"The Cat Who..." Books

[lbaker]

Ed McMain is GREAT Gary, have you read any Travis McGee??

[catmandu]

ACTUALLY,I HAVE,BUT NOT FOR A WHILE.I WILL HAVE,TO SEE WHAT TITLES THEY HAVE,AT THE LIBRARY.
AND I AM UNABLE TO FIND THE DETECTIVE SERIES,WRITTEN BY ERLE STANLEY GARNDER,UNDER HIS AA FAIR NAME.
HE HAD A WHOLE SERIES,OF DONALD LAM,AND BERTHA COOL DETECTIVE SERIES,THAT WERE FUNNY.
AND THE CHESTER HIMES COFFIN ED,AND GRAVEDIGGER JONES HARLEM SERIES,WERE EXCELLENT,AS WELL.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Originally posted by catmandu
ITS JUST,THE FACT,THAT HE DOES NOT TRACK,THE MURDERED DOWN,HIMSELF,USING THE CLUES PROVUDED BY KOKO.
YOU FIND OUT AFTERWARDS,SECOND HAND.
THESE RAE MYSTERY NOVELS,BUT REALLY,WITH JMEAS QWILLERAN,PUTTING,THE PIECES TOGETHER,AND COMING UP,WITH THE CULPRIT.
I LOVE THE MRS MURPHY,TOO,BUT THE BEST,IS STILL ED MCBAIN,AND THE 87TH PRECICNT MYSTERIES,ALMOST 50 YERAS,OLD,AND STILL THE BEST.

Just a note: I heard the man who wrote as Ed McBain just died, I think it was Thursday, of cancer.

[catmandu]

I AM IN SHOCK,AS I JUST SAW,ON CBS,AN OBITUARY,FOR EVAN HUNTER AKA ED MCBAIN.
I HAVE BEEN READING HIS NOVELS,FOR AS LONG,AS I CAN REMEMBER,AND THERE WILL BE A LAST ONE,FIDDLERS,WHICH WILL COMPLTERE 50 YEARS,OF THE 87TH PRECINCT.
I LOOKED FORWARD,TO THE NEW INSTALLMENTS,NOW ANOTHER PLEASURE,WILL BE DENIED MYSTERY LOVERS,EVERYWHERE.
RIP,TO ONE,OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS.

[lady_zana]

Originally posted by Lacey
Oooo! Next time I hit the used bookstore, I may have to zip by the mystery section to pick up a couple of these!

However, if your tastes lean more towards fantasy than mystery, I'd like recommend The Catswold Portal by Shirley Rousseau Murphy (I give it 3 and a half paws out of 4) and Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams (3 out of 4 paws).

And, while not cat-centric, the books in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques make for excellent reads!

Is the The Catsworld Portal one of her Joe Grey mysteries? I'm reading my first Joe Grey mystery (and my first book by Murphy) and I'm really liking it. I didn't care of it at first with the cats that could actually talk to people but once I got into it, I'm really starting to like it.

[lady_zana]

Originally posted by lady_zana
Is the The Catsworld Portal one of her Joe Grey mysteries? I'm reading my first Joe Grey mystery (and my first book by Murphy) and I'm really liking it. I didn't care of it at first with the cats that could actually talk to people but once I got into it, I'm really starting to like it.

Oops! I just saw you said those weren't mysteries. Sorry!

[catlady1945]

I have read a lot of "The Cat Who....." books. They are very funny, & the fact that a cat is the star is a bonus!