Dear Fellow Readers,

Have you ever read a book and thought that the ending was a bit abrupt?  Like the author was only allowed so many words and when they came close to being used up the plot suddenly moved a the speed of light to the end?  That always really bothers me. 

Today’s book is Shock and Paw by Cate Conte.  This book is a cozy mystery with cat fur.  It is the eighth in the series by Cate Conte.  One would assume from that that the previous books have done well.  The first good thing that I can say about this book is that you would never know it was part of a series.  It could have been the first in the series.  I have no idea what the other books were about.  This book stands alone.  The next good thing I will say is that the characters are well-drawn.  There are lots of characters and I didn’t have any trouble keeping them separate. 

And then starts my complaint about the book.  We didn’t get to a murder until over halfway through the book.  Which means, as you can guess, that the murder was solved fairly rapidly. Also, there is a lot of information about cats in the book.  While it didn’t ruin it, I know nothing about “fancy cats”.  Part of the story of the book was about a catnapping ring and some of the types of cats were beyond me. 

This is probably a great book if you love and know cats. 

It is not my thing. While appreciated the book, I have read books that appeal more to me.  As I said, there were good, descriptive characters and lots of back stories to keep them separate from each other.  There was just a lot of cat information.  I would say that if you want a lot of character development and you like cats, this is the book for you. 

Thanks for reading.