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Cat on the Edge

A Joe Grey Mystery, Book 1

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Cat on the Edge

By: Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Narrated by: Susan Boyce
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First the large, powerful feline discovers that, through some strange, inexplicable phenomenon, he now has the ability to understand human language. Then he discovers he can speak it as well! It’s a nightmare for a cat who’d prefer to sleep the day away carefree, but Joe can handle it. That is, until he has the misfortune to witness a murder in the alley behind Jolly’s Deli - and worse, to be seen witnessing it. With all of his nine lives suddenly at risk, Joe’s got no choice but to get to the bottom of the heinous crime - because his mouse-hunting days are over for good unless he can help bring a killer to justice.

©1996 Shirley Rousseau Murphy (P)2013 AudioGO Mystery
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I listen to books when running & it needs to be twisty and interesting to take away the long run times.. this was great! As a cat lover I loved how the story involved the cats & the twists and turns were great. The readers voice changes were good but the American changing of words was a bit annoying at times but that’s the only negative thing I can say. Highly recommend this book..

Lovely Book & great story

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Good story but oh so many irritating grammatical errors, mispronounciations and mixed metaphors. leaped should be leapt. salve is not pronounced sav. it's saLve.
Shone is not pronounced as shown its said as shon.
Dressed to the teeth?? Should be dressed to the nines or armed to the teeth.


So many grammatical errors

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An absolute delight, just what I needed to lift me out of a depression. The idea of talking cats woven into a crime story was beautifully executed and not silly at all. There's also a bit of a twist to this idea. Some reviewers commented on the narrators Welsh accent being off..this takes up a tiny, tiny bit of the story, isn't even worth thinking about if you're considering giving this book a listen. I'm looking forward to listening to the next book in the series.

Loved it

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The start, as an introduction to the strange sudden humanization of at least one cat, stumbled and was unsatisfactory. The various chases were a bit tedious but there were good bones in the story. I also thought that the end was a bit anticlimactic.

Slow start

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After listening to the sample, I downloaded this title from the ' Included ' list , and I am so glad I did! Shirley Rousseau's writing and Susan Boyce's narration had me feeling extremely anxious for the well-being of certain characters during parts of the story, and so I had to keep listening to find out what happened to them! The crime element of the story begins with a murder, but more is uncovered as you progress through this compelling tale. I confess that I massively binged out on this audiobook! 😅😍

It is a beautifully written supernatural crime/ mystery story, with just the right level of descriptiveness. The characters - both human and feline - are well formed and either lovable, likeable it detestable. The environments, whether indoors, out in nature, in the town or within a building (homes, businesses, library, police station etc) are also described skillfully.

The storyline - whilst involving the supernatural - mostly takes place in the natural world, as experienced by either human or cat. For me, this seemed to make the supernatural elements of the story almost believable.

I believe this is part of a series of stories, and there are more titles in it for me to devour, so I am very much looking forward to finding out what happens next! 😬🫣😅🐾🐾🐾🐈‍⬛🐈

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I loved this!!!✨🐈🐈‍⬛🐾🐾🔍

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