Mysterious signs have started to appear outside their homes, decrying their way of life. For the hunt club isn’t just under attack from the thief. Perhaps it’s a form of protest against their sport. Someone is stealing paintings of foxhunters from foxhunters. When another painting goes missing five days later-also a Munnings, also of a woman hunting sidesaddle-Sister Jane knows it’s no coincidence. Sister and her friends are enjoying some of the best chases they’ve had all season when the fun is cut short by the theft of Crawford Howard’s treasured Sir Alfred Munnings painting of a woman in hunting attire riding sidesaddle. Spring is peeking through the frost in Virginia, and though the hunting season is coming to a close, the foxes seem determined to put the members of the Jefferson Hunt Club through their paces. “Sister” Jane Arnold and her hounds must sniff out a thief with expensive taste when a string of missing paintings leads to murder in this exciting foxhunting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown. Sister and her fellow Jefferson Hunt Club members, including friends both two- and four-legged, are on the case-and with any luck, they’ll catch the criminals before the first horn sounds on opening day. Does someone want the treasure badly enough to kill for? And rumors abound that Old Paradise, the estate being lovingly restored by Crawford Howard, houses a secret stash of gold from its original owner. Two men die, apparently by suicide, shocking a community that never saw their deaths coming. While Sister and her friends try to unmask the dastardly mind behind the videos, mysteries abound in their beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain town home. The videos are doctored, but does it matter? The unknown blackmailer promises to publish the clips if they don’t get paid, and even the most upstanding citizen can be brought down by the court of public opinion. But before they make it to that exciting day, several members of the hunt club receive ominous videos in which they appear to be doing scandalous, career-ending deeds. It’s the start of fox-hunting season and Sister is training a new generation of hounds in eager anticipation of Opening Hunt. Could Ronnie have been involved in either the murder or the theft, or has he been marked as the next victim? Sister must uncover who has been sending these cryptic signs to her friends-before any of them wind up dead.Ī blackmailer targeting wealthy members of “Sister” Jane Arnold’s club has turned the hunters into the hunted in this thrilling mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown. Sister suspects a connection, which is confirmed when just one stamp is found taped to the garage door of her friend and treasurer of the hunt club Ronnie Haslip. Then, one huntsman’s valuable stamp collection is stolen, and they discover the victim was also a stamp collector. No one recognizes the victim, but the intentional placement makes it clear that someone is sending a message. And this year, the Jefferson Hunt Club is busier than ever, organizing a fundraising drive to help with the upkeep of their beloved hunting grounds.īut the festive season is interrupted by the appearance of a dead body, tied to a chair and placed directly in the path of an early-season hunt. It’s “Sister” Jane Arnold’s favorite time of year. “Cunning foxes, sensible hounds, and sweet-tempered horses are among the sparkling conversationalists in this charming series.”-The New York Times Book ReviewĮarly fall in Virginia means shorter days, cooler temperatures, the blooming milkweeds of summer giving way to fields of fluffy seeds-and of course, the start of fox hunting season. When a body is found curiously displayed on “Sister” Jane Arnold’s foxhunting grounds, members of her hunt club realize someone is sending them a dire message, in this exciting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown.
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