A review by msjoanna
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief by Lilian Jackson Braun

3.0

I remember reading one of these "cat who" books a long time ago. But in my memory, the book included at least some amount of story that was actually told from the cat's perspective. And it was set in a big city (Chicago?). So maybe it wasn't even one of these books but some other cat-mystery-solving book. Maybe it was even a parody of these books. In any event, I was expecting something totally different from this book. This book is mostly a small town story - gossip about the local folks as they get together for bridge or coffee or lunch; descriptions of the Christmas presents they are exchanging. In the background, there's also a moderately interesting mystery that the cat seems to have an uncanny interest in. I liked the book fine, but can't imagine wanting to read enough about these characters to read the whole series. Maybe if I'd started at the beginning and grown with these characters as they developed, I'd be more invested in them. The narrator did a fine job; I always enjoy Guidall's narration.