Any good books?

[Gin]

Hi. Does anyone have some good books to recommend? I rather like mysteries involving cats. I've read all the "Cat Who" books, also Joe Grey mysteries. Thanks, I really appreciate it!

[Freedom]

Rita Mae Brown writes 3 mystery series.

One is the Mrs. Murphy series; these are terrific! ALl the animals talk to each other, and what they think about us humans is pretty fun. Mrs. Murphy usually solves the case and spends time trying to get her human to understand what happened.

Another is the Sister Jane Foxhunting series. Again the animals all talk; well, these aren't exactly cat mysteries, usually the OTHER animals solve things as Golly(the cat) is too busy chasing things. Read in order, same as for above, for the proper character development.

Third is a series Rita "co-writes" with her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown. The main character is helped by her 2 cats and her dog Tucker in solving the mysteries. Also a series, so best read in order written.

I also enjoy the Midnight Louie series. Midnight Louie is a black cat who not only has to solve the mystery but usually has to keep his human out of trouble along the way.

Here, this web site gives you these series and many others:

http://faculty.law.lsu.edu/ccorcos/l...T%20DETECTIVES

When you finish all those, get back to me and we can start on the dog detectives!

(Actually, I've not seen that site before and will have to start in on them. I've read The cat Who series as well. I am a library regular, every other Tuesday, have been for YEARS.) Yes, I've read a few dog detective series as well!

[karlyb]

When I was at Barnes & Noble this week, I found a cat series for teenagers and bought the first two books for my niece for Christmas. I plan to read them myself before I give them to her! It is the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. The cats talk to each other and have descriptive names such as Dappletail, Whitestorm, Stumpytail, and Nightpelt.

The blurb on the back reads "For generations four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger and the sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying - and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In the midst of this turmoil appears an ordinary house cat named Rusty...who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all."

Karly

[Freedom]

Oooh, sounds great! I'll check into those as well, thanks!

[Randi]

Ahh, more authors - great! I'll go look for them.

[gini]

The Rita Mae Brown - Sneaky Pie series is soooo good. But do read them in order.

And thank you to others for such good suggestions.

[Cincy'sMom]

I've not read any of her cat Mysteries, but Susan Conant has at least two series. I've read all of her dog lovers mysteries in which the main character has 2 malamutes. She also has a series of cat mysteries.

[Freedom]

I really enjoy her dog mystery series. I know the geographic setting so it seems so REAL sometimes, he he.

[Marigold2]

Anne Perry is excellent and so is James Harriet, Steven King, Dean Koontz. Dreamcatcher by King is scary and funny.

[critters]

They're not cat books, but Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum number books are a hoot!! The first one, "One for the Money," is notably rougher than the later ones. They're best described as "funny and sexy."

[caffeitina]

They're not cat books, but Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum number books are a hoot!! The first one, "One for the Money," is notably rougher than the later ones. They're best described as "funny and sexy."

I absolutely love the Stephanie Plum books! They're hilarious. The author has some other bookss (not in the Plum series) that are good too, but not nearly as funny. I'm still on the wait list at the library to read #13, but I've got to wonder....is Stephanie ever going to decide between Joe and Ranger?

[mruffruff]

Why should she? This way she can have her "cake" ----well, you know what I mean!

Sue Grafton is fun to read too. "A is for" , etc.

[Cincy'sMom]

I I'm still on the wait list at the library to read #13, but I've got to wonder....is Stephanie ever going to decide between Joe and Ranger?

If you PM me your address, I'll send you my copy.

[CountryWolf07]

Nicholas Sparks is a wonderful artist.. =)

[Scooter's Mom]

And to add to the Janet Evanovich fan club... I love Stephanie Plum!

In the "between the numbers" books, a new one comes out Jan 8th. It's called Plum Lucky and has Diesel in it just like the others "Visions of Sugar Plums" and "Plum Lovin".

Can't wait!!

eta: I hope some day she picks Joe!