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The Cat, The Quilt And The Corpse (2009)

by Leann Sweeney(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0451225740 (ISBN13: 9780451225740)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Obsidian

series

A Cats in Trouble Mystery

review 1: The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse by Leann Sweeney is the first book in the Cats in Trouble mystery series and I listened to the Audible book. Coming home to find Syrah, her pet abyssinian cat stolen, Jillian Hart sets out to track down the thief only to come across his dead body instead. I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would not being a cat person. I loved getting to know the characters especially the cats and found the mystery engaging and well written. The narrator did an excellent job in reading the story and added to my enjoyment.
review 2: I'm a quilter and cat lover who enjoys a good mystery once in awhile, so what was not to love about this book? It's a quick-read, light-as-air whodunit set in a small town where the recently-widowed, rec... moreently-arrived main character Jillian manages to solve the mystery in one short week, with the help of the town grapevine and her new friends.I'm not enamoured of people who give their pets "group names" such as Jill's choice of "Merlot, Chablis and Syrah" for her cats. Why not give each pet a name that fits with their personality, rather than going for twee effect? We're told the cats are post-Katrina rescue adoptees, and yet there isn't a single tabby or alley cat in the bunch--nope, they're all purebreds: a Main Coon, an Abyssinian and a Himalayan. Of course, as the widow of a "financial adviser" who left her well-placed enough to run a quilting business from home and still pay the bills, I guess it all fits, in a nineties, Lifetime Channel sort of way. A hundred bucks a pop for a cat-quilt? Which I suppose would be lap-quilt size? Poor little widow woman. As my mother would have said, I can feel for her, but I can't reach her.From the beginning we are told that Jill has kept herself aloof from community life due to her recent bereavement. When one of her cats is stolen, she has an epiphany--hey, if you go out and meet people, you have a greater chance of making friends and getting help when you need it! Magically, she doesn't seem to have any trouble making everybody like her, even the angry daughter of the murder victim. Even the people whose lives are disrupted by her bumbling imitation of Miss Marple. She doesn't seem to run into the small-southern-town suspicion of outsiders, but maybe her financial status helped her over the barriers, since even after becoming Suspect Number One she is immediately on huggin' terms with the police officer who investigates her.A few of the details seem to get lost in the storm...the cat that is so terribly allergic to humans (!) seems to get over the affliction in a hurry, and doesn't react to anyone it's seen above twice? and some of Jill's deduces are pretty wild. But if you just want to be entertained, and don't mind the catlover "expert" drone (I guess selling quilts at cat shows automatically makes one a mine of information on breeds, their temperament and needs, and people), it's an OK read. less

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