Scarlet Fever: A Novel ("Sister" Jane)
by Rita Mae Brown
About Scarlet Fever
Cozy Mystery
12th in Series
Ballantine Books
(November 26, 2019)
Hardcover: 304
pages
ISBN-10:
0593130006
ISBN-13:
978-0593130001
Digital ASIN:
B07P8J8KVM
Winter blizzards bring a
flurry of cases to solve in this riveting new foxhunting mystery
featuring “Sister” Jane Arnold and her incorrigible hounds from
New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown.
Frigid February air has settled into the bones of
the Blue Ridge Mountains, making for a slow foxhunting season, though
“Sister” Jane Arnold’s enthusiasm is not so easily deterred.
With the winter chill come tweed coats, blazing fireplaces—and
perhaps another to share the warmth with, as the bold hunting
scarlets worn by the men in Sister Jane’s hunting club make the
hearts of women flutter—until someone’s stops entirely.
Harry Dunbar, a member of the Jefferson Hunt club
with a penchant for antique furniture, is found with his skull
cracked at the bottom of the stairs to a local store. There are no
telltale signs of foul play—save for the priceless (and stolen)
Erté fox ring in his pocket. Sister and her hounds set out to
uncover the truth: was this simply an accident—a case of bad
luck—or something much more sinister?
Steeped in the deep traditions of Virginia horse
country and featuring a colorful cast of characters both two- and
four-legged, Scarlet Fever is another spirited mystery from Rita Mae
Brown.
Review: Scarlet Fever is the first book that wasn't a "Sneaky Pie" book of hers that I have read. I love the Sneaky Pie series.
This is fun book with a quirky cast of characters and animals play a central part in their lives. Sister Jane is a master of the hounds. But really its the animals that always make me fall for the story.
I had a harder time getting into this one, because it is book 12 in a series and well...I didn't know a lot of the cast, but once I sorted everyone out I was fine, and I definitely want to go back to the beginning someday and meet everyone properly from book 1. The thing about this one that kept it from being a great read was that the mystery got buried in so many other things. I thought that the Harry storyline was the main mystery, but then there's Morris who has dementia and his family and well that part of the story is disturbing for anyone that's taken care of a parent with failing health regardless of the health issue.
I wish if Rita were going to write a mystery, she would have stuck to one story, not two that weren't connected. It kept me from really enjoying the story the way that I would have liked.
This is a fun cozy, like all of Rita's other book, perhaps not one of her best one's but still a good solid story that will delight her fans.
Rating: 4 flowers
Review: Scarlet Fever is the first book that wasn't a "Sneaky Pie" book of hers that I have read. I love the Sneaky Pie series.
This is fun book with a quirky cast of characters and animals play a central part in their lives. Sister Jane is a master of the hounds. But really its the animals that always make me fall for the story.
I had a harder time getting into this one, because it is book 12 in a series and well...I didn't know a lot of the cast, but once I sorted everyone out I was fine, and I definitely want to go back to the beginning someday and meet everyone properly from book 1. The thing about this one that kept it from being a great read was that the mystery got buried in so many other things. I thought that the Harry storyline was the main mystery, but then there's Morris who has dementia and his family and well that part of the story is disturbing for anyone that's taken care of a parent with failing health regardless of the health issue.
I wish if Rita were going to write a mystery, she would have stuck to one story, not two that weren't connected. It kept me from really enjoying the story the way that I would have liked.
This is a fun cozy, like all of Rita's other book, perhaps not one of her best one's but still a good solid story that will delight her fans.
Rating: 4 flowers
About Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brown is the
bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown mysteries; the Sister Jane
series; the Runnymede novels, including Six of
One and Cakewalk; A
Nose for Justice and Murder
Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle;
and In Her Day; as well as many other books.
An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton,
Virginia, and is a Master of Foxhounds and the huntsman.
Author
Links
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– http://ritamaebrownbooks.com/
Facebook
– https://www.facebook.com/RitaMaeBrown
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