Fox and Furious

By Rita Mae Brown

Book Overview

Two brothers fight over the inheritance of five acres and a hunting beagle kennel--until one of them is murdered. It's up to "Sister" Jane Arnold to hunt down the truth, with a little help from her four-legged friends, in this delightful new 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

It's hunting season in the foothills of Virginia, and "Sister" Jane Arnold is content to spend it alongside her friends, particularly one Olivia Bradford. Olivia is a formidable figure in town--not least because she keeps the peace between her sons Winston and Andrew--but when she passes away, the brothers return to their squabbling ways. Faced with contention over their inheritance, tensions escalate, and the two get into a fierce fight--and soon after, one of them turns up dead.

All eyes turn to the surviving brother, the suspect with the most obvious motive. But Sister can't fathom that he's capable of murder, and soon suspects begin to reveal themselves left and right. The more she learns, the more Sister begins to doubt the people she's hunted with for decades. . . . Could the killer be hiding in plain sight?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593874110
• ISBN13: 9780593874110
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The fox is smarter

Not an unbiased review because I love the author's different series. 2024. Set in Virginia where the state sport is Fox Hunting, and the state dog is Foxhound. Fortunately, there is an explanatory cast of characters at the beginning because there are so many verbal animals as well as an abundance of humans! Another positive aspect of this author's writing is that it stresses the importance of caring for wild animals as well as the household variety. This episode contains: greed and inheritance, sibling rivalry so intense that the brother who loudly and very publicly said he would kill the other but wound up as a corpse instead, support by the hunting community to move and care for the hounds, and a whole lot more devious and intricate relationships. Of course I loved it, there are dogs and woodland creatures! I requested and received a temporary uncorrected digital galley from Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Bantam via NetGalley. Avail Oct 28, 2025 #FoxAndFuriest by #RitaMaeBrown #SisterJaneBk17 @randomhouse @ballantinebooks @bantambooks #anthropomorphism #americanfoxhunting #siblingrivalry #murder #CrimeNovel