{"product_id":"9780553905922","title":"Santa Clawed (Mrs. Murphy Series #17)","description":"Bestselling authors Rita Mae Brown and her feline partner, Sneaky  Pie Brown, are back for the holidays in a mystery featuring Mary Minor “Harry”  Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker. Can  they save the season from a killjoy who’s decided to gift the festive little town…with  murder? \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAs Harry well knows, there’s hardly a place on earth cozier than Crozet,  Virginia, at Christmastime. The snowflakes drifting lazily down, the soft glow of  the winter light, the sound of old carols in the streets…even cats Mrs. Murphy and  Pewter get into the spirit batting ornaments and climbing the holiday tree. In fact,  it’s this year’s tree that Harry and her husband, Fair, have gone to fetch when they  find the one they’ve chosen grimly decorated with a dead body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The tree farm is  run by The Brothers of Love, a semimonastic organization that tends to AIDS patients.  The brothers live in a monastery atop the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains. Harry is surprised  to find an old high-school friend associated with The Brothers of Love. Christopher  Hewitt wasn’t a bad man, but good works weren’t exactly one of his priorities. But  then, if even Scrooge could turn over a new leaf, certainly Chris could. And after  the scandal that all but destroyed his life, there were probably few in Crozet who  needed the gift of a second chance more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Harry knows she shouldn’t take it personally,  but it \u003ci\u003ewas\u003c\/i\u003e her tree that someone left the corpse under. Now, as the season grows  merrier, a murderer is growing bolder. One by one, prominent men of Crozet are being  crossed off Christmas shopping lists and added to the morgue. And if Harry and her  four-legged helpers aren’t very good—and very careful—this Christmas may be her last.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124101628144,"sku":"9780553905922","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780553905922_p0.jpg?v=1763719106","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780553905922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}