Brown, Rita Mae

Feline sleuth Mrs. Murphy joins her human friend Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen in investigating when a skeleton is uncovered during an archaeological dig of the slave quarters of Thomas Jefferson's home, hinting of age-old scandals.

When a local pilot disappears hours before the town's Civil War reenactment, it is up to Mrs. Murphy and her cat friends to find the man before it is too late.

The Hunsenmeir sisters, Julia and Louise, first introduced in the books "Six of One, " and "Bingo, " approach their fortieth birthdays as America heads toward World War II, and continue their own, often scandalous battles, in the Southern town of Runnymede, Maryland.

Molly Bolt has never cared what anyone thinks of her, and she proves that by falling in love with the head cheerleader, seducing an heiress, and becoming one of New York's greatest filmmakers despite society's low opinion of her.