Cat Shining Bright

The stakes are higher and more personal than ever for feline investigator Joe Grey when death comes to his beloved coastal California town in this twentieth installment of the enchanting cat mystery series.

While new father Joe Grey is overjoyed to teach his three young kittens about the world, he misses his cop work — secretly helping solve crimes alongside his human friends at Molena Point P. D. But when beautician Barbara Conley and one of her customers are found dead in the salon, Joe makes an exception, he heads for the crime scene. He has no idea that the kittens are following him, or how they will complicate the investigation.

But this is not the only danger to the kittens. A stranger is lurking around the home of Joe’s tabby lady, Dulcie, where the kittens were born. Both parents’ backs are up and their claws out, ready to protect their babies and to protect Wilma Getz, Dulcie’s human housemate.

As the death of the beautician becomes entangled with a gang of thieves working the village, Joe, Dulcie, Kit and Pan are all into the investigation; and they are led to unexpected connections, to the building of the new cat shelter and to a neighbor who becomes suddenly an unexpected part of the tangle.

Joe Grey fans will relish this latest installment following their favorite feline detective and his growing group of friends.

“Praise for The Joe Grey Series: "This is delightful entertainment. It would be a true cat-tastrophe if you let it pass you by."”

Praise for The Joe Grey Series: “This is delightful entertainment. It would be a true cat-tastrophe if you let it pass you by.” — Todd David Schwartz, CBS Radio, Four Stars (Highest Rating) on Cat Coming HomePraise for Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s feline mysteries: “The book’s charm lies in the clever cats and the people they care about. This is a must read for those who enjoy the feline side of sleuthing.” — Romantic Times BOOKclub“Author Shirley Rousseau Murphy is, as always, a great storyteller. . . . After all this time, these books still are so much fun that they can’t be put down, cat lover or not.” — Suspense Magazine“Joe Grey and Dulcie aren’t your ordinary feline detectives. Murphy’s raised the stakes of the feline sleuth genre.” — Kirkus Reviews

In addition to her popular Joe Grey mystery series for adults, for which she has received eight national Cat Writers’ Association Awards for best novel of the year, Murphy is a noted children’s book author who has received five Council of Authors and Journalists Awards. She and her husband live in Carmel, California, where they serve as full-time household help to two demanding feline ladies.

When death pays a visit to his beloved coastal California town, the stakes are dangerously high for feline investigator Joe Grey... Dulcie has given birth to a trio of adorable kittens, two little boys as pale as sand and one winsome calico girl. Proud new father Joe Grey wants to keep his precocious offspring safe from his detective work secretly helping solve crimes alongside his human friends at Molena Point PD. A ring of car thieves has recently hit their village and a slew of small towns along the Northern California coast. When the local beautician and one of her customers are found murdered in the salon, Joe's superb instincts soon lead him and the police closer to the culprits. But the investigation is unexpectedly complicated when three curious young cats decide to take matters into their own paws. To solve the murders, stop the gang of thieves, and keep their babies safe, Joe and Dulcie eagerly dig their claws into a hair-raising search that leads to unexpected connections, to the building of a new cat shelter, and to a neighbor who suddenly becomes a part of the tangle.

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