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Title: The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog by Marian Babson ISBN: 0-312-28497-7 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 06 August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This book combines two Babson delights
Comment: One of them is cats. Besides lovely Cho-Cho-San, there's a gentleman theatre cat named Garrick. The other delight is that Trixie and Evangeline, the former Hollywood Golden Age movie stars from REEL MURDER, ENCORE MURDER, and BREAK A LEG, DARLINGS!; are back.
Overbearing and obnoxious characters abound, not least Evageline herself. Loved the idea she came up with to cure one actor's lackluster performance, though. There're interesting recipes that are being tested for a cookbook for people on the road, such as how to make a nicely poached egg when you don't have a egg poacher with you. Pity the cookbook is on a tight deadline and the recipe tester is stuck with the suspects. Will it be safe to eat anything in THAT kitchen?
The strength of this book is in its wickedly diverting dialog, to use an old phrase. If you're in the mood to put up your feet and spend a cozy afternoon chortling (while giving thanks that Trixie has to deal with those people instead of you), I recommend this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A fast, fun read for cozy mystery lovers
Comment: This fast read is the latest of Babson's books and is a lot of fun. Don't look for any actual detection- there isn't much. Instead you get unforgettable characters, a geisha-girl cat and an evening with friends Evangaline and Trixie, actresses deluxe. Not so good as an introduction to Marian Babson but delightful for fans.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hilarious who-done-it
Comment: Everything is quiet and settled for actresses of stage and screen, Evangeline Sinclair and Trixie Dolan until they receive a call from fellow thespian Dame Cecile Savoy. The Dame's beloved Maltese Fleur de-Lys has died after twenty years and she needs her friends around her in her time of grief. When they arrive in Brighton, driven there by their friend Eddie in his taxi, they take Fleur to the taxidermist.
When they arrive at the store, nobody seems to be in sight so they spread out looking for the owner. Trixie finds a live cat waiting to be stuffed and saves it when a fire breaks out. All four leave the scene unharmed but Eddie tells his friends he saw a dead body. A neighbor writes down the plate number of his car and the police arrest Eddie. Trixie and Evangeline stay with a friend in Brighton determined to find a way to clear Eddie. However, another dead body, found in their friend's basement, sidetracks them. In their usual befuddled manner, the duo try to fix things and end up turning things into a comedy of errors.
Marian Babson has written another witty whimsical cozy that will appeal to animal lovers and mystery readers who don't like blood and gore in their tales. The two protagonists are delightfully dotty as is the support cast, who seems to live in their own artistic realm. THE CAT WHO WASN'T A DOG is another winner by an author who can always be counted on to deliver a fine tale in this case of a tail.
Harriet Klausner
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Title: Tourists are for Trapping by Marian Babson ISBN: 0312990995 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 13 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: In the Teeth of Adversity by Marian Babson ISBN: 0312991037 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 07 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up by Joanna Carl ISBN: 0451209850 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun ISBN: 0399151079 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 26 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Bell, Book, and Scandal : A Jane Jeffry Mystery by Jill Churchill ISBN: 0060097973 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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