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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780061056000 ISBN: 0061056006 Label: Avon Manufacturer: Avon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: June 01, 1996 Publisher: Avon Release Date: April 01, 1996 Studio: Avon Editorial Review: Product Description: "I had to split. I witnessed a crime and someone is following me. Trust me. When I get this sorted out, I'll be home. I am still your cat, and I guess I miss you..." Joe Gray jumped down to the floor without hanging up the phone. He was trapped in an unfolding nightmare. First he found he could understand human speech (who would have guessed they had so little to say?). Then he found he could talk (useful for scaring dogs) and even read. He got worried when he found himself feeling human emotions like guilt and sympathy. He even caught himself planning his day! All that, Joe Gray could have handled. If only he hadn't found himself in the alley behind Jolly's Deli the night Beckwhite was murdered... Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Fantasy/MysteryI've read all these cat books by Shirley Murphy. My husband and daughter got intrigued by them too. They are well written and fun. I can hardly wait for the next book which is coming out early next year. Joe Grey and Dulcie are cats. They help the cops of Molena Point CA to solve mysteries by poking their little selves into places no cop could get into..at least not legally. They can talk...but only a very few people know this. Joe is wise enough to know some people would use him for their own purposes ... Read More Rating:  - Disappointing but the Author is TalentedI was disappointed in this novel for several reasons. One is that it's more like science fiction or fantasy than a mystery. I found the transformations described somewhat awkward and the plot mundane. While this is certainly a talented writer, I was less fascinated by the cats in the story than I was simply creeped out by them. It reminded me somewhat of the Val Lewton film, "Cat People," which still holds up as a "cat horror" story. At times I found it disturbing despite failed attempts at humor, desired ... Read More Rating: - Literary potato chips: two-dimensional empty caloriesThere's an entire genre of cat fantasy going back at least as far as Tad Williams' "Tailchaser's Song" in 1985, and by extension to the greater strain of anthropomorphic storytelling that reaches to Aesop. So, if you enjoy a story with a feline main character, if you like books where the cats are smarter than the humans who love and pamper them, if you're always up for a mystery in which the character with the tail gets all the good one-liners and solves the case, then you'll probably like this one. Really, though, ... Read More Rating: - Sentient catsI have loved this series from the get go and recommended to people I hoped could get past the idea of cats who can read, speak and solve mysteries and yet be wholly CAT. I haven't had a lot of luck, but I am a big fan of Joe Grey et al. The mysteries are good and the characters endearing. Rating: - Inauspicous beginningeThis is the first book in a series of crime novels featuring English speaking cats and their human housemates. We are introduced to Joe Grey who discovers, to his utter bewilderment, that he can understand human-speak; speak English; and read and write as well. As if this is not upsetting enough, he is trying to deal with all of that when he is a witness to a murder. And to top it all off, the murderer notices him and chases him trying to kill Joe. As the story develops, we find out that having cats who ... Read More |
