I have never read a Rita Mae Brown book before, but I came across a few of her Mrs. Murphy murder mysteries at a thrift shop. Murder, She Meowed ostensibly focuses on steeplechasing-a sport I know nothing about- but as other reviewers have mentioned, it’s the witty repartee between the animals that made the book fun for me. The murder mystery as a trivial solve and the characters very straightforward. I was surprised when I saw that the book had been published in 1996, because it’s description of the Southern town made it seem like 50 years earlier and racially segregated. Not a mention of an African American or anyone from other cultures anywhere- everybody lily white. All that being said, if I came across one of the series for cheap, I might buy it for a quick diversion, since the animals were so fun.