A Curious Affair [Mass Market Paperback]

Melanie Jackson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2008

When the widowed Jillian Marsh is struck by lightning, she begins hearing the impossible—the local cats are telling her of an unsolved murder, and to beware of the town’s new sheriff, who, handsome and charming as CA be, is threatening to steal her heart.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (June 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505527383
• ISBN-13: 978-0505527387
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,119,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Melanie Jackson is the award-winning author of more than fifty novels, novellas and poems published in various languages. She lives with her writer husband, her bossy cat and spoiled dog in the Sierra foothills where it is almost impossible to grow pumpkins (or anything else the deer like). Besides gardening, she is involved with animal charities.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars whimsical whodunit second chance at love, June 1, 2008

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Curious Affair (Mass Market Paperback)

Three years have passed since her spouse died, but Jillian Marsh has not moved on; she still grieves her loss and questions whether life is worth living. However, last Halloween, lightning hit Jillian. The only after effect is she can communicate with cats like a Dr. Doolittle.

Finally, on a rainy March night in the Sierras (that is an oxymoron for that season and locale) Jillian considers suicide as she never got the chance to apologize to her husband for doing him wrong and she suffers from TMJ (temporomandibular joint disorder); the third Seconal and fourth Drambuie add to her melancholy. However before she takes her life, Atherton the cat, whom she never met, arrives to inform her that a murder just occurred. Jillian informs new sheriff Tyler Murphy. As he tries to keep her out of his inquiry, she refuses to stay on the sidelines. Meanwhile the townsfolk refuse to assist the sheriff on his investigation; so Jillian turns to the feline population as they are determined to see the killer pay and expect the woman who can understand them to take care of justice for them.

This whimsical whodunit second chance at love is stolen by the feline crowd especially Atherton, who fits TS Eliot's quote (at the beginning of the tale of the tail): "When a Cat adopts you there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it until the wind changes." Although a bit padded with too much cat litter at times, fans will enjoy this lighthearted frolic in which cats serves as witnesses to the crime and as matchmakers.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing, April 23, 2009

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This review is from: A Curious Affair (Mass Market Paperback)

The crime is almost incidental to the character study of a mature women dealing with loss via a realistic combination of despair, hope, humor and finally passion. The talking cats are a welcome entry to the paranormal-hope to hear more from them some day. Nice to read about someone that's not a teenager and still manages to survive, prosper and provide a few chuckles too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Depression and Romance, October 17, 2010

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Carey Watson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Curious Affair (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is wonderfully written. The story and the mood are dark. Her descriptive ability is amazing. The feeling of depression being forced out of the lady by romance is beautifully done.