• Cat's Eyewitness

  • By: Rita Mae Brown
  • Narrated by: Kate Forbes
  • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (256 ratings)

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Cat's Eyewitness

By: Rita Mae Brown
Narrated by: Kate Forbes
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Publisher's summary

The New York Times best-selling Mrs. Murphy mysteries delight fans with an irresistible blend of suspense, engaging characters, and the entertaining high jinks of some quick-witted, four-legged friends. With more than two million copies in print, the series has made co-authors Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown the most popular human/feline writing team in the world.

The sleepy little town of Crozet, Virginia, has seen its share of mischief and mayhem, but nothing like this. While visiting the Mt. Carmel monastery, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen witnesses a statue of the Virgin Mary cry tears of blood. Legend says this foretells crises, and soon a monk is found frozen to death near the statue. Before long the monk's body disappears, another Crozet citizen dies, and a shocking revelation to an ages-old mystery surfaces. Thankfully, Harry and her sleuthing animals are on the case, unofficially, of course.

Hear talking cat-sleuth Mrs. Murphy in these other mysteries from Rita Mae Brown.
©2005 American Artists, Inc. (P)2005 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"The usual irresistible mix of talking animals and a baffling murder or two." (Publishers Weekly)

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Boring

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Worms in winter

Would you ever listen to anything by Rita Mae Brown again?

No. Endless blathering.

How could the performance have been better?

Slow or pause a little between character changes.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointed

Any additional comments?

Skip it!!!

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There's A Reason...

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Someone who likes their mysteries on the light side. Not funny, just light content.

Has Cat's Eyewitness turned you off from other books in this genre?

I will not read any other kitty cat mysteries.

How could the performance have been better?

I suppose there is not really a good way to sound like a cat. Although the narrator of the Alexander McCall Smith novels could probably do justice.

Any additional comments?

I really don't want to hear the author's political and moral leanings expressed through the various characters. I prefer a good story that keeps my attention rather than making me wade through innocuous character conversations. I did not finish the book.

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Cat's Eyewitness

Really like Rita Mae Brown's books. A+

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What I expected

Very enjoyable to listen to on my long ride to work. I liked the naration and story. Pretty much exactly what I was expecting from the author.


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Characters Moving On

I enjoyed the monastic background for this mystery and also the fact that the main characters are moving on in their lives. I also enjoy how Rita Mae Brown's books are always strongly rooted in the weather and in the Virginia landscape.

I do get a bit tired of the mystery resolution for the Mrs. Murphy series though. At the current rate of depletion there shouldn't be anybody left in Crozet. We need a change of pace here, Rita Mae!

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A Boring and "Preachy" Mystery

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I read the first two books of this series when they were first released many years ago and found them delightful. Unfortunately, this story did not meet with my expectations from this author. Possibly, if she erased most of the content and started over, I might have enjoyed this book more. I'm sorry to be so brutual, but much of the preaching in the story felt like filler...and really didn't have much to do with the story line.

The scene where the lawman was interrogating one of the characters was really painful to hear.

There is a love story in the pages of this book - it is about an alternative life-style couple. It is the only part of the book that is well written and well read by the narrator. I give cudos to both author and narrator for this part of the book. However, this story line did not lend itself to the mystery and could have been left out of the story altogether without changing the reader's understanding of the book.

What do you think your next listen will be?

I purchased a Kerry Greenwood mystery (Phryne Fisher series) and plan on purchasing another book from that series in the next few days.

How could the performance have been better?

I truly am not sure if the narration was bad and made book intolerable, or if it was the other way around. In a way I wish I had read the hard copy of the book before listening to it. Then I might be able to say exactly what I find so irritating about this book.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

I was disappointed that there was very little about the wonderful animals in this book. As time goes on, I notice many series getting away from using animals as much as they did in the beginning of the series. If you want to read a Rita Mae Brown book, I can recommend the first two books of the series, but give this one a pass.

Any additional comments?

I find many of the minor characters to be very unlikeable. In fact, I thought when I read the first couple of books that they would not last long in the series...and here they are. Their only redeeming feature is that most of them like the animals...but it isn't enough to make me care about what they think or feel.

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Okay, not great

I am a big Mrs. Murphy fan, so any new book by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie is going to be enjoyable to me. This book was a little on the boring side though. I felt that Ms. Brown was too interested in showing her knowledge of monk-life and caused the story to stray of course a bit. It was still entertaining, but I've enjoyed her other books more.

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Another wonderful Mrs Murphy edition

It started a little slow, with numerous political and human interactions, but then picked up into a mystery I did not solve before Harry laid it out. Several main characters drop emotional bombshells, and the cats and dogs are finally caught red handed in the Communion wafer conspiracy!

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Harder to Love

The story seems to ramble on, with neither the main murder nor the character developing side plots getting a satisfying amount of focus. The beloved cats are poorly used, with much of their word count spent on exposition. I recognize these are cozy mysteries, but when the cats spill all the case solving details in an after-the-fact discussion, it’s simply not as compelling as if any character (human or feline) had shown us the facts unfolding. Taking a break from this series again.

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Purrfect read!

I loved it! The narrator did a great job. I'm not originally from the USA and had read a number of Brown's books, but the narrator's pronunciations really helped me to appreciate the characters' vernacular!

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