Book 58, 2015
Oct. 7th, 2015 09:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeJust finished reading Black Cat Crossing by Kay Finch. It's the first in her "Bad Luck Cat Mystery" series.
The story features protagonist Sabrina Tate, who's an aspiring mystery-writer. Divorced, Sabrina has moved to Lavender TX to help care for her Aunt Rowe and to help her aunt run her business of renting cottages to tourists. Sabrina keeps hearing tales of a local legend about a ''bad luck cat' that brings misfortune to anyone whose path he crosses. The black cat leads Sabrina to discover a body in the river, and it turns out to be her father's cousin, Bobby Joe. He was the black sheep of the family and had plenty of enemies, but Aunt Rowe and Bobby Joe had been arguing earlier, and now Rowe looks to be the primary suspect in Bobby Joe's murder.
Sabrina doesn't believe her aunt committed murder, and she can't help but think Bobby Joe's death is somehow connected to another murder, which took place 30 years prior in the same place. Sabrina is compelled to try to put the clues together. In the meantime, she has an upcoming meeting with an agent, and she's supposed to be working diligently on her book. In addition to questioning family, friends and neighbors, Sabrina is concerned that someone means to harm the black cat she's taken to calling Hitchcock.
Wow, lots going on in this book. The characters were well-developed, including some who were transients. Others, I hope to see more of in future books. Hitchcock stole the show, but he may have been more aptly named 'Houdini'. Ha ha! Fun story, and it whetted my appetite for more in the series.
Four out of five:
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The story features protagonist Sabrina Tate, who's an aspiring mystery-writer. Divorced, Sabrina has moved to Lavender TX to help care for her Aunt Rowe and to help her aunt run her business of renting cottages to tourists. Sabrina keeps hearing tales of a local legend about a ''bad luck cat' that brings misfortune to anyone whose path he crosses. The black cat leads Sabrina to discover a body in the river, and it turns out to be her father's cousin, Bobby Joe. He was the black sheep of the family and had plenty of enemies, but Aunt Rowe and Bobby Joe had been arguing earlier, and now Rowe looks to be the primary suspect in Bobby Joe's murder.
Sabrina doesn't believe her aunt committed murder, and she can't help but think Bobby Joe's death is somehow connected to another murder, which took place 30 years prior in the same place. Sabrina is compelled to try to put the clues together. In the meantime, she has an upcoming meeting with an agent, and she's supposed to be working diligently on her book. In addition to questioning family, friends and neighbors, Sabrina is concerned that someone means to harm the black cat she's taken to calling Hitchcock.
Wow, lots going on in this book. The characters were well-developed, including some who were transients. Others, I hope to see more of in future books. Hitchcock stole the show, but he may have been more aptly named 'Houdini'. Ha ha! Fun story, and it whetted my appetite for more in the series.
Four out of five:
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