This was a Nook Book deal, and it was ok. I didn't mind that the cats could talk so that humans could understand them, but the mystery was convoluted and somewhat obvious from the first intro of one of the characters. Ya just had to know it was him early on by his actions.I like the Rita Mae Br...
Liked this one quite a bit. I read the Joe Grey's for the characters & the village life rather than for the mystery aspect. I like the way she wrote part of the action from the perp's point of view but never gave enough identifying detail to pinpoint just WHO he was. A bunch of possibles were in...
A series of home invasions are occurring in Molena Point. There no clues,as to who is doing it. Two to four men break into a home where there is lone woman and beat her up and destroy the house. Someone is trying to hurt the MPPD and Max Harper. Joe and Dulcie are watching Ryan add a quilting roo...
This book starts with a bang and the action rarely slows down until the last page is read. Although part of a series about the same cast of characters, back story is added in bits often in dialogue so it never seems to slow the story down.This book revolves around Kit and Pan from among the cats....
Once I get past the problem of talking cats: talking, crime-fighting housecats ... come to think of it, maybe I can't get past that. This is definitely a series for cat lovers: soppy, anthropomorphizing cat lovers. Okay, I pretend my cats talk, but I don't go much beyond "Why don't you feed me?...
The Barnes & Noble ReviewShirley Rousseau Murphy's popular mystery series features quick-witted cats who are also expert investigators. This installment finds the quiet town of Molena Point, California, devastated by the murder of local celebrity Patty Rose: A former actress famed for her WWII-er...
"Of course I worry. What if the cops witness a cat opening a skylight and masterminding a robbery? The tabloids will love it." There's a new pair of thieves in Molena Point, California, a renegade yellow-eyed tomcat with a cold disdain for the law,and a scruffy human partner who is no better. Th...
It's been quite a week for Joe Grey. First the large, powerful feline discovers that, through some strange, inexplicable phenomenon, he now has the ability to understand human language. Then he discovers he can speak it as well! It's a nightmare for a cat who'd prefer to sleep the day away carefr...
Why oh why does my library only have three out of this whole series? These books are great, but I'm reading them all out of order and I'd love to start at the beginning! The plot is fast paced and fresh, although I'm a little confused by the characters names (Charlie and Ryan are female lol, I wa...
Fans of Lillian Jackson Braun and Rita Mae Brown and cat lovers everywhere will delight in this newest mystery featuring two furry felines on the scent of a killer.Famous novelist Elliot Traynor is temporarily living in Molena Point. He and his wife don't have much to do with the villagers, which...
I thought this breathed a bit of life into the series in terms of having the cats be cats for a while; the first chunk of the book is seen through the eyes of people who don't know that Kit, Joe, and Dulcie can talk, so they get to be just odd cats. I liked this in terms of being reminded that t...
It's the last book in this trilogy and the only one I own. Hm. Evil goes on being evil, good is rather too good until it has what felt like a fake struggle with wanting to be bad... It's hard to know what to say. This whole series, but this book in particular, really felt like it was just the con...
Joe Grey can't believe his human housemate Clyde would even consider volunteering him for the Animal Therapy program at the local nursing home, just when Joe was on the verge of solving the string of burglaries that has Molena Point residents shaking in their collective boots. But it turns out it...
A recent earthquake was only the beginning of the big trouble that plagues Molena Point, California. Joe Grey may be merely a cat, but he's already solved more murders than your average human detective, and he knows the "accident" on Hellhag Hill was anything but. Unfortunately Joe's somewhat err...
With each new entry in this series, I am getting to know all of the residents of the Pacific coast town of Molena Point, California, since each book has featured a different character or family. I feel like I’m visiting old friends as I read about the familiar faces and places. This is home to ...
Hell hath no fury like a feline enraged. Though Joe Grey and Dulcie are merely housecats, they each have a strong sense of justice -- to complement their uncanny ability to read, speak, and use the telephone. And they're furious that Max Harper, police chief of Molena Pointand preferred target fo...
It's the sequel to Nightpool, but it was much better than its predecessor. There was still a lot of the pure good vs. pure evil thing going on, but it wasn't as annoying because the main character was actually put in situations where he didn't know what the right thing was, and had to struggle wi...
A big, powerful, gray feline, Joe Grey is perfectly content with his remarkable ability to understand and communicate with humans -- especially now that he has company. A mysterious accident similar to the one that enabled him to speak and read has transformed his friend Dulcie as well. The troub...
Racing the length of the courthouse roof, he hit the peaks above Jane’s Knitting, Matelle Bakery, and three upscale clothing stores. On the roof of a small motel he galloped past second-floor windows, surprising a little child looking out. From a patio café across the street, the smell of frying...
When the king promised to free Tom, the Harpy clacked her beak. “Certainly he will.” Halek laughed. “Might you show us the dispossessed Prince Wylles? Or does your mirror have the power to reach that far, Harpy?” The Harpy jabbed her beak at Halek companionably, and brought a sharp reflection of ...
By the time he’d pumped his bike back up the hill to the burn, Detective Garza was there, his tan Blazer parked in the yard, and old man Zandler was long gone. Garza wore jeans and a faded down jacket, his dark Latino eyes smiling when he looked at Billy. Billy had done some thinking since he cal...
This was a mission Walter Deaver seldom had to perform, and one he didn’t look forward to, particularly in this case. Jack Reed didn’t have any family to notify except his little girl, who was only maybe thirteen. Lori’s mother had died of cancer several years before, and Jack was all the child h...
Across the green hills, fog drifted in a pale scarf that feathered and vanished as they moved inland up the two-lane road between pastures and small farms; in the yards of the scattered houses, yellow acacia trees bloomed, their honey-scented flowers bright against the pink blossoms of plum and c...
The scrutiny of that man by the pond had made her edgy. Light from the main pavilion shone from behind her down the wide stairs; she imagined Kit peering out beneath the leather flap at the sunny vistas and at the paintings spaced along the walls, oils and watercolors, many of the bright Californ...