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    Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
    Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
    Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
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    Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

    Written by Rita Mae Brown

    Narrated by Rita Mae Brown

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    The chase is on in New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown's gripping new foxhunting mystery, featuring the irrepressible "Sister" Jane Arnold and the wily antics of her four-legged friends. In Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, a century-old crime reawakens bad will-and stirs up a scandal that chills Sister to the bone. Sister Jane and the Jefferson Hunt Club have traveled from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to the Bluegrass State of Kentucky to ride with the members of the Woodford Hounds-in the teeth of foul weather. Sister knows better than anyone that an ill wind blows no good. After the hunt, Sister Jane and her boyfriend, Gray Lorillard, head to a sumptuous party on a nearby estate, also home to a historic equine graveyard. The revelry is interrupted by jarring news: The discovery of grisly remains in the cemetery that are decidedly not equine. Now Sister and her hounds are on the case, digging up clues to an old murder that links three well-connected Southern families. When mayhem follows the Jefferson Hunt back to Virginia, the deadly doings become all too real: A dear friend of Sister's is found murdered. Sister and her animal friends must work fast to find a clever killer determined to keep deep-rooted secrets buried. A rollicking, riveting mystery, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie is a masterly novel full of colorful characters, gorgeous country landscapes, and the breathtaking thrill of the hunt. "[Brown's] foxhunting titles are great for readers who like gentility with a wicked little twist."-Library Journal
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 4, 2014
    ISBN9781490658209
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    • 3/5
      I read Rita Mae Brown's first book many years ago and remember liking it. This, her latest in a number of different series, has taken her far away from my comfort zone. While her writing is good I was very put off by the anthropomorphic content and by the intricate descriptions of fox hunting. For someone who is interested in such things this is probably a book worth reading. I found myself skimming through most of it. I will not be picking up any more of these books.
    • 3/5
      This was my first venture into Rita Mae Brown's series of mysteries centered around a fox hunting group in Virginia. I might have felt more connected to the characters if I had been with them from the beginning. The plethora of details about hunting, hounds, and horses was sometimes vaguely intriguing but sometimes overwhelming to me, who am not particularly interested in any of the above. I think this series would be most attractive to people who love mysteries AND hunting, as Ms. Brown clearly does herself.
    • 2/5
      A southern murder mystery involving the Jefferson Hunt Club in Virginia with "Sister" Jane Arnold and friends, this is one in a series of such mysteries. I started this book now knowing anything about hunting foxes and have managed to finish without caring much about it either. Somehow with all the awkward exposition and tedious, passionless descriptions of the hunt this author did not manage to engage my interest, and I am a pretty easy-going reader of all topics. The mystery came quite late for me, and amidst all the extraneous, paper cutout characters, was just too little too late. Some might consider this to be light and fun, sort of a cozy novel if they enjoy the series and subject matter, but I found it too hard to get into and no payoff. Not for me.
    • 5/5
      Sister Jane and the Jefferson Hunt Club are in Kentucky to ride with Woodford Hounds for a hunt. The weather is foul, but the members’ dedication to the hunt doesn’t deter them.A grand party is help after the hunt, but it is interrupted by the destruction of the grave of an historic horse. When human remains are also found in the grave, it brings up a century-old crime and bad feelings among some of the members. There are connections to the crime from current families through family members of the past.Sister takes on hunting down the real story of the old crime to solve what really happened. She is assisted by her hounds, horses and other critters that live in and around her farm.Being the series takes place in the fox hunt world, Virginia and Kentucky in particular, there is a list of terms and definitions provided along with a list of the characters and their descriptions. There were a huge help in making the reading enjoyable. It also was educational about the customs and protocol of the sport.The various animals are given voices and interaction between themselves, regardless of whether they are dog, cat, fox, horse or bird. A trait Brown also does in her Mrs. Murphy and Sneaky Pie series.One thing I appreciated was the club's focus on the ride for the chase rather than to kill the foxes. In fact,Sister Jane is an owner who makes sure the foxes are provided for and protects their dens.An interesting thing, to me, is Rita Mae Brown is a MFH (Master of Foxhounds) as is the lead character.
    • 5/5
      Murder mystery, horses and fox hunting...perfect together!
    • 1/5
      I forced myself to keep going but at about 75%, I simply could not slog though this book any further. It was about 5% mystery and the rest comprised blow-by-blow accounts of fox hunting outings. Unless you enjoy that kind of thing, I recommend you avoid this book.
    • 5/5
      Ok, I'm now caught up on this fabulous fox hunting series by Rita Mae Brown and excited to know I have an ARC of CRAZY LIKE A FOX, coming from LibraryThing to read and review. Her writing is great and you can just imagine riding through the fields and hills of both Virginia and Kentucky, even if you don't ride you can't help but enjoy this and all of her tales.
    • 3/5
      Let Sleeping Dogs Lie is the ninth book in the series of foxhunting - centered mysteries featuring Master of Foxhounds, Sister Jane Arnold.When a storm causes a branch to crack the stone covering the grave of a famous foundation stallion, there is a nasty surprise within – besides the horse's skeleton, there are the skeletons of a man and a small dog. In typical murder mystery fashion, more bodies follow.Sister Jane lives and breathes fox hunting. If you don't know a thing about the sport, you will learn about it here. Without a keen interest you may be overwhelmed – even bored - with the amount of detail. If you're interested in the lifestyles of the very rich hunt aristocracy, you'll find that here, too. You'll also find lovely descriptions of the animals and country. What you won't find is a very compelling mystery. The motive becomes clear early on and there's no guessing about who the next victim may be and even, ultimately who must be doing the murders.For me, the strength of Rita Mae Brown's work is that she 'gets the horses right', a rarity in books for adults where an equine makes an appearance. I've read several books from Brown's other series revolving around Mrs Murphy and enjoyed them. This is my first of the Sister Jane novels and, on the strength of her other series and books, I will probably give this series one more try. Even for myself, involved with horses for over fifty years, the foxhunting details overwhelmed the plot on this one.
    • 3/5
      I received a free kindle copy of Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Rita Mae Brown, published by Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine, from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.I gave this cozy mystery about fox hunting in Virginia three stars. I learned more about fox hunting than I wanted to know. It was a slow read. I had to encourage myself to finish. The points of view varied. Sometimes it seemed that humans heard the animals speak. I found that confusing.The mystery was one from the past & one for the present. It did keep me guessing, it just wasn't my 'cup of tea'.
    • 4/5
      This is another enjoyable addition to the Jane Arnold series. All of the usual suspects are there and in fine form. Along with both a historical and modern mystery, there is interesting information about Thoroughbred bloodlines. Rita Mae Brown knows her foxhunting and the way she describes the hunts makes you feel like you are part of the action. She clearly loves and has a passion for foxes, hounds and horses, which she expresses in the Sister Jane character. The characters are well-drawn as usual and the story moves all of the relationships along. There is even a bit of romance for Kasmir, one of the regulars in this series. There are also some new horse characters. My only small issue is that the story was at times a bit convoluted and difficult to follow, in part because of several characters with similar names, which sometimes made it difficult to remember what was happening to whom. But this didn't significantly distract from the story overall. I really enjoyed this book and I look forward to the next installment.
    • 4/5
      If you are a fan of the traditional fox hunt, then this just might be the book for you. The reader is proffered historic detail, descriptions of hunt practices, roles and manners of participants - all of which lays out the landscape of the fox hunt. One quickly discovers that there is a tremendous amount of effort and planning which goes into each hunt. The descriptions of the actual hunts are so beautifully detailed that one imagines that they're flying over fence and post alongside other riders. Add a few old bones and a couple of mysterious deaths and you've got yourself quite a cozy mystery. (I certainly learned more about traditional fox hunting than I had ever known before.) Kudos to ms. Brown.Synopsis (from dust jacket):The chase is on in New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown’s gripping new foxhunting mystery, featuring the irrepressible “Sister” Jane Arnold and the wily antics of her four-legged friends. In Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, a century-old crime reawakens bad will—and stirs up a scandal that chills Sister to the bone.Sister Jane and the Jefferson Hunt Club have traveled from Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains to the Bluegrass State of Kentucky to ride with the members of the Woodford Hounds—in the teeth of foul weather. Sister knows better than anyone that an ill wind blows no good.After the hunt, Sister Jane and her boyfriend, Gray Lorillard, head to a sumptuous party on a nearby estate, also home to a historic equine graveyard. The revelry is interrupted by jarring news: The discovery of grisly remains in the cemetery that are decidedly not equine.Now Sister and her hounds are on the case, digging up clues to an old murder that links three well-connected Southern families. When mayhem follows the Jefferson Hunt back to Virginia, the deadly doings become all too real: A dear friend of Sister’s is found murdered. Sister and her animal friends must work fast to find a clever killer determined to keep deep-rooted secrets buried.
    • 5/5
      Another fine entry in the Sister Jane series. I love the character development Brown puts into her people and animals. Part of the mystery in this episode is WHY the person was killed as well as WHO did the killing, and I like those types of stories.
    • 3/5
      If you enjoy Horses, dogs and a good mystery with well written characters, then you will enjoy this book. This is another in the Jane Arnold series. The author continues with the Fox hunting themes and political views that seem to follow. A good who done it with learning of the hunt along the way.I have read all Ms. Browns works and find her earlier works more enjoyable. I did like the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries, too. I get a little bothered by how much detail goes in to the Fox hunting rules, regs and politics. I read the stories to escape not to be lectured. I find occasionally Ms. Brown lecturing. However, I did enjoy the story.
    • 3/5
      This book was tough for me to follow, but I know it was because of the terminology of the hunt. There was a very useful glossary at the beginning of the book, but my knowledge of the subject was nil so it slowed me down considerably to look up the terms. Still, the mystery was interesting and I love the way this author mixes the dialog of her human and animal characters. An interesting read.
    • 3/5
      This is the first of the Sister Jane books of Rita Mae Brown's books I've ever read and don't think that I'll be reading anymore of them. Maybe I'm just not interested in all that info about horses, hounds and hunting but I thought the book contained too much information about those sports I did enjoy the mystery aspect of the book and think the writing is on par with Ms. Brown's other booksI've read most of the series of Mrs. Murphy books and thoroughly enjoyed them.I think this just wasn't a book, subject, I'm interested in but do believe that anyone who is interested in horses, hounds and hunting and mysteries would truly enjoy the book.
    • 4/5
      This is the first of Ms. Brown's books that I have read. With minimal knowledge of horses, hounds, and foxhunting in general, I became quite educated in the care and expertise needed to maintain these animals , including the foxes. I love it when the animals talk and show their personalities! Centering the murders around the horse pedigree with inclusion of modern DNA testing kept my interest as I followed the unfolding of the mystery.With the main character a spunky older woman and the budding romance between Kasmir and Alida, this was a book I could not put down. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading more of the series.
    • 2/5
      This was a gift from the Early Reviewers Group. I have never read any of the books by Rita Mae Brown before. I now know more about fox hunting than I ever will need to know. For my taste to much of the book focuses on teaching those of us with no know knowledge of the sport more than we will ever be able to us or perhaps care about. I am glad I read the book - I would not purchase one from this author based upon this book. I do appreciate having been given the opportunity to read it through,
    • 5/5
      Cracking good mystery set in the world of fox hunting and horse breeding. Knowledgeable people may figure out what is going on but it still is a wonderful read. And very authentic--if you want to know anything about riding to hounds, read the Sister Jane books!This time Sister Jane get entangled in a bizarre when a skeleton of a man and dog are discovered in the grave of a famous race horse in the course of an away hunt. Little does Sister Jane know the mystery will follow her home and strike way too close to people she knows and loves.As usual the fox antics are clever and based on nature, and the actions of the horses and hounds are great, even if the animals do talk to each other, it only advances the story.
    • 4/5
      I'm not one for talking animals...except for Rita Mae Brown's book. They are talking among themselves...both in the Sneaky Pie Brown books and the Jane Arnold novels. They act as a sort of Greek chorus to what the humans in the story are doing.I love "Sister" Jane...an honorarium as she is hardly a nun. She is in her 70s, is Master of the Hunt and has an active love life. I say "See Jane go!!!"This starts with the finding of a body of a horse, a dog and a man buried for many years. Jane's friend, Mercer is sure it's his grandfather and what about the famous horse sire to many prize steeds?It's a good mystery and though I enjoy people talking about the things they love, I must admit all the history of various breeds and the bloodlines rather wore me down after a time. However, the murder begin and the old bodies seem to reach into today and more bodies are "claimed." I enjoyed the book...except for all too much info about equine bloodlines for me. Get past that (or if you have the same interests, it may be the best part of the book) and you'll find Brown's usual great characters and plotting. On the whole, I recommend the book and will continue to read Brown.
    • 3/5
      As a dog and horse lover, I am normally happy to read a book involving those two species. However, this book left me less than enthused, I'm sorry to say.The book opens with Sister Jane present at the discovery of a corpse from 100 or more years ago buried in a horse's grave in Kentucky. Since she is from Virginia, my first thought was, "How is this relevant?" After a LOT of hunting jargon and descriptions of hunts back in Virginia, plus a couple of more murders and lengthy discussions about equine DNA and bloodlines, the relevance is slowly revealed and the culprit unmasked. While I know the bloodlines are important to the story, I found it difficult to follow the discussions and only persevered in reading the book because I felt I needed to finish it to provide an honest review.If you know something about or are involved in fox hunting, you will probably enjoy this book even if you haven't read any of the earlier eight books in the series. If, like me, you are a horse lover who wants a good mystery, I would advise reading Dick and Felix Francis' novels and giving the Sister Jane series a pass. I received this book through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers.
    • 5/5
      I first fell in love with Rita Mae Brown's writing when I read Rubyfruit Jungle back in the late 1970s. I have continued reading her work over the past 30+ years, and in fact, have almost half her output on my personal library shelves, more than any other author save one. The Sister Jane novels began with Outfoxed and with Let Sleeping Dogs Lie now include nine books. Brown writes clearly, engaging the reader even when fox hunting is not a particular love. Her description of the hunt leaves the reader just as breathless as the hounds, the horses and the riders. I feel as if I've been riding along with Sister Jane. The mystery, or in the present case, the various mysteries, are a good brain teaser, with enough science, history, and local color to please the most discriminating reader. Brown's mysteries are top-notch, and well worth the time spent with them. This is especially true with Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. The book stands on its own and the reader doesn't need to have read the previous eight works in the series, but I'm sure anyone picking this book up will want to go back through the earlier works as well. In writing about an actual hunt club in the book's acknowledgements, Brown states "Deep Run has experienced everything: war, fast women, beautiful horses, men too handsome for their own good and the good of the ladies, and all of this shining with that Virginia veneer of perfect manners. Ah, yes." That is a good summary of what makes up a Sister Jane novel. I speak as a scion of the Old Dominion, raised to be a perfect Virginia gentleman. Well, at least with the veneer of one. Read this book. You won't be disappointed.
    • 3/5
      I have been a sporadic reader of Rita Mae Brown's Sneaky Pie mysteries over the years; love the notion of suspending reality for a bit and letting the animal characters drive the story--thus, my interest in the Sister Jane series, centering around a Virginia hunt club and its membership.There's always a learning curve when you jump in mid-series, but despite the glossary of both characters and horse/hound terminology that I referred to often, I still felt like an intruder in a closed society that didn't much care whether I understood what was going on or not. Lots of equine and canine shop talk and thin on mystery.Wish the review could've been more positive--may have been, if I'd started at the beginning of the series. As it is, I lost the scent.Back to Sneaky pie for me.
    • 3/5
      Murders that span a century and can these murders at all be connected. A man is found almost a century after his death in a grave with his little dog and a popular at the time race horse. Sister and company is there to witness the finding of the body in Kentucky. The decedent is related to Gray. But what happened to the man who is in this grave and when a popular person is killed back on their own turf, can it be related and how and more important why and who????