Murder at Monticello

Murder at MonticelloBy: Rita Mae Brown Series: Mrs. Murphy Mrs. Murphy digs into Virginia historyand gets her paws on a killer. The most popular citizen of Virginia has been dead for nearly 170 years. That hasn't stopped the good people of tiny Crozet, Virginia, from taking pride in every aspect of Thomas Jefferson's life. But when an archaeological dig of the slave quarters at Jefferson's home, Monticello, uncovers a shocking secret, emotions in Crozet run

Will she and her sidekick Betty be able to sort out the suspicious competitors before they snatch victory away from the Breakfast Bunch

or even stranger with similar tastes over anything thrust at them by a faceless company

John Dover Wilson

Elizabeth has discovered that navigating the rules of high society is the biggest con of all

and based on previously unseen letters and documents as well as on hundreds of interviews

2020 Mississippi Library Association Children's Author Award

stumbles-literally-on the body of her mother's current beau

monsters have played pivotal roles as dangers to be avoided

the book is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate

Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind

Drawing on Debbie Ausburn’s decades of experience with every facet of the foster care system

This reader is illustrated with adorable photographs that document these animals' recoveries