The Tell-Tale Horse - (Sister Jane) by Rita Mae Brown (Paperback)

About the Book

"New York Times"-bestselling author Brown continues her popular Foxhunting series, as a cold-blooded killer threatens the life of Sister Jane.

Book Synopsis

It's February, prime foxhunting season for the members of Virginia's Jefferson Hunt Club, when a shocking event alarms the community. A woman is found brutally murdered, stripped naked, and meticulously placed atop a horse statue outside a tack shop. The theft of a treasured foxhunting prize inside the store may be linked to the grisly scene, and everyone is on edge.

With few clues to go on, "Sister" Jane Arnold, master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, uses her fine-tuned horse sense to try to solve the mystery of this "Lady Godiva" murder. But Sister isn't the only one equipped to sniff out the trail. The local foxes, horses, and hounds have their own theories on the whodunit. If only these peculiar humans could just listen to them, they'd see that the killer might be right under their oblivious noses-and that Sister could become the killer's next victim.

Praise for The Tell-Tale Horse

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLER

"[A] charming and engrossing series . . . Sister Jane Arnold is Master of the Foxhounds as well as one of the most entertaining amateur sleuths since those of Agatha Christie."
-Booklist

"Intriguing . . . Fans of the series will be fascinated with Jane's evolution under Brown's hand. With each book, Jane becomes more real-and more human-in the reader's imagination."
-Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Grabs readers from the opening scene and gallops through to the very surprising end."
-Horse Illustrated

Review Quotes

Praise for Rita Mae Brown

The Hounds and the Fury

"A genteel Virginia foxhunting club makes a delicious setting for murder. How pleasant to linger among the settees and brandy snifters waiting for the bodies to pile up!"
-Memphis Commercial Appeal

"An intriguing story."
-Associated Press

The Hunt Ball

"The hunt must go on, its grace and glory personified by the foxes, hounds and horses that provide these thrilling scenes with their on-the-ground perspective."
-The New York Times Book Review

"Score another triumph for Rita Mae Brown-and for 'Sister, ' who helps run another two-legged predator to ground."
-Richmond Times-Dispatch

Full Cry

"A great ride with heroine 'Sister' Jane Arnold."
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"A quality tale that is over all too soon."
-Charleston Post and Courier

Hotspur

"Dashing and vibrant . . . The reader will romp through the book like a hunter on a thoroughbred, never stopping for a meal or a night's sleep."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Brown combines her strengths-exploring southern families, manners, and rituals as well as the human-animal bond-to bring in a winner."
-Booklist

About the Author

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series; A Nose for Justice and Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day; and Six of One, as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.