From Publishers Weekly

Talking tomcat Joe Grey and his fellow feline sleuths, Dulcie and Kit, track an escaped convict in their engaging 12th adventure (after 2005's Cat Breaking Free). Just as the cats fear, Cage Jones kidnaps Dulcie's human housemate, a retired U.S. probation officer, Wilma Gertz, who testified in Cage's probation hearing to prevent his release. The crime rate rises in Molena Point, Calif., with the murder of several area women and the return of Cage's former partner-in-crime, Greeley Urzey—back to reclaim stolen ancient artifacts he and Cage believe Wilma took. As the cats go wild trying to save Wilma, their chatty, anthropomorphic shenanigans might raise eyebrows, but Murphy's surefire plotting makes this more than just another cute cat cozy. (Mar.)
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From Booklist

In Murphy's latest Joe Grey cat mystery, there is plenty to keep the three sentient feline sleuths--Joe, Dulcie, and the Kit--busy: three women in the small California town of Molena Point are murdered; Wilma and her niece, Charlie, have been kidnapped by an escaped con bearing a grudge; and that old scoundrel Greeley Urzey is back in town and up to no good. As usual, the felines and their human coterie are appealing (at least to cat fanciers), and the virtually nonstop action will keep the series' fans whipping through the pages. Sally Estes
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