Joe Grey Books in Order
Joe Grey is a series of 21 cozy mystery novels by American author Shirley Rousseau Murphy, featuring a talking, crime-solving cat named Joe Grey in the fictional coastal town of Molena Point, California. The first book, Cat on the Edge, was published in 1996; the series concluded with Cat Chase the Moon in 2019.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1996 · 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…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · 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.…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · 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…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · 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.…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · 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…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · 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…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · 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…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · 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…
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Buy on Amazon2004 · 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…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · 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…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
A gang from Los Angeles arrives in Molena Point and begins breaking into village shops, alarming Joe Grey, who has lived there since kittenhood. Joe…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
When Dulcie hears that convict Cage Jones has escaped from prison, her fur stands on end, since she knows he blames her human companion Wilma for his…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
During the Christmas season in Molena Point, a stranger is shot dead beneath the village Christmas tree, witnessed only by a small child. When police…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
As Joe Grey's human Clyde finally marries Ryan Flannery on Valentine's Day, dark secrets threaten the union. A body reopens a ten-year-old cold case,…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
While carrying mice to a litter of kittens, Joe Grey stumbles upon a murder scene at an empty house's swimming pool, with blood and drag marks but no…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Cat Coming Home is a 2010 book by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. It is book 16 of the series Joe Grey.
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Joe Grey and his band of feline detective friends undertake further sleuthing, this time centered on a twelve-year-old boy left homeless by a fire…
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Buy on Amazon2012 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
A car crash, a missing treasure, a dead thief, and a suspicious blond divorcee give feline investigator Joe Grey and his four-legged companions…
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Buy on Amazon2016 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Cat Shout for Joy is a 2016 book by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. It is book 19 of the series Joe Grey.
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
New father Joe Grey teaches his three kittens about the world but misses his cop work, until beautician Barbara Conley and a customer are found dead…
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Buy on Amazon2019 · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Cat Chase the Moon is a 2019 book by Shirley Rousseau Murphy. It is book 21 of the series Joe Grey.
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Joe Grey books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with “Cat on the Edge”. Start with “Cat on the Edge.”
How many books are in the Joe Grey series?
We list 21 books by Shirley Rousseau Murphy , published between 1996–2019.
Where can I buy the Joe Grey books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.