From Publishers Weekly
A wedding bomber and a murderer upset the peace of Molena Point, Calif., whose human denizens must turn for help to those crafty, crime-solving feline sleuths, Joe Grey and Dulcie, in Cat Seeing Double: A Joe Grey Mystery, the eighth in this warm and furry series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy (Cat Laughing Last, etc.). The author has won four National Cat Writers' Association Awards. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
For those feline fanciers and animal-sleuth fans who haven't previously encountered the Joe Grey mysteries, let's start with a little background about the curious cats that have delighted readers with their detective skills in this popular series: It seems that certain human beings are fortunate enough to share their lives with amazing creatures -- cats who can reason, speak, use telephones, and solve mysteries. Three of these remarkable cats -- Joe Grey, Dulcie, and the as-yet-unnamed tattercoat kit -- live in the small California town of Molena Point. As Cat Seeing Double begins, the biggest thing on the local social calendar is the wedding of the chief of police. A bomber plans to liven things up, but fortunately the kit manages to make sure the explosives planted in the church detonate before the wedding. Then, while the feline sleuths are following leads in that case, a body turns up in a local contractor's truck. Since the deceased is her ex-husband, the contractor's the obvious suspect. But that doesn't explain how (or if) the murder is tied to the fact that the contractor is a good friend of the bride's, that the bomber stowed away in her truck, or that someone has broken into her office in order to cook her books. It's going to take some pretty fancy footwork to make sure justice is served in Molena Point this time around. Sue Stone

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"Always a loner, Charlie Getz never expected to fall in love with anyone, let alone the chief of police of Molena Point, California. So her wedding on a perfect, sunny day is all the more joyous - especially when two of the honored guests are four-footed pals, feline detectives Joe Grey and Dulcie." "However, two unexpected visitors - a young boy and an old man hidden in the shadows - are preparing to bomb the soon-to-be-filled church. The lone witness, a small tattercoat kit crouched beneath the oak branches, warns Joe's owner, Clyde; then, with claws and teeth, she stops the two would-be murderers. But the shock of the near disaster that might have killed half the village is only the beginning. The next morning Charlie's good friend, building contractor Ryan Flannery, awakens to find her estranged, philandering husband dead in her garage...and her own gun is missing." "With suspicion falling squarely on Ryan's shoulders, Joe Grey, Dulcie, and Kit use their skills of break-and-enter to prove her innocence. But a stranger's sinister push into her life is as unexpected as the arrival, on the morning of the murder, of a handsome purebred hunting dog, a homeless stray who seems determined to move in with Ryan." Whatever hateful force has descended on the small seaside village, the three cats are soon paw-deep in a tangle of jealousy, greed, and carefully planned retribution. So they work the case as only cats can, passing information anonymously to the cops, making a heroic feline effort to nail the killer and catch the wedding bomber, and hoping to see the silver hunting dog settled safely into his new home.

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Publishers Weekly

A wedding bomber and a murderer upset the peace of Molena Point, Calif., whose human denizens must turn for help to those crafty, crime-solving feline sleuths, Joe Grey and Dulcie, in Cat Seeing Double: A Joe Grey Mystery, the eighth in this warm and furry series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy (Cat Laughing Last, etc.). The author has won four National Cat Writers' Association Awards.

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