I didn't finish even the first CD of Murder Unleashed before returning the book to the library. The opening chapters, with a Nevada realtor who actually wanted to help the homeless individuals and families squatting in foreclosed homes, was interesting. I already knew that Ms. Brown tends to preach to the readers through the characters' dialog in her mysteries. I believe in taking personal responsibility too, so Jeep Reed pontificating on that subject was bearable. When she started blathering about too much government regulation and the Wall Street Crash of 2008 with no apparent realization that greater government regulation, not the DE-regulation of the banks in the 1980s, could have prevented it, I couldn't take it anymore. Ms. Reed, haven't massive oil spills, gas leaks, pollution, and persons being hospitalized or dying from eating contaminated food , etc. been enough to show you that stronger enforcement of regulations are what we need? (I didn't include the lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan and the state government's attempts to cover it up even though children were suffering from lead poisoning, because the water source switch to save a relatively insignificant amount of money didn't happen until 2014. This book came out in 2011.

It might be an interesting murder mystery, but I wasn't willing to put up with Jeep Reed to find out. ( )

Rita Mae Brown has written many many books with Sneaky Pie Brown as the main character. But this time it is a dachshund named Bailey. He and his human leave high pressure New York to travel back to her eccentric Aunt's ranch. It's fun - another small town setting with interesting characters. ( )

Unscrupulous bankers, abandoned homes, and a cold-blooded killer on the loose: Mags Rogers and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, digg up the dirt in the second scintillating novel in New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown’s delightful new series featuring some doggedly determined canine sleuths and their intrepid human companions.