We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

Cat Playing Cupid: A Joe Grey Mystery
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(1)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(0)
Series:
Published:
HarperCollins 2009
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
In this cozy mystery, a cat pounces into sleuth mode when a cold case interrupts a wedding in a California seaside town.
It took Joe Grey's human, Clyde, nearly forever to pop the question to Ryan Flannery, and what more romantic time to tie the knot than on Valentine's Day? But dark secrets from the past, uncovered by Joe and his feline pals, threaten to ruin the happy union.
First, a body discovered many miles away reopens a ten-year-old cold case involving a man who disappeared days before his own wedding. The jilted bride is back in town and eager to find the truth . . . or to hide evidence of her own wrongdoing. Trouble is, she's soon involved with Ryan's father, who is house-sitting and preparing meals for Joe Grey while Clyde and Ryan are on their honeymoon.
Then another body is found closer to home on the grounds of a ruined estate, deserted save for a band of unusual feral cats. Around the wrist of the corpse is a bracelet bearing the image of a rearing cat, and the cats discover a rare literary volume hidden nearby that divulges their own secret: their special ability to speak.
But as the police investigate the two murders, located more than five hundred miles apart, only Joe Grey suspects that the crimes are related. It takes a chase from which the tomcat wonders if he'll emerge alive for anyone to hone in on the connection between the murders. Finally, feline perception and cop sense combine to bring a killer to justice in this delightful new tale involving Shirley Rousseau Murphy's three amazing cats.
Praise for Cat Playing Cupid
"Murphy's gentle blend of fantasy and mystery includes revelations about her unusually verbal cat detectives sure to please series fans." —Publishers Weekly
"Murphy's feline-loving fans will enjoy the latest in her long-running series." —Kirkus Reviews
Also in This Series
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
01/23/2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780061974717
ASIN:
B001NLL92S
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy. (2009). Cat Playing Cupid: A Joe Grey Mystery. HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy. 2009. Cat Playing Cupid: A Joe Grey Mystery. HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Cat Playing Cupid: A Joe Grey Mystery. HarperCollins, 2009.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy. Cat Playing Cupid: A Joe Grey Mystery. HarperCollins, 2009.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection11
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
58f82e45-a143-15f8-1fa0-851f170b9221
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 12, 2018 16:24:00
Date Updated:
Aug 18, 2023 08:45:57
Last Metadata Check:
Mar 26, 2024 17:45:16
Last Metadata Change:
Jan 07, 2024 07:41:33
Last Availability Check:
Mar 26, 2024 17:45:19
Last Availability Change:
Feb 06, 2024 21:27:40
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Mar 28, 2024 02:11:39

OverDrive Product Record

readingOrder
14
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2363-1/{96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64}IMG100.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2363-1/{96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64}IMG200.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2363-1/{96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64}IMG150.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2363-1/{96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64}IMG400.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780061974717
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B001NLL92S
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780061974717
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780061123986
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Shirley Rousseau Murphy
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Cat Playing Cupid
seriesId
574957
dateAdded
2016-12-02T00:22:00Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=141&titleID=218182
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
          • id: 1151
sortTitle
Cat Playing Cupid Joe Grey Series Book 14
crossRefId
218182
series
Joe Grey
subtitle
A Joe Grey Mystery
id
96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64
starRating
4.3

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: CatPlayingCupid_9780061974717_218182
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 852921
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780061974717
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 1
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 8/18/2023
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/967/78A/CB/CatPlayingCupid9780061768408.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: CatPlayingCupid_218182
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B001NLL92S
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 8/18/2023
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/967/78A/CB/CatPlayingCupid9780061768408.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: CatPlayingCupid_9780061974717_218182
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780061974717
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 8/18/2023
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/967/78A/CB/CatPlayingCupid9780061768408.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
keywords
      • value: Contemporary Women
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: Murphy, Shirley Rousseau
      • bioText:

        Shirley Rousseau Murphy is the author of twenty mysteries in the Joe Grey series, for which she has won the Cat Writers' Association Muse Medallion nine years running, and has received ten national Cat Writers' Association Awards for best novel of the year. She is also a noted children's book author, and has received five Council of Authors and Journalists Awards. She lives in Carmel, California, where she serves as full-time household help to two demanding feline ladies.

      • name: Shirley Rousseau Murphy
imprint
HarperCollins e-books
publishDate
2009-01-23T00:00:00-05:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Cat Playing Cupid
fullDescription
In this cozy mystery, a cat pounces into sleuth mode when a cold case interrupts a wedding in a California seaside town.
It took Joe Grey's human, Clyde, nearly forever to pop the question to Ryan Flannery, and what more romantic time to tie the knot than on Valentine's Day? But dark secrets from the past, uncovered by Joe and his feline pals, threaten to ruin the happy union.
First, a body discovered many miles away reopens a ten-year-old cold case involving a man who disappeared days before his own wedding. The jilted bride is back in town and eager to find the truth . . . or to hide evidence of her own wrongdoing. Trouble is, she's soon involved with Ryan's father, who is house-sitting and preparing meals for Joe Grey while Clyde and Ryan are on their honeymoon.
Then another body is found closer to home on the grounds of a ruined estate, deserted save for a band of unusual feral cats. Around the wrist of the corpse is a bracelet bearing the image of a rearing cat, and the cats discover a rare literary volume hidden nearby that divulges their own secret: their special ability to speak.
But as the police investigate the two murders, located more than five hundred miles apart, only Joe Grey suspects that the crimes are related. It takes a chase from which the tomcat wonders if he'll emerge alive for anyone to hone in on the connection between the murders. Finally, feline perception and cop sense combine to bring a killer to justice in this delightful new tale involving Shirley Rousseau Murphy's three amazing cats.
Praise for Cat Playing Cupid
"Murphy's gentle blend of fantasy and mystery includes revelations about her unusually verbal cat detectives sure to please series fans." —Publishers Weekly
"Murphy's feline-loving fans will enjoy the latest in her long-running series." —Kirkus Reviews
seriesId
574957
reviews
      • premium: False
      • source: Publishers Weekly
      • content:

        "Murphy's gentle blend of fantasy and mystery includes revelations about her unusually verbal cat detectives sure to please series fans." — Publishers Weekly

        "Murphy's feline-loving fans will enjoy the latest in her long-running series." — Kirkus Reviews

      • premium: True
      • source: Publisher's Weekly
      • content:

        December 1, 2008
        Murphy's diverting 14th mystery to feature talking feline gumshoe Joe Grey (after 2008's Cat Deck the Halls
        ) finds Joe a little annoyed by all the lovey-dovey stuff run rampant in Molena Point, Calif. A year earlier, Joe endured the explosive wedding of Max Harper, the town's chief of police. Then came the Valentine's Day nuptials of his human housemate, Clyde Damen. Joe welcomes the opportunity to swing into sleuth mode after a female skeleton wearing a bracelet engraved with a cat is uncovered at the ruins of an old estate by Joe's feral feline associates. When another skeleton is identified as that of Molena Point accountant Carson Chappell, who went missing in Oregon before his wedding almost 10 years earlier, Joe really has his work cut out for him. Murphy's gentle blend of fantasy and mystery includes revelations about her unusually verbal cat detectives sure to please series fans.

popularity
106
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/96778acb-0077-4c53-a659-157fc6397b64/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
96778acb-0077-4c53-a659-157fc6397b64
starRating
4.4
readingOrder
14
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2363-1/{96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64}IMG100.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2363-1/{96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64}IMG200.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2363-1/{96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64}IMG150.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2363-1/{96778ACB-0077-4C53-A659-157FC6397B64}IMG400.JPG
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Fantasy
      • value: Fiction
      • value: Mystery
      • value: Suspense
publishDateText
01/23/2009
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780061123986
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription
In this cozy mystery, a cat pounces into sleuth mode when a cold case interrupts a wedding in a California seaside town.
It took Joe Grey's human, Clyde, nearly forever to pop the question to Ryan Flannery, and what more romantic time to tie the knot than on Valentine's Day? But dark secrets from the past, uncovered by Joe and his feline pals, threaten to ruin the happy union.
First, a body discovered many miles away reopens a ten-year-old cold case involving a man who disappeared days before his own wedding. The jilted bride is back in town and eager to find the truth . . . or to hide evidence of her own wrongdoing. Trouble is, she's soon involved with Ryan's father, who is house-sitting and preparing meals for Joe Grey while Clyde and Ryan are on their honeymoon.
Then another body is found closer to home on the grounds of a ruined estate, deserted save for a band of unusual feral cats. Around the wrist of the corpse is a bracelet bearing the image of a rearing...
sortTitle
Cat Playing Cupid A Joe Grey Mystery
crossRefId
218182
series
Joe Grey
subtitle
A Joe Grey Mystery
publisher
HarperCollins
bisacCodes
      • code: FIC009010
      • description: Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary
      • code: FIC022100
      • description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
      • code: FIC022110
      • description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Animals