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Publication Date: 18 Dec 2002 | Series: A Joe Grey mystery
Fans of Lillian Jackson Braun and Rita Mae Brown and cat lovers everywhere will delight in this newest mystery featuring two furry felines on the scent of a killer.
Famous novelist Elliot Traynor is temporarily living in Molena Point. He and his wife don't have much to do with the villagers, which is fine with them since no one particularly likes Vivi. But their arrival has coincided with some peculiar happenings in the town, culminating with a botched burglary in the home of 60-something Susan Brittian. Susan is a friend to feline detectives Joe Grey and Dulcie and they aren't going to let this crime go unpunished. With whiskers twitching they investigate the crime and soon find themselves on the scent of a killer.
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First Sentence
The man lay facedown, bleeding into the braided rug of Susan Brittain's breakfast room, the fallen keyboard of Susan's computer dangling from the edge of her desk and dripping blood onto his face. Read the first page
A great book for anyone who loves cats. They are clever and cunning and the author once again sets out to prove it. If you have read the other Joe Gray mystery books you are familiar with the intelligent crime solving cat Joe and his Molena Point friends, both human and feline. With the help of his feline friends he gets involved the mystery of the new Molena Point residents, author Elliot Traynor and his wife Vivi. To the amazement of the humans,( those who know that he is the detective that is!) he manages to sum up the situation correctly and inform the police. To the police force he is just another anonymous voice giving them all the best leads. It's a great book! Buy it! It has humor and it keeps you turning the pages!
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:4.6 out of 5 stars 17 reviews
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsProbably Murphy's Best to Date6 Jan 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I've read all the Joe Grey and Dulcie mysteries but this is one that has been most satisfying. I kept thinking "Hey, this ought to a movie!" The Senior Survivors, the romances of Charlie and Clyde and other human-related goings on keep the pace of the book from dragging which some of the earlier books tended to do, because Ms. Murphy is a fine writer with great descriptive abilities BUT that tends to be romantic and contrary to all good mysteries. Unfortunately those flowery passages in the past have been overlong in my estimation, frustrating my reasons for reading mysteries - finding the clues. Happily that hasn't been the case here. The end is a surprise and the cat's continued meddling in police affairs doesn't disappoint those of us who know that felines are really just people with fangs and fur. She still writes with great flourishes, bolstering and adding to the mystery's atmosphere rather than overpowering the plot. All in all, I loved the book and recommend it to all cat lovers who crave mysteries!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsTeriffic addition to the series3 Jan 2002
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Renowned author Elliot Traynor and his wife Vivi move from New York to Molena Point, California, so that the dying writer can finish his final novel and direct his only play, Thorns of Gold. However, the Pacific community residents quickly abhor the outsiders as Vivi's air of superiority gets on everyone's nerves and Elliot's health does not allow him to smooth the relationships.
However, the townsfolk soon have deeper concerns than the nasty comportment of the Traynors. Someone attacked the two actresses competing for the lead female role in Thorns of Gold. Cat detectives Joe Grey and Dulcie, already intrigued by the Traynors, decide to investigate the assaults that left one actress dead. Neither feline realizes how close they will come to losing a life or two.
The seventh Grey and Dulcie tale continues the same style humor and who-done-it that makes this one of the top or perhaps the best feline amateur sleuth series today. The two charming cats perform in a myriad of roles ranging from detective, counselors, and psychologists to their erratic human pets. CAT LAUGHING LAST is an amusing two tail tale that fans of award winning Shirley Rousseau Murphy's series will fully enjoy.
Harriet Klausner
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 starsMurder is the least of the mysteries30 Sep 2004
By Chrijeff - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
In a departure from Murphy's usual pattern, this seventh Joe Grey mystery doesn't really turn on a murder--there is one, but it doesn't occur till halfway through the book. Nevertheless, Molena Point is certainly suffering through some weird goings-on. Why is the famous author who has come to live in the village not writing up to his usual standard? Who vandalized Susan Brittain's home, and why? What is the attraction of a battered old wooden chest found in a local yard sale, for which a village antique dealer is willing to commit assault? And what does would-be stage star Fern Barth have on author Traynor to make him insist that she be cast as the lead of the Little Theater's production of his novel? Only Joe, his partner Dulcie, and their stage-struck protege Kit could assemble the information and put it together so the humans could act on the hidden truth. Meanwhile, Joe must put up with the angst of human housemate Clyde Damen, who has lost his casual girlfriend, Charlie Getz, to his lifelong buddy, Police Chief Max Harper, and is pondering the possibility of selling the cottage that has become Joe's beloved base of operations. Among the most delightful scenes in this book are those involving little Kit, who manages to nab a prominent part in the play. And Joe, with "the freewheeling approach [that only] a cat could employ," ends up with the last laugh indeed.
