Full Cry (Foxhunting Series #3)

Full Cry a far cry from good.

While mildly entertaining readers with her in-depth knowledge of fox hunting, Far Cry falls far short of being a mystery novel. Slow to develop, the murder mystery plot doesn't develop until the last few chapters of the book and is very unemotional. Additionally, the climax fails to build reader interest and it's over before it's started. This leaves the reader with a lot of fluff filler about fox hunting to delve through which distracts from the murder mystery aspect of the novel. Poor read.

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Another Rita Series goes Bad

Rita Mae brown has started two very delightful mystery series involving animals and Virginia. In the Sneeaky Pie series it took 6 books for the characters and stories to go down hill. In the jane Arnold series it took 3. This is not a mystery story but a book on the changing attitudes of Jane Arnold. The animals that we have learned to love and help her solve mysteries have been reduced to minor bit actors. We love Ritas works for the interaction of the animal characters that gave her works a special charm and warmth. This was a great disappointment.

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Horses, Hounds and Mysteries

The second in the series of mysteries that take place in modern day Virginia fox hunting country. The lead character, Sister Jane Arnold, is master of foxhounds for the Jefferson Hunt and one of those women you'd love to meet. At 70 something she still rides hard, dresses like a lady on or off her horses, is passionate about life and committed to her friends and her hunt lands. Good fun, with the added fantasy of the hounds and foxes and other animals conversing and plotting with each other, it's great escapist, rainy day stuff. And, if you like horses at all, it's terrific.

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Refreshing...

This makes a nice change from the usual mystery fare. If you're looking for the predictable action/adventure sleuth and tired plot, then you probably won't like this book. I found it to be an entertaining jaunt into the energetic life of Sister Jane. This book is more about enjoying the ride than racing to a whodunnit finish. Very Good.

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Absorbing...

I found this book to be full of wisdom and wit. It focuses more of the main character of 'Sister' Jane, but still has all of the attention to foxhunting and interpersonal relationships that this series has shown in the past. Highly recommended!

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Excellent Series

The 3 book series on Fox Hunting, beginning with Hotspur, then Outfoxed and Finally Full Cry are the best of Rita Mae Brown's Books. I highly recommend them to mystery readers. Hopefully in the future we will be able to buy them in one hard cover book.

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Full Cry is good but not what the publisher says it is

I've just finished reading Full Cry. I recommend it to anyone who like to read Rita Mae Brown, books on horses,or foxhunting and mysteries. However; the summary on the dust jacket is NOT totally correct. It is a book about 'Sister' Jane Arnold but the plot described is not what unfolds in the book.

More than you ever wanted to know about fox hunting

This somewhat goofy book about foxhunting in Virginia, the people who do it and do other more usual people things as well, foxhounds and horses and foxes who communicate with each other in English sentences(I guess they have to do this because otherwise how would we know what they are saying to each other?)is made even stranger by the virtually complete lack of any relationship with the flyleaf description of the story and the publisher's description herein.Sounds like the description was written for a completely different book. How does that happen? Not being a regular reader of Ms. Brown's work, I nevertheless do admire her knowledge of the sport of foxhunting and the various animals involved, but this yarn does strain the imagination.

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