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    Mew is for Murder

    By Clea Simon

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    Theda Krakow is in a funk. Her sometime boyfriend is gone, her beloved cat has died, and the career leap she's made from copy editor to freelance writer has left her finances—and her spirit—flat. She desperately needs a headline. One day, strolling in her Cambridge neighborhood, Theda spies an adorable stray kitten who leads her to an old woman holed up in a decrepit house full of cats. Could this be the story to catapult Theda out of the dumps? Or deeper into something more sinister?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateJun 30, 2012
    ISBN9781615952014
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    Mew is for Murder
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    Clea Simon

    Clea Simon grew up in New York, before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard. She fell in love with the city and lives there still with her husband and their cat, Musetta. She is the author of the Dulcie Schwartz, Theda Krakow, Pru Marlowe, Blackie and Care and, most recently, Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery series.

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    • 3/5
      I liked the book and the concept (I loved the kitten) until I realized who the bad guy was early on in the book so that diminished the rest of the book for me. I have ordered another of her books to try out so I will definitely give her another chance on this and one of her other series.
    • 4/5
      Loved this book! As a fellow redhead, I loved Theda's enthusiasm for music and cats. I was surprised at the end, although I thought I had it figured out earlier in the book. I am officially a fan of Theda Krakow and purchased the next book in the series right after I finished this book. If you love cats and music with a good mystery, check out this book!
    • 2/5
      Theda Krakow is a writer who has quit a permanent job and taken a freelance one. After having an encounter with an older woman over a kitten, she asks her editor if she might write a story about her. She discovers the woman takes in unwanted cats and cares for them. Trying to decide if the woman is truly caring for the cats or a hoarder, she soon finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation when what the police think is an accident seems more like something else.First off, let me state that I love books with animals, so I was really looking forward to reading this. But I just couldn't get interested in the plot nor in Theda. She seemed rather boring, honestly. And the plot, while intriguing, couldn't keep my interest. It took me several times to finish this book, and that's never a good sign.While I know that Ms. Simon is a prolific author, and this is the first in the series, I'm hoping that others will prove to be better (as they usually are); I at least plan on giving one more a shot in the hopes I'm right. When we come to the end and all is discovered, it seemed okay, but sort of as if something was missing. Not one of my favorites, but perhaps others will like it better.
    • 3/5
      I'd probably give this one a 2.5 if available. Not very action-packed; in fact, the pace was a little slow at times, but I liked it well enough to keep on going and finish! :-) The price was right, too. (I think it was offered as a Kindle freebie.) It's always good to try a new author, to boot.
    • 4/5
      After free-lance writer Theda Krakow successfully pitches an article to the editor of the Boston Morning Mail, the elderly woman who was to be the subject of the story dies. It’s Theda who finds the body of Lillian Helmhold in her home, surrounded by a slew of cats she has rescued and cared for. The police believe Lillian’s death was an accident, but the older woman’s young friend Violet believes it was murder. Theda isn’t so sure. But the more she learns about the victim, the more suspicious she, too, becomes. Thanks to her interest in Lillian and the fate of her cats, Theda is pulling out of a months-long funk. Theda’s sense of loss was brought on by the death of her beloved cat James and, to a lesser extent, by the move of her most recent love interest, Rick, to Arizona. Although Theda opted to stay in her Cambridge MA neighborhood rather than moving with him, that doesn’t keep her from feeling low. Theda’s recovery is helped by Musetta, one of Lillian’s kitten she hid away to keep from being taken to a shelter. Although I’m not a huge fan of books in which animals play a prominent role, I really enjoyed Mew is for Murder. Clea Simon has created a very attractive heroine in Theda Krakow and the story rings truer than any cozy in recent memory. The author’s portrayal of the ups and downs of making a living as a free-lance writer are quite realistic; I spent years as a newspaper stringer and am in a position to judge. Plus the story moves along with a pleasant rhythm, solid writing and a very satisfying conclusion – leaving readers wanting more. But what I liked most about Mew is for Murder that it will appeal to younger readers, who will be able to identify with Theda’s situation and appreciate the references to the Cambridge music/club scene, without leaving more mature readers (like me) feeling excluded and – well, old. Clea Simon is the author of non-fiction books about both cats and mental illness. I was very thankful she didn’t feel the need to tell us everything she knows about those topics. She did, however, strike just the right balance by cluing in readers about those topics related to the story without sounding like a lecturer. I can’t wait for the next book in the series. By Diana, first published in the Cozy Library, February 2006.Review based on publisher- or author-provided review copy.
    • 3/5
      Pretty decent mystery though Theda, despite her experience as a journalist, seemed peculiarly willing to trust what many people told her.