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Sun Feb 18, 2024, 11:42 PM Feb 18

I finished the last of the Bookmobile Cat Mystery series by Laurie Cass. For now

Yes, there are mysteries. Cozy. Someone, gets murdered.

But this is almost an aside. The hero is a stray cat, Eddie, that followed our narrator, Minnie, the local library assistant director, home one day. And then became a stowaway at the maiden journey of the new bookmobile.

Once the patrons, especially the children, discovered Eddie there was no way back. He became an important part of the treat. His human, Minnie the librarian, talks to him and he responds mrrr.

On that first trip, when he was running away, screaming MRRRKRR. a murdered body was found.

And so it went. He discovers a body and at the end is instrumental in identifying the criminal or helping subduing him.

But what is really enchanting is Minnie interaction with him. She expresses her thoughts, on everything, and he responds with mrrr. And he bumps his head under her chin, sleeps with her at the crook of her elbow and she kisses him on his head.

The story takes place at Chilson, Michigan, on the northern part of the lower area, a tourist town where the population swells in the summer and shrinks in the winter.

It is important to read the books in order as relations develop. Many interesting characters, the "regulars" and easy read.

Finished for now, as the next book is expected in August.

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I finished the last of the Bookmobile Cat Mystery series by Laurie Cass. For now (Original Post) question everything Feb 18 OP
I usually don't care for cozy mysteries, but there's a cat so maybe I'll have a look! Ocelot II Feb 18 #1
The first is named: Lending a Paw. And, yes, the library carries all of them question everything Feb 18 #2
Hard to find cozy mysteries without a cat unc70 Feb 18 #3
A cozy without a cat - werdna Feb 19 #4
My cat can't even help me find my car keys. Ocelot II Feb 19 #5
There are many with dogs question everything Feb 19 #8
Agree Dear_Prudence Feb 19 #6
Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown rockbluff botanist Feb 19 #7

unc70

(6,121 posts)
3. Hard to find cozy mysteries without a cat
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 11:54 PM
Feb 18

Seemingly every bookshop, library, tea shop, etc. comes with a resident cat to help solve the inevitable murder.

7. Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 01:11 AM
Feb 19

These books are so entertaining. I believe there are 32 books in the series now. Mrs. Murphy is a witty tabby cat with many interesting friends who all have a nose for danger.

Rita Mae Brown lives in fox hunting country in Virginia which is where the action happens. She is a hunt master.

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