Book Review -- "Cat Shout For Joy"

     Today is a good day because I get to post a very positive review about the newest book in a series of mysteries that is my favorite.  "Cat Shout For Joy" is the 19th book in the Joe Grey mystery series written by Shirley Rousseau Murphy.
     For those of you who aren't familiar with the series, Joe Grey is a cat who has the power of speech.  He is part of a rare line of cats with this power.  Joe's friends Dulcie, Kit, Pan and Misto are also able to speak.
     In "Cat Shout For Joy" there are a lot of things going on, but the mystery solving element is certainly prominent.  Dulcie is expecting kittens, Pan and Kit are exploring a magical realm, and Misto is living out his last days.  All this leaves Joe to do most of the crime fighting.
     All of the stories in "Cat Shout For Joy" are interesting and weave together to make the book among the best in the series.
     If you haven't read the series before, I don't recommend that you start with this book.  The book is definitely written for long-time fans of the series.  New readers are not going to really know what is going on and who the characters are.
     All of the Joe Grey books are in print, so I recommend that you start with book one called "Cat On the Edge" and just keep reading until you finish "Cat Shout For Joy."
     For those familiar with the series, I think that this book let's us know that maybe Max Harper knows more about the identity of his informants than he has let on in the past.  Hopefully there will be another Joe Grey book soon, and more will be revealed about this.