Cat Playing Cupid (Joe Grey Mystery Series, 14)

I have NEVER read such wonderful books. Not only do all the characters care deeply about each other and help each other, but you have Celtic tales running though them and murder mysteries and the wonderment of the police as they try to figure out how the heck do these unknown snitches do it! Each time you read one you will say, the author cannot possibly do it again but then you find she can! These books are so fantastic I have read some twice and others 3 times - The Catswold Portal too! BUY THEM - you will NEVER be sorry!

I am addicted to the Joe Grey mysteries - so much so that I couldn't wait for the paperback edition and had to get the hardback version - all the way from Australia. For the later books in this series, it's probably better to have read one or two of the earlier books to get a feel for the talking felines. What I love about these books is the good read along with the humour and the totally believeable concept of talking cats. Murphy has developed a cast of characters (feline and human)about whom the reader gets to care about. I can't wait to read the next book because I have got to know the characters so well. Does this book live up to expectations? Yes, it does. The interaction between Joe Grey and his tabby lady Dulcie is still as sharp as ever. Kit the tortoishell is growing up fast and falls in love with another talking cat. I am not going to give the plot away, but fans of this series won't be disappointed.

These stories are so hard to put down! Never a dull moment! I hope this series continues for many years to come. I know I won't find one as entertaining and easy to read.

I love Shirley Rousseau Murphy's delightful Joe Grey series, and each book seems better than the last. Romance is the theme in this one, the 14th in the series, with Clyde Damen and Ryan Flannery tying the knot at last, on Valentine's Day. Also involved in this story are two murders in the past, and the discovery of a old, hidden book of "folktales" that could reveal the secret of the special talking cats, Joe Grey, Dulcie, Kit, and others living in the area who are feral. This whole series, with its lovely small-town setting in coastal Northern California, and its lovable, interesting characters, feline, human and canine, is an amazing accomplishment. Murphy is a wonderful writer and storyteller who somehow manages to make the reader believe in these speaking, crime-solving cats. And there's a fascinating Celtic mythological background behind these special felines. It's best to read this series in order, beginning with Cat on the Edge, because the characters go through many changes in their lives, and we meet lots of new ones as the series continues. I enjoyed these books so much the first time that I have started a reread of the entire series.

This, the latest in the Molena Point Cat Mysteries, combines once again the delightful local color of Carmel -- and the entire Monterey Peninsula -- with another, almost believable, story of talking felines and the their involvement in solving local mysteries. I love Shirley Rousseau Murphy's books for adults and children alike. The Joe Grey mysteries carry so much mythology that readers, especially adult ones, find themselves gobbling up slight-shiver-inducing, mysterious tales of the past while enjoying some splendid, modern who-done-it work at the same time. May Joe Grey (along with his feline, canine, and human friends) and their creator stay around for a long time to come! P.S. Read _The Catswold Portal_, if you want to sample more of Shirley's writing.