Cat's Eyewitness (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries) by Rita Mae Brown
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Book Reviews of Cat's Eyewitness (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries)
Book Review: Good Read
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first came across this series all I could do was look at my family of four legget beasties and imagine them talking with each other and thinking what a great life they have with all those waiters and waitress taking care of them. Ha Ha on us.Book Review: Enjoyed throughly!
Summary: 5 Stars
So nice to get to know Susan better. As love always, love Harry and the kids, Mrs. Hoggendobber, and the warmth of the stories. While plot was less intricate than sometimes, was still a wonderful read.Book Review: Mystery Lite
Summary: 3 Stars
In this latest entry in the Sneaky Pie Brown mystery series, many of the residents of Crozet, Virginia are at a crossroads in life. Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen has quit her job as postmistress because her two cats - Mrs. Murphy and Pewter - and her dog, Tee Tucker, are no longer allowed there. As she tries to decide what to do next, Fair, her ex-husband, proposes for what he says will be the last time. Harry's best friend Susan, has problems of her own, including a secret she has kept buried for years; plus she is convinced that her husband, Ned, who has just been elected Senator, is cheating on her. "Boom Boom" who has always been a man killer, finds herself in a surprising relationship. While they are all dealing with these changes, Harry and Susan visit a monastery where they discover a statue of the Virgin Mary that appears to be crying tears of blood. When Susan's Uncle Thomas, a monk, is found dead kneeling at the foot of the statue, Harry suspects he was murdered. When a news reporter is brutally murdered, Harry suspects the two are related, but will she be able to catch the killer before she becomes the next victim?
"Cat's Eyewitness" is one of the weaker entries in this cozy mystery series. At times I forgot I was reading a mystery, since the book seemed more about the characters' mid-life crisis rather than the mystery itself. Taking Harry out of the post office seems to have weakened the series, as she no longer interacts as much with many of the characters that helped make this series so interesting. The book focuses on the changes the characters are going through in their lives and while I found most of the changes plausible, Boom Boom's new relationship just didn't work for me. Rita Mae Brown has always used this series as a means of expressing her personal beliefs, but she went overboard in this book with her thinly disguised lectures on issues such as politics, war, and abuse in the Catholic Church.
Devoted fans of this series will want to read "Cat's Eyewitness" but casual fans may want to skip it.
Book Review: Only if you like serious drama and hardly any mystery...
Summary: 1 Stars
This book was just awful. I was suggested this series by 2 family members so I had high hopes for it. Unfortunately, it was blatantly obvious who the murderer was from the beginning, and perhaps only 4 chapters even discussed the murder, while the rest of it consists of, "my husband is cheating on me *whine whine whine*" "nahh, giiiirl, I would know since my ex-husband soon to be husband again slept with our dear friend BoomBoom, nick-named after her large bosoms who, by the way, is now in love with our 60 year old, Angelica, a former actress who is so much more beautiful than meeee". If you like unnecessary women drama, talk about who the town slut is, who isn't, and Monks who own computers and use them for their business, get drunk, smoke, and do drugs in the mountains, then, please, by my guest and purchase this book. If you want a GOOD mystery book with fun characters try Melinda Wells, Maggie Sefton, or Lorna Barrett.Book Review: Cat's Eye Witness
Summary: 1 Stars
What happened??! I have really been enjoying the Sneaky Pie Brown series - up till now. Found this one to be extremely disappointing and far off the mark for all the characters- they weren't very likeable. Conversations were too preachy and had little or nothing to do with the basic story line. There was very little focus leading up to how the mystery was solved, and the condition in which the murder victim(s) were found, more graphic than it needed to be.
Ms Brown needs to go back and review her earlier books in this series and refresh her memory on why this series has been so fun to read.
Judy
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