
Cat Pay the Devil
A Joe Grey Mystery
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 13, 2009
Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place.
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- Who it’s for
- Feline sleuths bring an unexpectedly sharp edge to a coastal-town mystery.
- Themes
- Crime and murder, Protecting a beloved community, Feline characters with special powers
- Pacing
- Fast
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Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it's not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out. But if you're a thief named Cage Jones, you've just sprung yourself from the clink, and the woman who turned state's witness and helped put you behind bars lives there––where better to go than Molena Point?
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Wily Tomcat Joe Grey knows that something sinister is afoot when he hears about Cage Jones––but he doubts that his girlfriend Dulcie's suspicions that the escaped thief is after Dulcie's human companion, Wilma, are justified. But when Jones shoots a federal officer, and the bodies of two peaceful, local residents are found brutally murdered in their home, even the suspicious Feline Detective knows that things are only going to get worse. Paw–in–paw with Dulcie and their tattercoat friend Kit, the indomitable feline trio––with special powers that only a few select humans are privy to––team up to capture the thief, and in one of award–winning author Shirley Rousseau Murphy's most suspenseful and unforgettable books to date, bring peace to the town they love.
Paws and Peril
Feline sleuths bring an unexpectedly sharp edge to a coastal-town mystery.
Come here for
- A wily tomcat and his feline partners on the case
- Coastal calm crossed with escaped-convict suspense
Expect
- Special feline powers known to only a few humans
- Murder and danger alongside the detective work
Where it sits
| Cozy Mysteries with Pets | 73% |
|---|---|
| Cozy Paranormal Mysteries | 62% |
| Animal Fiction | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy
- Paranormal Fantasy
- Mystery
- International Crime Fiction
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- Romantic Suspense
- Women's Fiction
- Authors
- Shirley Rousseau Murphy
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 13, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Crime and murder · Protecting a beloved community · Feline characters with special powers
- Reading lane
- Fantasy