“Does he have—anyone?”
“Not that I know of, but then I’m not up on the Pennsylvania news. Would you like to meet him?”
“I expect I will,” Cig half-whispered. Out of the corner of her eye she saw sauntering across the long coop a big red fox. Fattail.
Appearing to enjoy the tributes paid to him by the cheering crowd, he stared straight at Cig, sat down, and waited a moment, while flicking his tail. Then, as if satisfied, he got up, casually walking along the fence line before melting into the woods. Cig could have sworn he winked.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RITA MAE BROWN is the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day, Six of One, Southern Discomfort, Sudden Death, Bingo, Higji Hearts, Venus Envy, Dolley: A Novel of Dolley Madison in Love and War, Biding Shotgun, Loose Lips, Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Waters’ Manual, and an autobiography, Rita Will. She is the co-author, with Sneaky Pie Brown, of the Mrs. Murphy mystery series and Sneaky Pie’s Cookbook for Mystery Lovers. Rita Mae Brown is also an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet. She lives on a farm near Afton, Virginia.
Visit Rita Mae Brown’s website at www.ritamaebrown.com
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RIDING SHOTGUN
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Bantam hardcover edition published April 1996
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