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    Cat Breaking Free: A Joe Grey Mystery
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    Cat Breaking Free: A Joe Grey Mystery
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    Cat Breaking Free: A Joe Grey Mystery

    By Shirley Rousseau Murphy

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    The fur starts flying when a gang from L.A. comes up to tranquil Molena Point, California, and begins breaking into the village's quaint shops. The fur of Joe Grey, Feline P.I., that is. After all, Molena Point has been his home since he was a kitten eating scraps from the garbage behind the local delicatessen, and he doesn't take well to marauding strangers. Joe even wonders whether the blonde who's moved into next to his human companion Clyde could be a part of the gang––she's been acting pretty suspicious lately. But when the strangers start trapping and caging feral cats––speaking cats like Joe and his girlfriend Dulcie––it proves too much for the intrepid four–footed detective. And when one of the gang is murdered, and a second mysterious death comes to light, he has no choice but to try to stop the crimes. Joe, Dulcie, and their tattercoat friend Kit, who used to be a stray herself, are deep into the investigation when they are able to release the three trapped cats. But as Kit leads them away to freedom, will she herself return to that wild life?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061740114
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    Cat Breaking Free: A Joe Grey Mystery
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    Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Shirley Rousseau Murphy is the author of twenty mysteries in the Joe Grey series, for which she has won the Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion nine years running, and has received ten national Cat Writers’ Association Awards for best novel of the year. She is also a noted children’s book author, and has received five Council of Authors and Journalists Awards. She lives in Carmel, California, where she serves as full-time household help to two demanding feline ladies.

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    • 4/5
      I love this series!Joe, Dulcie, and Kit try to put an end to the rash of robberies in Molena Point, and discover why the leading thieves are interested in talking cats.
    • 4/5
      I love this series!Joe, Dulcie, and Kit try to put an end to the rash of robberies in Molena Point, and discover why the leading thieves are interested in talking cats.
    • 4/5
      On the edge of your seat reading. Joe is on the tail of a literal cat burglar--talk about clever! Really good book!
    • 4/5
      I love this series!Joe, Dulcie, and Kit try to put an end to the rash of robberies in Molena Point, and discover why the leading thieves are interested in talking cats.