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Tall tail: a Mrs. Murphy mystery
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New York : Bantam Books, [2016].
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xvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Returning to Virginia's post-revolutionary history and to characters introduced in Tail Gait, the story follows the Garth sisters and their husbands, neighbors to a brutal slaveholder whose murder at the hands of one of his slaves is neither unexpected nor unwarranted, especially when the impetus was an attack on that slave's wife. The sisters manage to smuggle the fugitive to safety in York, Pennsylvania, while ensuring that the circumstances underlying the entire ordeal stay long buried. Until now. Harry and her animal companions come closer to drawing a link between the past and the present. And in this centuries-spanning caper, they will discover that hiding who you really are may have mortal consequences.... As the questions surrounding"--

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First edition.
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English
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9780553392463

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"Returning to Virginia's post-revolutionary history and to characters introduced in Tail Gait, the story follows the Garth sisters and their husbands, neighbors to a brutal slaveholder whose murder at the hands of one of his slaves is neither unexpected nor unwarranted, especially when the impetus was an attack on that slave's wife. The sisters manage to smuggle the fugitive to safety in York, Pennsylvania, while ensuring that the circumstances underlying the entire ordeal stay long buried. Until now. Harry and her animal companions come closer to drawing a link between the past and the present. And in this centuries-spanning caper, they will discover that hiding who you really are may have mortal consequences.... As the questions surrounding"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Brown, R. M., Brown, S. P., & Gellatly, M. (2016). Tall tail: a Mrs. Murphy mystery. First edition. New York, Bantam Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Brown, Rita Mae, Sneaky Pie Brown and Michael, Gellatly. 2016. Tall Tail: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery. New York, Bantam Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Brown, Rita Mae, Sneaky Pie Brown and Michael, Gellatly, Tall Tail: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery. New York, Bantam Books, 2016.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Brown, Rita Mae,, et al. Tall Tail: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery. First edition. New York, Bantam Books, 2016.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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