"Sister" Jane- Out of Hounds
Sister Jane Arnold and her hounds must sniff out a thief with expensive taste when a string of missing paintings leads to murder in this exciting foxhunting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown.
Cunning foxes, sensible hounds, and sweet-tempered horses are among the sparkling conversationalists in this charming series.The New York Times Book Review
Spring is peeking through the frost in Virginia, and though the hunting season is coming to a close, the foxes seem determined to put the members of the Jefferson Hunt Club through their paces. Sister and her friends are enjoying some of the best chases theyve had all season when the fun is cut short by the theft of Crawford Howards treasured Sir Alfred Munnings painting of a woman in hunting attire riding sidesaddle. When another painting goes missing five days lateralso a Munnings, also of a woman hunting sidesaddleSister Jane knows its no coincidence. Someone is stealing paintings of foxhunters from foxhunters. But why?
Perhaps its a form of protest against their sport. For the hunt club isnt just under attack from the thief. Mysterious signs have started to appear outside their homes, decrying their way of life. stop foxhunting: a cruel sport reads one that appears outside Crawfords house, not long after his painting goes missing. no hounds barking shows up on the telephone pole outside Sisters driveway. Annoying, but relatively harmless.
Then Delores Buckingham, retired now but once a formidable foxhunter, is strangled to death after her own Munnings sidesaddle painting is stolen. Now Sisters not just up against a thief and a few obnoxious signsshes on the hunt for a killer.
Cunning foxes, sensible hounds, and sweet-tempered horses are among the sparkling conversationalists in this charming series.The New York Times Book Review
Spring is peeking through the frost in Virginia, and though the hunting season is coming to a close, the foxes seem determined to put the members of the Jefferson Hunt Club through their paces. Sister and her friends are enjoying some of the best chases theyve had all season when the fun is cut short by the theft of Crawford Howards treasured Sir Alfred Munnings painting of a woman in hunting attire riding sidesaddle. When another painting goes missing five days lateralso a Munnings, also of a woman hunting sidesaddleSister Jane knows its no coincidence. Someone is stealing paintings of foxhunters from foxhunters. But why?
Perhaps its a form of protest against their sport. For the hunt club isnt just under attack from the thief. Mysterious signs have started to appear outside their homes, decrying their way of life. stop foxhunting: a cruel sport reads one that appears outside Crawfords house, not long after his painting goes missing. no hounds barking shows up on the telephone pole outside Sisters driveway. Annoying, but relatively harmless.
Then Delores Buckingham, retired now but once a formidable foxhunter, is strangled to death after her own Munnings sidesaddle painting is stolen. Now Sisters not just up against a thief and a few obnoxious signsshes on the hunt for a killer.
Auteur | | Rita Mae Brown |
Taal | | Engels |
Type | | Paperback |
Categorie | | Literatuur & Romans |