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Cat on the Edge: A Joe Grey Mystery

by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

A feline witness takes on a coastal-village murder

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A feline witness takes on a coastal-village murder

Joe Grey begins with an ordinary tomcat’s startling discovery that he can understand—and speak—human language. That new ability becomes dangerous after he witnesses a killing behind a deli in Carmel-by-the-Sea and is noticed at the scene. With no easy way to tell the authorities what he knows, Joe is pulled from his familiar routines into investigating the crime himself. The novel frames its mystery around an unusual witness whose vulnerability is as important as his access to the case, pairing a small coastal-community setting with the premise of a talking cat pursuing a killer.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy mysteries with animal protagonists
  • Fans of small-town or coastal-village crime fiction
  • Those interested in a detective story built around a nonhuman witness

Themes

Animal perspectiveMurder investigationSecrets and witness riskCoastal village life

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Book overview

The charming first book in the delightfully cozy Joe Grey Cat Mystery series. Joe--a tomcat who is suddenly able to understand humans--is the sole witness to a murder in the quaint coastal village of Carmel-by-the-Sea and finds his relaxing days of curling up and catching mice are now on the line.

He thought it was a perfect crime... the only witness was a cat.

It's been quite a week for Joe Grey. First, the large, silver feline is alarmed to discover, when his owner yells at him to dispose of a mouse, that he can understand human language and even more shocking, that he can speak it as well! Then he has the misfortune to witness a murder in the alley behind Jolly's Deli--and worse, to be seen witnessing it. It's all a nightmare for a cat who would prefer to sleep the day away carefree. With his nine lives suddenly at risk, Joe has no choice but to get to the bottom of the heinous crime--because his mouse-hunting days are over for good unless he can help bring a killer to justice.

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