Cat Breaking Free, Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Cat Breaking Free, Shirley Rousseau Murphy
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Cat Breaking Free

Author: Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2008

Synopsis

The fur starts flying when a gang from LA comes up to tranquil Molena Point, California, and begins breaking into the village's quaint shops. Joe Grey, feline PI, has called Molena Point home since he was a kitten, and he doesn't take well to marauding strangers. Joe even wonders whether the blonde who's moved in 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 it proves too much for Grey. And when one of the gang is murdered, and a second mysterious death comes to light, he has no choice but to try and stop the crimes.

About Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Shirley Rousseau Murphy is a noted children’s book author who has received several Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists Awards. She is also the author of the popular Joe Grey mystery series for adults, for which she has received nearly a dozen national Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallions. She and her husband live in Carmel, California, where they serve as full-time household help for two demanding feline ladies.

About William Dufris

William Dufris attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before pursuing a career in voice work in London and then the United States. He has won more than twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, was voted one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile magazine, and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2012 for best nonfiction narration. He lives with his family in Maine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betty on November 04, 2019

Returning from weekend outing Charlie comes across a sentient cat in a steel cage. She releases him. On the same trip The riders find a biker DEAD at the bottom of a revine. Kit recognizes the cat in the cage and says he is Stone Eye, the leader of her clowder. They have return to Hellhag Hill. Joe is a......more

Goodreads review by Marfita on March 15, 2010

Once I get past the problem of talking cats: talking, crime-fighting housecats ... come to think of it, maybe I can't get past that. This is definitely a series for cat lovers: soppy, anthropomorphizing cat lovers. Okay, I pretend my cats talk, but I don't go much beyond "Why don't you feed me?" and......more

Goodreads review by Christi on May 02, 2024

This is a charitable 3 stars - more like 2.5. The writing is so abysmal that I am surprised this series is so long. I love just about any book with talking animals but this was a rough slog to get through. For example, “her neat butt in her snug jeans.” For real. The mystery was interesting and the......more

Goodreads review by TheIron on January 20, 2016

I love seeing the world from the perspective of animals (Chet and Bernie, Traveller, Racing in the Rain), but Murphy has simply put a human in a cat's body and given them a few cat like traits. The characters are cardboard (maybe because this is #11) and the plot kind of weak. There are many better......more

Quotes

“A complex, well-crafted plot and lively, credible characters will leave fans purring with pleasure.”  Publishers Weekly

“If a cat really could speak, one imagines that he would speak in the sardonic, superior tone that Dufris uses for Joe. The humans are well done too; all are portrayed with nuances and subtleties that enhance the story. Fans of the series will delight in Dufris’ layered performance.” AudioFile

“An intriguing whodunit.” Booklist

“Innovative and well-crafted, Murphy’s latest is as much as mystery as it is a testament to the friendship between feline and man. The feline characters are as well-developed as the human characters, conferring the novel with a special flair.” RT Book Reviews (4 stars)

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