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Summary: Meow
Review: I did not like the solution Alice choose for the escape artist cat. Otherwise, the book is okay.
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Summary: Amazingly bad resolution
Review: I must confess that I've never read anything by Lydia Adamson before. I was hoping for a moderately interesting light hearted mystery. The book was a quick read -- but the resolution was appalling. The solution doesn't make any sense at all. The motives ascribed are amazingly bad, the murder itself makes no sense. Several plot threads dealing with the victim are completely ignored. The person who commits the murder may be the last person you suspect -- not because of any brilliant plotting but because the resolution makes so little sense. As a mystery, this book fails utterly. Characterization of the lead character and her boyfriend is OK, everyone else gets almost no characterization. I suppose a genuine cat lover might find some of the description of the cat antics in this book charming. I like cats, but I do not find these to be any substitute for a good plot.
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Summary: Hooked again!
Review: OK, so I am hooked on the Alice Nestleton mysteries! This must be the fifth or sixth I have read, and I can't get enough! Alice, who has a lot of free time on her hands, being as she is unemployed, sets out to solve a murder which she practically witnessed. She is certainly a suspect. I like the stories like this one that take place in NYC. The murderer was a big surprise in this one! Another quick and enjoyable read!
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Summary: a good light-read
Review: This book was not exceptionally good, but I like it because it is a light, easy book you can read anytime. I read it in less than a day and enjoyed it. Alice Nestleton-a struggling actress cat-sitter- has a friend that just pops into Alice's life one day. She hadn't seen her for more than 2 years. Her name is Amanda Avery. She had a husband who died and left her a dog. Amanda promised her husband before he died that she would get a cat to keep the dog- who grew up around cats and loves them- company. So she wants Alice to help her find one. They go to an animal shelter and find Jake, the wild cat with a very peculiar coat-one side completely tan, the other completely black. Amanda wants him. And so the story begins. He gets kidnapped and Amanda needs to pay 15,000 to get him back. Alice goes with her to the drop-off spot but stays behind. When she finds Amanda, Jake is just fine, but not Amanda. A good book that I recommend to mystery-lovers, and especially to cat-lovers.
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Summary: a good light-read
Review: This book was not exceptionally good, but I like it because it is a light, easy book you can read anytime. I read it in less than a day and enjoyed it. Alice Nestleton-a struggling actress cat-sitter- has a friend that just pops into Alice's life one day. She hadn't seen her for more than 2 years. Her name is Amanda Avery. She had a husband who died and left her a dog. Amanda promised her husband before he died that she would get a cat to keep the dog- who grew up around cats and loves them- company. So she wants Alice to help her find one. They go to an animal shelter and find Jake, the wild cat with a very peculiar coat-one side completely tan, the other completely black. Amanda wants him. And so the story begins. He gets kidnapped and Amanda needs to pay 15,000 to get him back. Alice goes with her to the drop-off spot but stays behind. When she finds Amanda, Jake is just fine, but not Amanda. A good book that I recommend to mystery-lovers, and especially to cat-lovers.
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Summary: Meow
Review: This is the umpteenth title in the "Cat" series, and I've loved every one. This book's title is a clever homage to Virginia Woolf -- which is no coincidence, as the story involves a VW researcher. Lydia again inventively uses cats in the plot and carries on the ongoing relationship between Alice and Tony. Her stuff is so light, well written, and easy to read that I always know I'm going to enjoy it. ....
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