The Big Cat Nap
The 20th Anniversary Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Dear Sneaky Pie: Thank you, thank you, thank you. I wrote you earlier after reading Hiss of Death asking you to please convince Rita Mae to tone down her political rants in what are admittedly your books. I don't know if the two of you had a heart-to-heart or whether you have used your little editin......more

First I must note that I am a great fan of Rita Mae & her animal friends; therefore, I was wildly anticipating this book, the "20th Anniversary" of Mrs Murphy, sleuth cat. However, the animals are much less involved this time around and don't even save any lives! Seriously, the cats and dog involvem......more

To be fair to this book is really not my cup of tea. I chose it because I wanted to try a cozy mystery and the concept of cats helping to solve a mystery seemed cute. Unfortunately the cats have very little to do with the mystery at all. However for me I found the plot to be unfocused and the author......more

With this book and also with "Hiss of Death" Rita Mae Brown is (almost) back to her old standards again! After 5+ years of mediocre novels she has written two pretty good ones again. They still aren't as good as the very old ones - I really miss the times when Harry was still Crozet's postmistress -......more

Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, Tucker and their mistress get involved in car parts theft and murder. Some good ‘fights’ between Pewter and everyone else. Always fun when the big black snake, Matilda, scares Pewter! Number 20 and still going strong!!!......more