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The Tail of the Tip-Off When winter hits Crozet, Virginia, it hits hard--and hangs on for months. That�s nothing new to postmistress Mary Minor �Harry� Haristeen and her friends, who keep warm with hard work, hot toddies, and rabid rooting for the University of Virginia�s women�s basketball team at the old stadium affectionately dubbed �The Clam.� But the usual postgame high spirits are laid low when contractor H. H. Donaldson drops dead in the parking lot. And pretty soon word has spread that it wasn�t a heart attack that did him in. It just doesn�t sit right with Harry that one of her fellow fans--perhaps even an acquaintance or neighbor sitting close by in the stands--is a murderer. And as tiger cat Mrs. Murphy is all too aware, things that don�t sit right with Harry make her restless, curious, and prone to poking her not-very-sensitive human nose into dangerous places. So the animals start paying closer attention to what the people around them are doing--and they�re the first ones to realize when the next murder occurs. It seems obvious to Harry that the deaths are connected--and she intends to find out exactly how. There�s no shortage of suspects, considering that H.H. was a ladies� man who�d left a trail of broken hearts all over town--the most recent belonging to his wife-- and that the second murder victim was not very popular in Crozet.As the police launch their investigation, Harry picks up clues through savvy questioning of everyone she knows. But it�s the critters who are most attuned to trouble--they scent something wicked wafting Harry�s way on the tail of the next snowstorm. And as Harry draws closer to the truth about a brutal killer, Mrs. Murphy and her friends realize it�s up to them to make sure their intrepid mom lands on her feet. From the Hardcover edition.