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Title: Cat on the Edge : A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy ISBN: 0-06-105600-6 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Atypical Cat Tale
Comment: I started reading this book expecting another Koko or Louie type of mystery novel. To my surprise, I found was dealing with another beast entirely. Shirley Murphy has her own, unusual approach to the feline mystery story.
Joe Grey, the main cat of this book suddenly discovers two things. He can speak/think like a human, and he is the witness to a murder. Murphy handles this as the crisis it would be in a cat's life, and that's the first surprise the book has to offer. Joe no sooner adapts to being the only English speaking cat on the block when he discovers he is being hunted by the murderer. To protect his owner, Joe leaves home to handle this. We are actually treated to Joe calling his owner on the phone to explain why he has gone missing.
As the story progresses we discover that another cat, Dulcie, also witnessed the murder and can now speak and think in human. Needless to say, this is a match made in heaven. The cats immediately team up to bring the murderer to justice.
In the meantime, the murderer somehow turns a woman (Kate) who is an intended victim into a cat. He uses a kind of Welsh magic. This is never particularly well explained. She discovers her husband is invovled in the crimes and sets out to even the score.
As you can tell, there is a lot of willing suspension of belief going on. What is surprising is that Shirley Murphy comes very close to pulling it off. She treats each of the semi-feline characters with great respect and the develop really and enchanting personalities (well, the cats do, Kate comes out a bit flat, despite a big part). Other than the oddity of some characters being cats the story line is a typical thriller/crime novel, involving murder, car theft and counterfeiting. At first this approach gave me some trouble, but I finally got into the groove and stopped expecting the story to behave in a particular way.
The two cats, Joe and Dulcie, really are charming. Joe even manages to deliver a fine moral lesson that even a human could understand. While I still find the tale a bit peculiar, I've decided to continue reading the series to see how things work out.
Rating: 4
Summary: A most unique "Whodunit"
Comment: This book is pretty well written, although the author has improved her technique in later books of the series. This is the first book of the "Joe Grey" series. The two main characters are cats who have learned to understand and speak the English language. The cat characters are really well done, showing a good understanding of cat nature by the author. The human characters that the cats play off of are not quite so vivid, but reasonably believable. The irritating tendency to switch back and forth between different characters in each chapter is a pretty minor flaw and may be a plus to some readers. It does tend to highten the suspense. This is a "Fantasy Whodunit" that is different from any others I've read. I think it's a valuable addition to the "Whodunit" genre and is certainly of great interest to cat lovers. The books that follow, in this series, get better and better.
Rating: 5
Summary: in suspence
Comment: You wouldn't believe that cats talked,thought, or had feelings like humans. Joe grey has that, and now he's solving a murder mystery in one of the most normal towns you would ever have heard of; never any big problems, just the mischeif of all the neighborhood cats. Joe was the only witness, he thought, to the murder, and the person who did it is after him because he knows Joe's secret. Hiding in the shadows was Dulcie. The second of the three witnesses, whom also walked on four feet with the mysterious talent. Dulcie and Joe both discover they are one of the same, and work together to find the victims killer.
This movie was a very suspesful and some parts breath holding. I highely recommend it to people who love murder mysteries. Even if you aren't much for animal stories, this is one to at least pick up. It changes your perception on animals and opens your mind to a whole new different world of thoughts. The book leaves you wanting more.
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Title: Cat Under Fire : A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy ISBN: 0061056014 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cat Raise the Dead : A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy ISBN: 0061056022 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cat in the Dark : A Joe Grey Mystery (Joe Grey Mysteries (Paperback)) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy ISBN: 0061059471 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cat Spitting Mad : A Joe Grey Mystery (Joe Grey Mysteries (Paperback)) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy ISBN: 0061059897 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cat To The Dogs: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy ISBN: 0061059889 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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