Cat Laughing Last: A Joe Grey Mystery - Shirley Rousseau Murphy - Hardcover - 1 ED

When the local village yard sales invite theft and murder, feline sleuths Joe Grey and Dulcieare into the case with their claws sharp. And when the two sleek detectives investigate the prime suspect's house, where the police have no cause to enter, and pass the information across the continent to the New York PD --Joe Grey's tomcat instincts nail the killer before the cops have a clue.Cat Laughing Last Violence and theft at a yard sale?Murder because of an eBay auction? The body on Susan Brittain's breakfast room floor and all her treasured purchases flung about and broken are not a good start to Susan's day. However, the criminal involvement is wider than she imagines, and may disrupt the lives of many others as well.Joe Grey and Dulcie suspect as much. With their unique ability to break and enter where the cops can't, the two cats begin gathering evidence. Meanwhile the cats' human friends deal with a famous author and his ill-tempered wife as they try to produce his play without coming to blows. And several senior ladies seek an innovative solution to retirement security, using their revenue from eBay and yard sales. But as Joe Grey and Oulcie dig into California history, they discover that certain artifacts, appearing at those same sales, hold the key to the puzzle. The crudely carved antique casks -- the legacy of a Spanish bride two hundred years dead-are the link the cats have been searching for.Yet it is the young tortoiseshell, Kit, fascinMurphy, Shirley Rousseau is the author of 'Cat Laughing Last: A Joe Grey Mystery - Shirley Rousseau Murphy - Hardcover - 1 ED' with ISBN 9780066209517 and ISBN 006620951X.