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DOUBLE TROUBLE, May 1, 2003
Being the proud owner of three pesky kittens soon to be cats, the feline heroes (and heroines) in Shirley Murphy's series are all too realistic to imagine!!! Joe, Dulcie and Kit have such unique personalities that they seem almost human. Once again, the plot takes back seat to the many adventures the three cats have in solving the mysteries. This one has plenty: why is a ten year old boy involved in the bombing of the church where Charly and Max are to be married? Who is trying to frame Ryan for the murder of her estranged no-good husband? Where did the silver dog come from? These questions are answered rather leisurely, but you're so enraptured with the characters, everything flows smoothly. Another great entry in this enjoyable series!
RECOMMENDED.
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The Absolute Best Series !, February 8, 2003
This is the best and most enjoyable book series I have read in many years. It has all of the elements I most value in a book to "just enjoy". I have learned to love all of the recurring characters from Molena Point and especially the four legged variety. These books are comfortable to read, fun, presenting a good mystery and most surprising of all they are well written without all of the usual cliches and juvenile writing that usually accompanies this genre. I am utterly devestated that I have come to this last book (so far) in the series. Trust me you too will love these books and the mysteries they present not to mention that touch of supernatural phenomenon that makes them truly extraordinary. I have always been more of a dog lover myself but have found a new awareness of cat psychology from an author who truly knows and understands cats. Don't miss this series whatever you do!
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Life goes on, and so does murder, October 22, 2004
Molena Point, CA, is the home of three sentient cats: little Kit, who, though over a year old now, is still impulsive and filled with wonder at the world around her; Dulcie, who loves beautiful things and puzzles over how the "clever and inventive" human mind can so often turn to mayhem; and tough-as-nails, down-to-earth Joe Grey. Able to weep real tears (Dulcie dissolves during a wedding, telling Joe "All females cry at weddings, it's in the genes"), gorge on human food with never a hint of indigestion, enjoy more-than-normal feline stamina, and perhaps even see colors, as well as speak, read, and use the telephone, they have been instrumental in solving no less than seven murder cases. This eighth installment of their adventures starts (almost) literally with a bang. The entire village has gathered for the wedding of Police Chief Max Harper and Charlie Getz when a bomb blows out the side wall of the chapel. Lives would be lost wholesale if not for bold little Kit, Joe and Dulcie's tortie protege, who attacks the triggerman with teeth and claws, then races to warn Clyde Damen of the trap.
This is just the beginning of the mystery and mayhem in this fast-moving tale. To everyone's amazement, the triggerman is a 10-year-old boy! Was the bomb of his crafting? If not, who made it and why? Then Ryan Flannery, Clyde's new lady friend, finds her philandering ex-husband shot dead in her garage, forcing her uncle, Dallas Garza (introduced in
Cat Spitting Mad: A Joe Grey Mystery (Joe Grey Mysteries) and now a high-ranking village police officer), to investigate her. As always, Joe, Dulcie, and Kit immediately take a paw in the case, and it's their insights and discoveries that finally bring the killer--and the bomb-maker--to book.
There are delightful moments in plenty strewn throughout the story: little Kit's first shot at playing informer by telephone; Ryan's adoption of a stray weimaraner and its encounter with Joe, who, hiding under a sofa, sternly commands it to STAY!; Joe and Clyde's uneasy yet effective team-up in surveilling Ryan and Larn Williams, the would-be client who seems to be trying to set her up for extortion. Garza accepts the mysterious informants as Harper has learned to do, recognizing that they bat a thousand. And Joe is relieved of the possibility of losing his home as Clyde hires Ryan's contracting company to imaginitively renovate his cottage, installing (among other things) a mini-lookout tower for our tomcat detective. A superior entry.
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