Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
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Outfoxed
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Rita Mae Brown
Class/Genre: Mystery Cats Dogs
Series: Sister Jane - Foxhunting Mysteries # 1
Ballantine, Jan 2000, $24.00, 384 pp.
There are a few places left in Virginia where time seems to have stopped and the mindset remains the same as that of a hundred plus years ago. The Jefferson Hunt Club and the immediate vicinity surrounding the facility are the epitome of the antebellum lifestyle enriched by twenty-first century technology. This small corner of the globe contains individuals steeped in a special heritage with genteel manners and seething passions especially for the Hunt led by popular Jane “Sister” Arnold.
Sister is the master of the Hunt and has been for more years than many participants have lived. She currently inspects the horses, dogs, and foxes that will participate in the next Hunt. The animals are as intelligent as the humans and communicate amongst themselves. Sister has begun to feel her age and believes it is time to select a joint master to continue the tradition after she dies. However, during the hunt, one of the leading contenders is murdered. This leaves everyone to wonder how far someone will go to eliminate the competition.
Anyone who loves Sneaky Pie and Rita Mae Brown’s Mrs. Murphy series will want to read OUTFOXED. The story line centers on the tightly closed American foxhunt scenario that is a part of our American heritage. The lead protagonist is a wise person who the audience will enjoy for her compassion for all that is alive and her leadership abilities. However, this novel belongs to the animals that make readers believe they can talk and think in a logical humanistic manner that Dr. Doolittle and Murphy would envy.
Harriet Klausner
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