Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Cat On The Scent
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Rita Mae Brown
Class/Genre: Mystery Cozy Cats Woman Main Character
Series: Mrs. Murphy # 7
Bantam, Mar 1999, $23.95, 326 pp.
Normally nothing exciting occurs in Crozet, Virginia. However, when something happens, usually Harry Harristeen ends up in the middle of the action due to the activities of her three pets. Crozet is a unique hamlet where the pets, unbeknownst to their human counterparts, are as intelligent, if not more so, than their Homo Sapiens "owners".
Harry's trio include the ingenious Mrs. Murphy, who must have been Machiavelli in a previous life, Pewter, and Tucker. The trio shares a curiosity beyond that of a typical and happy pet.. Thus, when someone is actually shot during a Civil War reenactment, the trio of feline detectives begins to investigate. Meanwhile, another person is murdered and a business is burned to the ground. Harry's roommates feel the three incidents are related. They place their owner in protective custody as they go try to ferret out the identity of the culprit.
CAT ON THE SCENT is a whimsical cozy filled with an amusing Dr. Doolittle aura within a well-designed who-done-it. Readers will believe that animals can talk, relate, and do cognitive thinking and inductive reasoning as well an any amateur sleuth. Like their previous "Cat" tales, Rita Mae Brown and her feline consultant Sneaky Pie Brown craft an entertaining novel that meets the high standard of excellence expected from this dynamic duo.
Harriet Klausner
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