Cat on the scent

by Rita Mae Brown

Other authorsSneaky Pie Brown

Paper Book, 1999

Publication

Bantam Dell

Collection

Eiland Center

Call number

Fiction B

Physical description

318 p.; 17.5 cm

Status

Available

Call number

Fiction B

Description

After a plane crashes in Crozet, Virginia, the pilot's body is discovered in the refrigerator of a local food plant. An investigation is launched by Mrs. Murphy, the tiger cat of the local postmistress.

Series

Mrs. Murphy Mysteries (7)

Genres

Mystery

All Topics

Fiction

User reviews

LibraryThing member readerbynight

Enjoyable and light-heartedIf the humans could understand the animals what a better world this would be. Sneaky-Pie Brown could write books solo! For light-hearted reading these books are a delight. The animal characters are consistent book to book, as are the human characters. This is not to say

the characters stagnate, they grow and evolve throughout the series. But for solving even the animals make mistakes sometimes. When bodies begin to show up, the animals' "Mom", "Harry" Haristeen knows something is being missed, but can't quite get it. "Mrs. Murphy" has a lot of knowledge to impart, but even she has to rethink the situation and recovers the ground. This story has a lot of twists and turns and we learn a great deal more about the wonderful characters of Crozet.

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LibraryThing member JalenV

Cat on the Scent is the Mrs. Murphy mystery that went overboard on what the cats and corgi managed to accomplish. Luckily, the authors paid attention and the animal sleuths' abilities were toned down again.

This is also the book in which we learn a deep secret about Aunt Tally. Her father may have

thought he was doing the right thing, but I suspect he got a nasty surprise after he died.

I enjoyed the narration.

Overall, it's a nice enough entry in the series, but I think the wrong persons got murdered.

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