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Cat Deck The Halls
(A Joe Grey Mystery)
By Shirley Rousseau Murphy
PUB:  HarperCollins Publications (William Morrow)
ISBN:  978-0061123955

A trio of cats set on protecting a six year old crime victim from a killer.   The same man she watched gun down the man holding her.  Was it her father?  The body is taken from the shopping center and the girl hid.  One of the cats calls 911 (yes, that’s right.)

The cats and later the police is found and taken into protective custody with the extra help from the feline trio.  They try to identify the girl and find the missing body.

Mysterious neighbors; intruders; pictures of children; broken locks and talking cats; all add up to a thrilling, fun to read, fast moving, complex tale. 

This was my first Joe Grey Mystery, but it won’t be my last.  Shirley Rousseau Murphy raises a question in my mind.  Do I wish my five cats could talk?  I’m thinking, No, but I’m glad hers do.

Review by Wanda C. Keesey (author Lost In The Mist release May 2008)