Access Cat Breaking Free: A Joe Grey Mystery Portrayed By Shirley Rousseau Murphy Presented As Mobi

does Shirley come up with these plots Such imagination, Such details!
Very complicated details too! My own mind could not but I absolutely am entertained and amused with these Cat Tales and the very descriptive Cat Tails as well.
Ir makes me wonder what my own cat, Oscar thinks, Thank you Shirley! Human loving cat stories!!!

Joe Grey is who I turn to when I'm looking for fun along with my mysteries.
! I've read several of these novels and love them!! Unfortunately, bcuz I do all my books on audio, I couldnt finish this.
I tried twice, stopped and gave it a couple days and tried again bcuz I love the characters so much.
But the new reader is male and clearly did not even try to keep the characters the same as the previous reader.
Such a shame. I wanted to finish so much and read all of these, I looked ahead to see if the reader changes again but its the same guy, Too bad. I dont have time for physical books, I do audio while I work, Doubtful Ill ever finish this series now, I love seeing the world from the perspective of animals Chet and Bernie, Traveller, Racing in the Rain, but Murphy has simply put a human in a cat's body and given them a few cat like

traits.
The characters are cardboard maybe because this isand the plot kind of weak, There are many better books in this genre, Not a fan of the detective genre in general, but this was a nice read, I can predict that these talking, crime fighting cats will be my guilty pleasure books for the year.
I just find their personalities so realistic, and I love the way they interact with each other, their humans and other cats.
Only for cat lovers, though, In case you've never heard of this particular mystery genre, and I surely hadn't, when I say "cat detective novel" I mean "novel in which the detective is a cat.
" A talking cat. Who can use the phone and stuff, In this book, we meet Chichi Barbi, who has apparently been previously involved with the tomcat's owner, Clyde.
The tomcat, Joe, dislikes her immensely, and thinks that the fact that she's moved in next door means she's up to no good.
So Joe spies on Chichi and, conveniently, she's up to no good,
sitelinkread more My review is based on the audiobook and also that this is my intro to the series.
Only one my library had

I don't remember much of the firstchapters because I was getting used to how the perspectives kept changing.
One minute you're looking at the world through joe's eyes, the next Kit's, But once I got the rhythm down, the book wasn't too bad,

I'm definitely going to find the first one and listen to it and get a better intro to the characters of the town.
I've been seeing a couple of series revolving around feline detectives so I decided to try one out to see what was the interest in the genre.
It was fairly entertaining, perhaps I would have liked it better if was intensely into cats.
I liked the characterization of the cats and how they handled situations which required them to act like regular felines.
The mystery itself moved along nicely enough, Joe Grey is a talking cat with superfeline intellect and digestive abilities, Fortunately, he has chosen to use these powers in the service of justice as a civilian investigator for the small California city of Molena Point.
Along with his fellow talking cats Dulcie and Kit, they keep solving crimes and assisting the police.


In this volume, Molena Point is invaded by a large organized robbery gang in what might be a coincidence, a woman named Chichi Barbi moves in next door to Joes human partner, Clyde.
Joe is immediately suspicious as the woman had conned Clyde out of money when they lived in the big city.
In a possibly related subplot, the feral clowder of talking cats Kit used to belong to is back in the area, and it seems that someones been setting traps for them.


This series is part of the intersection of mystery and speculative fiction, the “one impossible thing” story.
In this case, the impossible thing is talking cats, The origin of these mutants is not explained in this book, and apparently is unknown to the cats themselvesJoe just suddenly realized one day that he could talk.
Even with the feral clowder, its not known how long the natural lifespan of a talking cat is.


Much of the book is taken up by the human romantic subplot Clydes love interest Ryan, who is not in on the secret, is being harassed by a handsome, suave fellow she knew in the big city, while Chichi is coming on to Clyde in a distressingly obvious way.


Most of the plot points tie together by the end, although there are some red herrings, at least one of which doesnt get explained.


There are some editing issues, which I find distressing in a book published by HarperCollins.
There are a couple of spellchecker typos, but more importantly, theres a major time discrepancy, Its a plot point for a couple of chapters that two events are separated by several days, then a chapter later, the first event is described as “yesterday morning” even though the second event is also in the past.
It isnt relevant to solving the mystery, but speaks to characterization,

This is a good read for mystery fans who are also cat lovers, although there is some emotional abuse by one of the villains.


As you might be able to make out on the cover, this is a BookCrossing book, left in a public place to be picked up and read it will soon be going to someone else.
The fur starts flying when a gang from L, A. comes up to tranquil Molena Point, California, and begins breaking into the village's quaint shops, The fur of Joe Grey, Feline P, I. , that is. After all, Molena Point has been his home since he was a kitten eating scraps from the garbage behind the local delicatessen, and he doesn't take well to marauding strangers.
Joe even wonders whether the blonde who's moved into next to his human companion Clyde could be a part of the gangshe's been acting pretty suspicious lately.
But when the strangers start trapping and caging feral catsspeaking cats like Joe and his girlfriend Dulcieit proves too much for the intrepid fourfooted detective.
And when one of the gang is murdered, and a second mysterious death comes to light, he has no choice but to try to stop the crimes.
Joe, Dulcie, and their tattercoat friend Kit, who used to be a stray herself, are deep into the investigation when they are able to release the three trapped cats.
But as Kit leads them away to freedom, will she herself return to that wild life Talking cats are outlandish.
As talking cats go, these are over the top on what they can do, It is an engaging read with several plot lines, The foreshadowing is lighter than a number of cozy mysteries, Book was borrowed from my sisterinlaw, This just might be my favorite Cozy Mystery series EVER! This isin this longrunning fantasy catdetective series, and I'm pleased to report that it's another winner.
There are plenty of plotsummaries nearby, so I'll simply report that CPI Joe Grey, his girlfriend Dulcie, the delightful young tattercoat Kit, and their humans are all in fine form here, defending Molena Point, CA a thinlydisguised Carmel from the forces of evil, eating rich food and fixing up their houses Joe Grey now has an amazing tower lookout, and Kit acquires a delightful treehouse at story's end.
Kit steals the show this time,

If you're new to the series, you'll want to go back to the earlier ones to catch up with our furry little detectives.
Fine rainyday reading I read this one with alternating catsinlap, including our own Joe Gray, a Russian Blue who's always on the case.
th Tomcat Joe Grey, his lady friend, Dulcie, and the Kit learn that cats who can speak like then are being held captive.
Meanwhile a jewelry store in Molena Point is robbed and a two people are found dead.
It's up to the three cats to find out what's going on and to make anonymous calls to Captain Harper's phone to help solve the mystery.
"A Joe Grey Mystery" is a great cozy mystery series, especially if you like cats and the fantasy of talking cats makes you curious.
Makes me wonder about my own cats! I'll start my review by stating that I don't usually read mass market paperbacks so my comments will be biased according to my personal reading preferences.
My mom purchased this book for me when I had major surgery, and for the first week I really did enjoy the book, it was great to read a few pages and then doze off.
The cats were entertaining and I really did want to know what was going on in the story.
By the time I got to the end, though, I was bored and impatient with the stock characters and formulaic plot.
I tend to read literary fiction so this isn't my cup of tea, If you generally enjoy serial mysteries, I'd bet that this is a fun book, so maybe go for it.
I gave it two instead of one because I think it's actually better written than most of its kind.
and Rousseau Murphy has a pretty good imagination : Every Joel Grey is delightful and this does not disappoint.
All our favorite charcters are here as well as the smart talking cats we love that solve crimes.
I love the setting of Carmel village as always and enjoy reading this series, Of course we fans would like it to continue but alas it has come to an end.
Enjoy these earlier books in the series and the wonderful world the author created, This cat mystery really did not appeal to me, I realized that about two chapters into it, but I saw it through to the end.
Some parts were clever, but others so crazily ridiculous, even for a speaking amp reasoning, mysterysolving cat book.
I don't think I could stand to read another one of these, thus thestar rating from me.
Don't let the idea that the cats can talk to humans deter you, as it almost did me.
The writing is very enjoyable and the author presented her humans' and animals' emotions in a sensitive and touching light.
I was impressed. Once I get past the problem of talking cats: talking, crimefighting 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" and "Pet me, damn you, pet me!" and "I.
Hate. You. " I don't imagine some rich, inner life wherein they can reason, read how does a cat learn to read when human children take years to learn and develop fluidity, discuss clues, or call each other on cell phones.

I mean, try to imagine a cat manipulating a cell phone, I can hardly punch those buttons and I have opposable thumbs!
But once you get past that.
. .
And I also had trouble with the names of characters, Murphy has a tendency to give lead female characters masculine names: Ryan and Charlie, I'm still not sure about Scotty, Might be a woman, might not, This makes keeping track of people very confusing, even with the list I made of people and the names of their pets.
It's a rather extensive list,
But once you get past that no, really, It was an interesting mystery about, gosh, real crime! Real crime like burglary! Oh, and some murder.
It might have been interesting as well if some humans were actually involved in detection! More than, say, informing the cats.
Let's just be glad that these cats don't have opposable thumbs or they'd be running southern California.

I think now I'll read something more sensible, like Fforde's The Big Over Easy.
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