Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Cat on the Edge

1996 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Joe Grey, a large, powerful feline, discovers through an inexplicable phenomenon that he can understand and speak human language. He then witnesses a…

Cat Under Fire

1997 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Joe Grey, a gray feline who can understand and speak with humans, gains company when a mysterious accident transforms his friend Dulcie the same way.…

Cat Raise the Dead

1997 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Joe Grey, a cat living with his human housemate Clyde in Molena Point, is volunteered for an Animal Therapy program at a local nursing home, an idea…

Cat in the Dark

1999 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

In Molena Point, California, a new pair of thieves appears: a yellow-eyed tomcat and a scruffy human partner working quiet, clever burglaries.…

Cat to the Dogs

2000 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

After a recent earthquake in Molena Point, California, Joe Grey suspects that an "accident" on Hellhag Hill was no accident. His owner Clyde…

Cat Spitting Mad

2000 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Housecats Joe Grey and Dulcie, who can read, speak, and use the telephone, are outraged when Max Harper, Molena Point's police chief, is accused of a…

Cat Laughing Last

2001 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Novelist Elliot Traynor and his disliked wife Vivi move to Molena Point, and their arrival coincides with strange incidents, including a botched…

Cat Seeing Double

2003 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

As Molena Point celebrates the wedding of its police chief to Charlie Getz, two uninvited guests attempt to blow up the church. Then building…

Cat Fear No Evil

2004 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

In Molena Point, valuables vanish from homes, including a painting, a diamond choker, and Clyde's vintage Packard roadster. Joe Grey, feline…

Cat Cross Their Graves

2005 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy

In Molena Point, aging film star Patty Rose, owner of the village inn, is murdered during a festival honoring her old films. Tortoiseshell cat Kit…