Mycroft, aka Big Mike, the Cat Detective
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Big Mike is still scratching around for clues
I enjoy Cat Detectives. In my constant search for new and thrilling feline investigators I discovered that an earlier hero of mine is still out there with his magnifying glass - Mycroft, aka Big Mike, the amateur sleuth of Empty Creek, Arizona.
I first found Big Mike in Desert Cat, but there are later cases he must crack in his own style. Sometimes it's hard for a cat to get through to a human (don't I know it) and Big Mike's person, Penelope Warren, gets to claim the credit for her cat companion's deductions.
No fur off our back, we know who the real genius is.
Contents at a Glance
Big Mike is an Abyssinian
A very smart breed of cat
When you first meet an Abyssinian, you'll recognise that jungle look of the African Wild Cat (felis lybica), the Ancestor of all domestic cats.
Although Abyssinians come in several shades, including ruddy, red, blue and fawn, they're all tabbies with a ticked appearance. This means that each individual hair has four to six bands of dark and light colour. Their long legs match their long, slender body profile and those ears, slightly flared, are just so aristocratic!
Abyssinian Cats are well known for their intense curiosity and intelligence. You could say they are very much like myself, minus the deep blackness of coat.
Dinosaur Cat
Blood on the sand
A young scientist has been murdered at the site--her body found with a bullet in the back, sending sometime sleuth Penelope Warren out to the scene.
But before Penelope arrives, a mysterious explosion removes any evidence.
Dinosaur Cat (A "Big Mike" Mystery)
Amazon Price: $3.73 (as of 02/17/2012)
With the help of Big Mike, Penelope investigates an influx of furtive foreigners to uncover clues buried deep in the past
Baseball Cat
Enough suspects to fill a ballpark
Barely out of the dugout, trying to break a hot losing streak, the Coyotes are hoping to star in the minor leagues.
But before the first note of the National Anthem is sung, somebody uses the owner's head for a baseball and scores a deadly hit.
Baseball Cat (Big Mike Mystery/Garrison Allen)
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 02/17/2012)
With a team of suspects--enough to fill a ballpark--Penelope and Mycroft soon find themselves threatened by a clever killer ready to pick the whole game to get away with murder and steal home.
Movie Cat
Penelope has been cast as the next victim
But the sleepy Arizona town soon becomes the backlot for a shocking murder, leaving the locals asking, who in his right mind would murder flamboyant director C.D. Masterly, the one man destined to put Empty Creek on the big screen?
Movie Cat (Big Mike Mysteries)
Amazon Price: $61.89 (as of 02/17/2012)
Finding Masterly's killer, ably assisted by Big Mike, is a scene Penelope is fated to play.
Only she's been cast as the next victim! Unless she can determine who the killer is--before the final fade out.
Royal Cat
A cunning killer refuses to be upstaged
But more than mischief is afoot when Carolyn Lewis, the less-than-popular retired teacher playing The Virgin Queen, is executed in the dark of night.
Royal Cat (A "Big Mike" Mystery)
Amazon Price: $4.99 (as of 02/17/2012)
While the Queen's Crown is passed to Penelope, the murderer takes an encore.
I's up to her and Big Mike to take their sleuthing behind the scenes...where death treads the boards and a cunning killer refuses to be upstaged
Stable Cat
No Day at the Races
What they got instead were low blows and bad news. First, a magnificent prize stallion disappears. Then his trainer is found outside the empty stall, shot through the heart.
Stable Cat (A "Big Mike" Mystery)
Amazon Price: $4.99 (as of 02/17/2012)
In pursuit of answers, Penelope and Big Mike race down a rocky trail of shifting identities and secret scandals, through an obstacle course of cunning schemes and private peccadilloes...and into a deadly photo finish against a vengeful killer.
Arizona Desert
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Chris - www.BooksonCats.com
Jul 22, 2010 @ 9:21 am | delete
- What a great lens, first time I've visited. I'll be sure to look out for Slinky Malinky & Big Mike next time I'm in the States.
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KathyMcGraw
Aug 24, 2009 @ 2:49 pm | delete
- I had no idea of these books, thank you for sharing them....:)
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KimGiancaterino Aug 23, 2009 @ 10:37 pm | delete
- Very nice lens... Blessed by a Squid Angel.
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