was a political murder and settle back intotheir routines–until a local isalso found dead, killed in thesame gruesome manner asProfessor Forland. Nowresidents can’t help wondering, is this really thework of anoutsider—or one of their own?No longer working in the postoffice, Harry had just planted aquarter acre of grapes, which fuels her natural curiosity overjust what the two murdervictims knew and had incommon. Once the warmth ofspring arrives, the grapevinesblossom and Harry’s furry entourage discovers the firstcritical clue. But how can theyshow the humans what they’ve learned? And how canthey—or anyone—stop thekilling?