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Outfoxed ["Sister" Jane Foxhunting Mystery Series Book 1] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
eBook by Rita Mae Brown
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eBook Category: Mystery/Crime
eBook Description:  From the bestselling author of the landmark work Rubyfruit Jungle comes an engaging, original new novel that only Rita Mae Brown could have written. In the pristine world of Virginia foxhunting, hunters, horses, hounds, and foxes form a lively community of conflicting loyalties, where the thrill of the chase and the intricacies of human-animal relationships are experienced firsthand--and murder exposes a proud Southern community's unsavory secrets.... As Master of the prestigious Jefferson Hunt Club, Jane Arnold, known as Sister, is the most revered citizen in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain town where a rigid code of social conduct and deep-seated tradition carry more weight than money. Nearing seventy, Sister now must select a joint master to ensure a smooth transition of leadership after her death. It is an honor of the highest order--and one that any serious social climber would covet like the Holy Grail. Virginian to the bone with a solid foxhunting history, Fontaine Buruss is an obvious candidate, but his penchant for philandering and squandering money has earned him a less than sparkling reputation. And not even Sister knows about his latest tawdry scandal. Then there is Crawford Howard, a Yankee in a small town where Rebel bloodlines are sacred. Still, Crawford has money--lots of it--and as Sister is well aware, maintaining a first-class hunt club is far from cheap. With the competition flaring up, Southern gentility flies out the window. Fontaine and Crawford will stop at nothing to discredit each other. Soon the entire town is pulled into a rivalry that is spiraling dangerously out of control. Even the animals have strong opinions, and only Sister is able to maintain objectivity. But when opening hunt day ends in murder, she, too, is stunned. Who was bold and skilled enough to commit murder on the field? It could only be someone who knew both the territory and the complex nature of the hunt inside out. Sister knows of three people who qualify--and only she, with the help of a few clever foxes and hounds, can lay the trap to catch the killer. A colorful foray into an intriguing world, Outfoxed features a captivating cast of Southerners and their unforgettable animal counterparts. Rita Mae Brown has written a masterful novel that surprises, delights, and enchants.
eBook Publisher: Random House, Inc./Ballantine Books
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2005
This eBook is part of the following series:
Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7 - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT (487 KB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT (337 KB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT (298 KB], SECURE ADOBE READER 7 FORMAT (1.4 MB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [552 KB]
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eReader (recommended) ISBN: 0345485963
Microsoft Reader ISBN, Adobe Acrobat Reader ISBN, MobiPocket Reader ISBN: 9780345485960
 
"COMPELLING . . . ENGAGING." -- People
"A rich, atmospheric murder mystery steeped in the world of Virginia foxhunting . . . Rife with love, scandal, anger, transgression, redemption, greed and nobility, all of which make good reading." -- San Jose Mercury News "A SNAPPY MYSTERY. . . . [BROWN] DOES A MASTERLY JOB OF PUTTING YOU IN THE SADDLE." -- The Baltimore Sun
CHAPTER 1 On October twelfth, silhouetted against a bloodred sunset, a cloaked figure carrying a scythe was seen by three people. A gray fox also observed the reaper. A stiff breeze kicked up from the west, sending a sudden swirl of fallen, golden leaves spiraling upward. When they fell to earth the figure was gone. "Did you see that?" Jane Arnold, known as "Sister Jane," asked. "See what?" the rugged man next to her replied. "On Hangman's Ridge, I swear I saw the Grim Reaper." She pointed to her left, the deep green ridge rising softly from the meadows, a lone, massive tree commanding the middle of it. "Sister"—Shaker Crown put his hands on his hips, shaking his head—"dipping into the flask again." "Balls." She smiled at him. It was an alluring smile and one that still carried a sensual message to men that even her seventy years couldn't erase. "No, ma'am, I didn't see anything. Tell you what I do see. Fontaine Buruss hasn't kept his word." "Damn him." Jane briskly walked along the grassy farm path to a three-board fence up ahead. A coop, a jump resembling a chicken coop, was smashed to pieces. "Lucky no cows are out." Shaker took off his lad's cap, running his fingers through his auburn curls. "Fontaine." He shrugged. No other words were necessary. "There are days when I think I'm a candidate for sainthood," she said, laughing. Shaker put his arm around her small waist. "You know, boss, I say that to myself every day." "Devil." She hugged him in return. "Well, let's stop the gap. Come back tomorrow morning and fix it right." She glanced toward the west. "Much as I love fall, I mourn the fading light." "Yes ma'am." He vaulted over the splintered wood, heading for a dense forest at the edge of the pasture. Within minutes Shaker returned, dragging a tree branch with a diameter the size of a strong man's forearm. Jane put her hand on the fence post and swung over the destroyed jump, both feet up in the air at once. She'd broken a few bones over the years, felt the arthritis, but a life of hard physical labor kept her young. If she'd wanted to vault the coop like Shaker, a man thirty years her junior, she could have. "Bullhead." She chided him because he didn't ask for help and the tree branch, blown down in yesterday's storm, was still heavy with sap. The two kicked out the broken boards in the coop, placed them in the middle, then maneuvered the tree branch over the top of the coop. Copyright © 1999 by American Artists, Inc
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