Cat Chase the Moon audiobook

I have read all the books in the Joe Grey series and the 21st book was a reunion with old friends and some new ones. If I have a problem with reading, a Joe Grey book helps me to start reading other books. The paranormal aspects don't bother me. For a light, fun and reading book this great.Joe and Dulcie's family are growing and getting their own personalities. Buffin and Striker are living with Firettii and Buffin seem to help an ill person get better by cuddling up. This book is focused on Courtney as she is catnap and all points bulletin is issued to help find her. It not long before Dulice find where she is being held. The cats find a way into the area. Courtney refuses to leave wanting to know what were the plans for her. Molina Point is having problems with robberies occur when a person leaves the bank or is coming to the bank. Joe is intrigued by this crime. He discovers a woman being buried alive and ma aged to stop it. The Luther's become neighbors and Joe becomes friends with a youngster, Mindy. MPPD has a substitute Reception. The person does like cats and is a problem for the cats handle very well. The several points are neatly brought together for a tale. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND SERIES.

It's hard to believe that this is the 21st book in my favorite series of cat mysteries. I enjoyed it just as much as all the previous ones. I love the speaking cats (Joe Grey, Dulcie, Kit, Pan, Buffin, Courtney et al.) and their humans (Charlie, Clyde, Max, Ryan, Pedric, Lucinda et al.). These are well-told stories with lovable characters, feline and human.

The Joe Grey series was the first cat mystery series I ever read. I fell in love with Joe Grey immediately. I always anxiously awaited each book as it was released. They never sat on my TBR for long. Eventually I got away from reading the books, but continued to add them to my TBR. Not because I didn’t like them, but it was a case of too many books, too little time. When I saw a new one was being released now, I couldn’t resist.This is book #21 and previously the last one I read was #10. Quite a bit happened during that time frame. Joe has a family and children by now. I definitely need to go back and read the books I missed, but I quickly managed to catch up with my favorite characters, both feline and human.This book centers around Joe’s teenage kitten, Courtney. She is catnapped by Ulrich Seaver, owner of an antique shop. His reasons are not good ones and puts the young cat in grave danger.The humans in Molena Point are going through some of their own problems. Joe Grey found a woman who had been beaten up. Although his attentions turn towards his daughter, he also wants to help the police uncover the truth about the attack on the mysterious woman.The Joe Grey series might not be for everyone as there is a touch of paranormal involved since the cats do speak. I have always found this series to be intriguing, exciting, and cleverly written. I still feel that way. It makes me happy to read about Joe and his family. I always wonder if my cats could speak, what would they say? LOLI do recommend that this series be read from the beginning. It gives the reader a chance to get to know Joe Grey and see how this series grows with each book.FTC Disclosure: I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book from Edelweiss and the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Either it's been too long since I've read one of these or the mood of the author really is getting darker. Unfortunately, it is a mood that seems to reflect reality quite accurately. I also don't remember some of the characters (particularly Charlie) using the language they do in this book. (And I thought the little white cat had died in an earlier book- what am I thinking of?)Overall, though, as always an excellent book. I love Joe Grey and Dulcie and their pals. :-)

The magic of Joe Grey surrounds you whenever you open a book and stroll down to Molena Point. The fact this series has been going on for 21 books is amazing but not surprising. I love each and every one of the series and each is a gift from the author to us. Her skills at conjuring a special world are without equal.I have a sort of spoiler coming up right now if you haven't finished or read the book.What surprised me was how sad I am that the series ends here. The last, valedictory chapter is brief, moving and it suddenly hits you that this could be the last goodbye. No-one dies, no one gets hurt but Joe, Dulcie, Striker and Buffin will adventure no more except in our hearts. The moment the talking ferals vanish with Courtney I felt my heart break because I love Joe Grey.Thank you Shirley for a wonderful series. One that I will re-read so that I once again enter Joe's wonderful world of adventure, affection and drama.

So sad this series is done!!

I have enjoyed this whole series and love all the characters - human and feline. This book was painfully sad, however, but ended the way it probably should have. It does leave it wide open for another book in one of two different directions. Would love exploring the Netherworld with Courtney or continuing the exploits of Joe Gray and company!

Cat Chase the Moon (Joe Grey #21)by Shirley Rousseau MurphyI've followed this series from the beginning. It is one of the few that I still follow in hardback.While technically, this book is as well written as all of the other Joe Grey novels (and I did enjoy it), I struggled to give it a 4-star rating. Why?The answer is probably pretty complex, but the simple answer is the cast of characters is getting to large to easily follow. In the beginning there were Joe and Dulcie and Wilma and Clyde and Max. Then came Charlie. Then her friend, Ryan. Then there came Charlie's uncles, Dallas and Scotty, Billy, and, of course, Kate. Add in Kit and Misto's son, Pan, and Rock, and Snowball, and, of course, the kittens, Buffin, Striker, and Courtney, plus a new receptionist at the Sheriff's office and a couple of new/relatively new minor characters in the two police officers, the Seavers and their antique shop, plus the entire Luther family plus their entourage. Too much. Otherwise, the writing was a evocative as ever, the pacing seamless, the action and danger constant, with plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader awake and reading. No proofing errors, no editing errors, no cliff hanger ending. Kudos. So, this is the second adventure featuring Joe and Dulcie's kittens, Buffin, Striker, and Courtney. While Buffin and Striker had relatively minor roles in this novel, Courtney had a very big role, and, if the ending can be believed, perhaps the last we shall see of her in this series, although I'm betting the calico will show up in spin-offs, much as Misto did in his after-death adventures. Someone has noticed the uncanny resemblance Courtney has to the calico shown in old art work and tapestries regarding the Celtic speaking cats of legend. And that someone as big plans for her: a gallery devoted to the legend and the artwork surrounding it, with the modern day living calico double as its centerpiece. Once they have her, can Joe and Dulcie ever get her back? How will the Molina PD put together the disappearance of one small cat, the nearly successful murder of a woman whose identity is initially unknown, the string of burglaries they are investigating, and the domestic troubles of the family of Zebulon Luther? And once the pieces fall together, can they save those that need saving while putting away those that need putting away? So - conflicted. Enjoyed the book, but think perhaps Joe's universe is getting a bit crowded.

I hated to get to the end, knowing I didn’t have another one of this series waiting for me. I love discovering any kind of series (tv or book) late, so I can binge, just going from one to the next to the next. But then you get to the last one. 🙁 At least with this there is a possibility for more—eventually. Funny thing: as I was writing this, a catbird landed just outside my window! Haven’t seen or heard one of them in quite a while! I don’t know if it was just my state of mind, or if this is accurate, but I feel like there was more about mystical stuff than crime stuff in this one. I do hope she’s writing another one, tho. After 21 books, I feel like they’re family!

I always loved the books in this series and I loved this one.Joe Grey and the other cat are amazing and lovely as usual and it was like meeting old friends and seeing what was going on.The plot is complex, with various subplot that sometimes makes the book less engaging but pleasant nonetheless.Even if it can be read as a standalone I think this book is perfect of the fan of the series but it wouldn't be the best one to start it.I recommend it to cat lovers and whoever love this series.Many thanks to William Morrow and Edelweiss for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Even though this is the twenty-first book of the series, it is the first I have read. I do think I would have struggled less if I had read previous books. That being said, I am very intrigued about cats who can not only talk to humans, but can read newspapers and dial telephones. I have long known of cats who seem to show compassion, give comfort or help those who are ill. I was not aware of cats with a penchant to solving crimes. All said, it was a delightful romp and well worth the read.