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A review by frietje9
Catch as Cat Can by Sneaky Pie Brown, Rita Mae Brown
3.5
When a mechanic dies a quiet death at a party in the small town of Crozet, Virginia, things are about to get very interesting. Harry, who works at the post office, has a habit of getting in the middle of police investigations, just because she is so curious. Although, her 2 cats and 1 dog may also have something to do with it.
This book is one of many in a detective series about one of the cats Mrs. Murphy. It is an interesting way of telling a story and it certainly had me compelled, since the cats, dogs, and other animals one might meet in their daily lives, all get a voice and dialogue. Even though the animals understand each other, the humans still do not hear anything other than barking and meowing. Which sometimes leads to the cats figuring out things way earlier than the humans, but most of the time incapable of communicating it.
I found Catch as Cat Can in the 'library' here in my hostel in Costa Rica and was mainly drawn to it by the presence of cats (crazy cat lady, right here!), but I am definitely going to see if I can find the other books somewhere as well as they are very entertaining.
It is nothing too complicated and very easy to read. However, the great amount of people involved (pretty much the entire town) sometimes makes it a bit confusing to keep up with who's who, and what were they doing again?? Especially when it all was unraveled and the cop explains the whole thing I got lost in all the names.
This book is one of many in a detective series about one of the cats Mrs. Murphy. It is an interesting way of telling a story and it certainly had me compelled, since the cats, dogs, and other animals one might meet in their daily lives, all get a voice and dialogue. Even though the animals understand each other, the humans still do not hear anything other than barking and meowing. Which sometimes leads to the cats figuring out things way earlier than the humans, but most of the time incapable of communicating it.
I found Catch as Cat Can in the 'library' here in my hostel in Costa Rica and was mainly drawn to it by the presence of cats (crazy cat lady, right here!), but I am definitely going to see if I can find the other books somewhere as well as they are very entertaining.
It is nothing too complicated and very easy to read. However, the great amount of people involved (pretty much the entire town) sometimes makes it a bit confusing to keep up with who's who, and what were they doing again?? Especially when it all was unraveled and the cop explains the whole thing I got lost in all the names.