I want to begin today by wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I also want to remind everyone who reads the blog on a regular basis that the Weekend Sermon will not be posted until Saturday this week.
The book that I am reviewing today is "Lending a Paw " written by Laurie Cass. It is the first in a series of books about librarian Minnie Hamilton and her cat Eddie. Minnie is an assistant library director in a small town in Michigan. She has developed the idea of using a bookmobile to reach people in the outskirts of the county.
One day, she encounters a stray cat who follows her home. She names the cat Eddie, and Eddie serves as a sounding board for Minnie to bounce ideas off of as she speaks to him about the mystery and events in her life.
While out with the bookmobile, Eddie leads Minnie to a murder victim. It is the man who donated the money for the bookmobile.
Throughout the remainder of the book, Minnie conducts her investigation in to who the culprit might be. We also gain insight in to other people in the town.
This was a pretty good book. I do think that it could have been shorter, and it went on too long. I have a tendency to judge all cat mystery books by the Joe Grey books written by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. Those are my favorites. Eddie is a nice cat and an interesting touch to the story, but he wasn't the center of the story like Joe Grey is. This book by Laurie Cass reminds me of the "Cat Who" series.
Their are several other books in the series about Eddie and Minnie. I think that this first book was good enough to see what the next one in the series is like.
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