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Title: Cat on the Scent by RITA MAE BROWN ISBN: 0-553-57541-4 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.76 (34 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Mildly enjoyable, but not greatly memorable
Comment: Although I'll still give it three stars for the simple reason that Rita Mae Brown writes with enjoyable style, I can't recommend CAT ON THE SCENT as highly some others in the "Mrs. Murphy" series. Brown's mystery novels have always been more about funny characters than plot, but this particular novel pretty much throws plot completely out the window.
CAT ON THE SCENT finds Mary "Harry" Harristeen (the young postmistress of tiny Crozet, Virginia) and her friends (both human and animal) drawn into a series of mysterious deaths that may or may not have something to do with a proposed reservoir. As usual, the writing is bright and the characters (including the felines Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and canine Tee Tucker) are entertaining... but on this occasion Brown seems to be straining her concept of animal characters, the overall novel seems unfocused, and many readers will find the conclusion frustrating. Mildly enjoyable, but not greatly memorable.
Rating: 4
Summary: Crozet's Billionaire Boys Club
Comment: Civil War reenactments, small planes, shady land investments, and boys with expensive toys, plus the usual requisite dead bodies, are the focus of Cat On The Scent, the 7th Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown [and her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown]. Harry Haristeen, postmistress of Crozet, Virginia, and her amazing companion animals Mrs. Murphy, Pewter [the cats], and Tucker [the dog] are on the case as always. The novel starts off well enough, but loses its way towards the end. Reading the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries has always meant an extra measure of suspended disbelief [the animals talk to each other and always solve the mysteries before the humans do], but in this story the animals push the need to suspend disbelief over the edge with behavior that is way beyond what had been established for the animal characters in the previous six novels. The end is muddied in a way that makes me believe that the author never firmly decided whodunit and finally just ended the book. One of the novel's B-stories, involving a relative of Harry's and a dead baby buried in the "bone yard" of a farm, is very interesting and I would have liked to see that story expanded. I did enjoy the novel, but not as much as the earlier ones. This one rates about a 3.6 stars compared to the others. If you're into the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries, you should read this one for the continuity, but if you're looking to try one of the novels in the series, I'd recommend that you pick another one to start with.
Rating: 5
Summary: Welcome Back To Crozet!
Comment: I have read all of Rita's & Sneaky Pie Brown's Mrs. Murphy tales (or is that tails(?)) "Cat on the Scent" was terrific! Unlike the others I have read, there are moments of great sadness among Harry's friends that makes them even more three-dimensional. I enjoyed this read very much. Thank you Rita and Sneaky!
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Title: Pawing Through the Past by RITA MAE BROWN ISBN: 0553580256 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Murder, She Meowed by RITA MAE BROWN ISBN: 0553572377 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Pay Dirt by RITA MAE BROWN ISBN: 0553572369 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Murder on the Prowl by RITA MAE BROWN ISBN: 0553575406 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Claws and Effect by RITA MAE BROWN ISBN: 0553580906 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 29 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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